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Immunotherapy treatments (DPCP - Diphencyprone) has anyone had these ?
Has anyone had these treatments here in Canada? I don't think they do this in the US.
This was a last resort for me and I have had these treatments twice over the past couple of years. The treatment is to cause a contact dermatitis on the scalp and it does that in full force with red burning blistering skin. But the last time I had the treatments I ended up with hives all over my body, remember the Passion of the Christ movie, well I looked like I had been whipped and then some. I had to take pictures because it was hard to believe and I didn't think the Dr. would believe me. I still have the odd breakout and that was over three years ago. My hair did grow back but I had to stop the treatments of course and I can't ever get near this stuff again,now I am totally bald AU. I wonder if these treatments have caused my Alopecia or my immune system to go into overdrive and that maybe that is why I'm the way I am today. I wonder what I would look like today if I had never taken these terrible treatments.
This was a last resort for me and I have had these treatments twice over the past couple of years. The treatment is to cause a contact dermatitis on the scalp and it does that in full force with red burning blistering skin. But the last time I had the treatments I ended up with hives all over my body, remember the Passion of the Christ movie, well I looked like I had been whipped and then some. I had to take pictures because it was hard to believe and I didn't think the Dr. would believe me. I still have the odd breakout and that was over three years ago. My hair did grow back but I had to stop the treatments of course and I can't ever get near this stuff again,now I am totally bald AU. I wonder if these treatments have caused my Alopecia or my immune system to go into overdrive and that maybe that is why I'm the way I am today. I wonder what I would look like today if I had never taken these terrible treatments.
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I started DPCP 2% - 2 weeks ago. Only a small test spot on the back of my head. I had major itching and swollen lymph nodes but no blisters, I took bendaryl and it took care of the itching. Today I went back to apply DPCP all over my scalp but a much lower dose .01% (we'll see how that goes). I was taking prednisone and having injections every 2 weeks for 5 months with no results so this was my last resort. When I stopped taking the prednisone and the injections, I started rubbing Merthiolate on my scalp every morning and within a month I started to see regrowth. I now have about 70% regrowth. Not sure if the Merthiolate had anything to do with it but I will continue to use it as long as I see results. I've read about merthiolate poisoning and mentioned it to my dermatologist and she said as long as it's a very small amount and I don't have any negative side effect it should be fine. I'll have to check the dose of the Merthiolate but it's very mild.
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