SOL:D16, Acupuncture

The past couple of weeks I’ve been doing Acupuncture. They put the needles all over my legs and arms, haven’t done the face yet.

I go because I have this skin disease that my dermatologists have no cure for. Granuloma annulare- its red circle on my legs and feet. And they literally don’t go away. I have tried everything. Soap, lotion, sun, tanning, vinegar, fungi soap, shots, steroids (pills/shots) cortisone, coconut oil, hemp oil- nothing.

It’s been an infuriating process, if you have a skin disease you know because it’s embarrassing and ugly ! I guess the good thing is that it doesn’t itch like eczema but it’s still ugly.

With summer coming up, I needed to do something, anything! I researched online and I came up with the same stuff that I did and everyone has the same luck of nothing working.

Then I decided, why not Chinese medicine ?  What could I lose ?

Today was my third time doing it and already the spots are not as red – and that’s amazing. They are still visibly there but not as obnoxious.

I would normally take pictures but I cannot even as it makes me so self conscious. I love wearing flats and I have been lucky to wear boots all winter but it’s almost done and with flats, you can see the red circles and I hate it.

I’m praying that this will eventually work and I will be cured! They believe that my body has toxins built up near my kidneys from so many kidney infections and antibiotics and they’re hoping this will clear it out.

So, let’s hope it works and that was really my problem all along.

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