Boy, is this information hard to find! I suppose because it is a self-limiting problem, the focus seems to be on diagnosis rather than knowing when it is resolving. From what I am reading, it seems the shower is going to bring them out more if it is hot. It also seems that the patches lighten or darken when resolving, so I suppose you could assume that if there are fewer new ones and most of them are lighter or darker than they started, it is resolving. But I'm also seeing that while it tends to last 6-8 weeks, sometimes it lasts much longer. So that is an unfortunate possibility.
If they are really bothering you, a dermatologist might give you steroids to treat them. We have a page: https://www.empowher.com/media/reference/pityriasis-rosea. Here are the links I found, maybe you'll get something from them: http://www.skinsight.com/adult/pityriasisRosea.htm, http://www.aad.org/public/publications/pamphlets/common_pityriasis.html. I also checked the Merck Manual, but it didn't say anything more than these other sites.
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Hello Anonymous-
Boy, is this information hard to find! I suppose because it is a self-limiting problem, the focus seems to be on diagnosis rather than knowing when it is resolving. From what I am reading, it seems the shower is going to bring them out more if it is hot. It also seems that the patches lighten or darken when resolving, so I suppose you could assume that if there are fewer new ones and most of them are lighter or darker than they started, it is resolving. But I'm also seeing that while it tends to last 6-8 weeks, sometimes it lasts much longer. So that is an unfortunate possibility.
If they are really bothering you, a dermatologist might give you steroids to treat them. We have a page: https://www.empowher.com/media/reference/pityriasis-rosea. Here are the links I found, maybe you'll get something from them: http://www.skinsight.com/adult/pityriasisRosea.htm, http://www.aad.org/public/publications/pamphlets/common_pityriasis.html. I also checked the Merck Manual, but it didn't say anything more than these other sites.
I hope you heal soon. Thanks for writing.
May 21, 2010 - 9:54amThis Comment
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