how do I know when pityriasis rosea is healing?

Hi all! I am so relieved to find this group. I am having PR for the 3rd time now. This time it is lasting longer, going 7mnths now. I thought it was over but just spotted new patches on my thigh. I have been to a dermatologist about 3mnts ago. She dod a biopsy to confirm PR. But she could not give me a clear answer why Im having it the 3rd time and why it is lasting so long? I dont experience any discomfort. No itch. The patches are also mild. But my main concern is that we are doing in vitro fertilisarion and transderring the embryos in Feb 2019. The dermatologist said there is no worries and my gyne okay aswell. But I am just not at ease. Anyone that could assist me with advice please? Many thanks!

what about bleach baths?

I am a 27 year old male and have had PR for about 13 weeks. I initially had a case of dermatitis for about 3 months and could not get an appointment with a Derm in weeks so out of desperation I went to a local clinic that gave me a steroid shot. I had never gotten a steroid shot before. After that, my dermatitis cleared out for about a week then I noticed spots around my stomach. Eventually, I got a huge patch on my right pelvic bone and it has spread ever since. I saw a derm. on August 29th who told me it was PR and to wait it out, get some sun, and moisturize.

I have had this in the middle of Houston's humid summer (90+ degrees with humidity) and in a corporate setting. It's been miserable. My entire pelvic and abdomen is covered with it, and now it has spread to arms, down my legs, and slowly reaching my butt. Also, since late August the sun has barely been out on the weekends (I work all day during the week) so I've only bathed in the sun about 4 times and while it felt good right after, I have not done it enough to see a change. The weather has finally dropped to 80s/70s but it has come with lots of cloudy days with rain.

I've been bathing consistently with Aveeno oatmeal baths but no changes other than it calms the itch for a couple hours. I'm on my 5th day with PrrEze cream but sometimes it looks worse, not sure if I had an allergic reaction OR that the cream actually works. I will have to wait and see. I am planning to take a break this weekend with the PrrEze and use coconut oil and vitamin E oil instead. I also plan to try the Milk Thistle. I don't want to use a tanning bed no matter how much people say it works.

Just here to tell my story. About 5 weeks ago, I went through a very stressful time. During everything I noticed a patch on my left breast about the size of a quarter. It didn't look weird or anything and I disregarded it as a dry skin patch. Within two weeks, I had various sized spots on my arms. Then they spread to my breast, then my stomach, thighs, back and sides. The herald patch was about the size of a silver dollar at this point. I originally thought it was ring worm so I treated it as such. I used tea tree oil, head and shoulders, coconut oil, apple cider vinegar, lotrimin and took garlic supplements. Nothing. My skin just got irritated and looked worse. I then went to the doctor where I was told it was a fungal infection and prescribed fluconazole, ketoconazole shampoo and ketoconazole cream. This made it even worse and it continued to spread. I was at my wits end and depressed. Thinking that this was a fungal infection that went rouge, I was afraid to touch my son, see my boyfriend, anything! I was bathing 4 times a day and my skin was starting to show burns! I sat down and did about an hour of research and learned that all the crap I was putting on my skin was just making my skin more irritated and causing me more stress and wasting my money. I was doing some research and ran across some posts about a supplement called L-Lyine. I ran to Dollar General desperate to find it. I figured that Dollar General probably had a watered down version but it would have to do until I could get the good stuff. I stopped applying most of that stuff on my and only used Defense soap to shower. I took 3,000 mg of the L-Lysine (6 pills) a day and drank loads of water. I started my new "regimen" on a Tuesday night. Guys, it is Thursday afternoon and I am itch free and I can see my natural pigment peeking through where the itchy spots were!!! I'm not 100% or even 50% yet but I have no more new itchy spots and my skin doesn't feel disgusting anymore. I have it worse on my breast and my color there is already returning. The only other thing I use is St. Ives Oatmeal lotion. That's it. My rash was still spreading the same night I bought the L-Lysine pills. Try them if you haven't. The ones I am taking were $3.00 from Dollar General. What do you have to lose??

Hey I’ve been dealing with PR for a while now and after a while I found out how to basically cure it in a month or less. So basically start off with taking the supplement L-lysine 3,000 mg a day(lysine is the most important treatment available, it’s what single Hadley cured my PR). Now you’re gonna want to buy some PrrEze it’s pretty expensive stuff but it’s the real deal, only cream on the market to treat PR and it won’t flare it up and after a couple of days using it it’s barley even noticeable anymore. Also tanning is a major key in getting rid of it as well so I started Going to a tanning bed so go tanning 3 times a week. Other treatment to help lower duration of PR include: hydroxyzine HCL or Pam(antihistamine), acyclovir (antiviral), vitamin C, milk thistle, and hydrocortisone . Also staying hydrated, eating healthy, and not stressing since stress makes it worse.

Hi my PR is extremely itchy but it is not and has not been dry or scaly at all. Also, my rash changes every day it comes in different places and is different severities. Has anyone else experienced the same thing with PR? I am just wondering if I have had the correct diagnosis.

Once you notice the reduction of itching, that's when it starts to go away but it'll be like another 2-3 weeks until it's gone.
I never want the thing back, it was probably the most frustrating thing I've ever dealt with. I don't know if this is for you guys too but even years after having but do random things outside trigger the itching for 1-10 minutes? because I've had random occurrences of the itching very similar to it in all the same places nothing below the below the back and nothing above the neck. It also never happens indoors.