I had a herald patch (saying that word STILL makes my skin crawl), on my back and it was kind of pine tree shaped but it was definitely rashy on top and oval shaped. The spots that appeared on the rest of my body were oval, round, splotchy... different sizes and shapes, but the rash always resembled that of a piece of bran flake cereal (sorry about the food comparison), but that's how it looked. I didn't get it on my hands or feet, and I'm wondering if your dermotologist recommended a STD test for Syphillis... don't panic, it's just to rule it out mainly because pityraisis on the hands and feet could be a manifestation of that, but it's not common so don't worry (I just wanted to mention it just in case your doctor's haven't!)
My rash didn't start going away until about the 9th or 10th week... literally that long. I dealt with it cold turkey for about 3 weeks before I got diagnosed with pityraisis rosea, so I was suffering for a while and stressing myself completely out in the process, thus making it worse! So, about the 10th week or so I saw the spots beginning to diminish... Even today, I can still see where the spots were, but whoooooa, so much improved, no rash, just some minor skin discoloration in the areas where the rash occurred.
I did so much research on this, wondering if I was alone, but I saw that so many people get this, it's just not talked about as much as other common skin rashes and conditions. There's no known test or treatment so that could be a factor as well.
For a while, I thought I would never get over this rash... but having come this far, please believe that you will get better eventually. You have to comfort yourself, comfort your body, and make sure you are not allowing yourself to get stressed out too much. Let me know if you have any questions whatsoever... I will try to respond as fast as I can.
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I had a herald patch (saying that word STILL makes my skin crawl), on my back and it was kind of pine tree shaped but it was definitely rashy on top and oval shaped. The spots that appeared on the rest of my body were oval, round, splotchy... different sizes and shapes, but the rash always resembled that of a piece of bran flake cereal (sorry about the food comparison), but that's how it looked. I didn't get it on my hands or feet, and I'm wondering if your dermotologist recommended a STD test for Syphillis... don't panic, it's just to rule it out mainly because pityraisis on the hands and feet could be a manifestation of that, but it's not common so don't worry (I just wanted to mention it just in case your doctor's haven't!)
My rash didn't start going away until about the 9th or 10th week... literally that long. I dealt with it cold turkey for about 3 weeks before I got diagnosed with pityraisis rosea, so I was suffering for a while and stressing myself completely out in the process, thus making it worse! So, about the 10th week or so I saw the spots beginning to diminish... Even today, I can still see where the spots were, but whoooooa, so much improved, no rash, just some minor skin discoloration in the areas where the rash occurred.
I did so much research on this, wondering if I was alone, but I saw that so many people get this, it's just not talked about as much as other common skin rashes and conditions. There's no known test or treatment so that could be a factor as well.
For a while, I thought I would never get over this rash... but having come this far, please believe that you will get better eventually. You have to comfort yourself, comfort your body, and make sure you are not allowing yourself to get stressed out too much. Let me know if you have any questions whatsoever... I will try to respond as fast as I can.
April 6, 2011 - 9:39amThis Comment
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