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Rash?
chinatbag
Posts: 249 Member
Hey everyone, I know this gets brought up on /r/keto once in a while, but just wanted your thoughts.
Ever since I adopted the low-carbohydrate diet, I've been getting rashes near my neck, my lower back, and my chest.
No idea what's causing it. I stopped taking the vitamin supplementation I was taking at the beginning, thinking that was the problem - it wasn't.
I don't think I have any food allergies since all the foods I'm eating are foods I'd always eaten before, except now I'm eating much larger amounts of vegetables.
Anybody have a similar experience? So far I've been trying to kill off the rash with TAC (triamcinolone acetonide cream).
Ever since I adopted the low-carbohydrate diet, I've been getting rashes near my neck, my lower back, and my chest.
No idea what's causing it. I stopped taking the vitamin supplementation I was taking at the beginning, thinking that was the problem - it wasn't.
I don't think I have any food allergies since all the foods I'm eating are foods I'd always eaten before, except now I'm eating much larger amounts of vegetables.
Anybody have a similar experience? So far I've been trying to kill off the rash with TAC (triamcinolone acetonide cream).
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Skin irritation from acidic sweat? Candida die-off? No idea.0
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I've found that my skin dries out more quickly, especially on my face. I never had to use lotion before. Since I started the diet I have to moisturize my face after I shower or I'll end up with dry flakey skin within a couple hours.0
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Hrm, I don't think it's sweat.
Someone mentioned it might be ketosis urticaria. This might be it, but that's kind of a umbrella term.
I don't think I'm dried out, my skin is pretty moisturized. I do suffer from eczema, but this isn't it
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I've had "contact dermatitis" for my whole life, even before keto. I'm not really allergic to anything as far as I know, so it stumepd dermatologists. /shrug.0
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I don't know if you ever found the answer, but i had this same problem. It was on the sides of my neck, and on my chest.
I read everything i could find on the internet and guessed it was either because I'm Asian, or I was Eating so many eggs. I completely stopped eating eggs, plastered myself with cortisone cream ( specifically my husband's eczema version ), and it faded in about a week. I eat eggs again but not EVERY morning. It hasn't made a repeat appearance.0 -
I don't know if you ever found the answer, but i had this same problem. It was on the sides of my neck, and on my chest.
I read everything i could find on the internet and guessed it was either because I'm Asian, or I was Eating so many eggs. I completely stopped eating eggs, plastered myself with cortisone cream ( specifically my husband's eczema version ), and it faded in about a week. I eat eggs again but not EVERY morning. It hasn't made a repeat appearance.
Thanks for this! I'm also asian and just developed symptoms similar to OP (didn't eat anything I was allergic to either) and I was kinda concerned about it. It's good to know that I'm not the only one with this problem. It started yesterday (like two days after I started keto, even after trying to ease my way in) flared up pretty bad, but has settled down a bit today. I wasn't exactly sure what the cause was though.
I just had a fried egg today so I guess I'll see how the rash is tomorrow morning. Hopefully this goes away in a week or less.0 -
My husband had this. We started Keto 7 weeks ago. The rash began about 1-2 weeks into Keto, and started disappearing around week 6. He used some cortizone cream which did help a bit.0
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