Why does yogurt help perioral dermatitis

There may also be a burning sensation or itching, especially as the rash worsens. Plain yogurt, with no sugar or artificial sweeteners, can also be used to soothe the symptoms of perioral dermatitis. Being rich in good bacteria, it works as a powerful antibacterial agent that helps eliminate bad bacteria on the skin. It has soothing and cooling properties that help calm inflammation, redness and pain. Simply appy a layer of Greek yogurt on your skin and let it dry.

Then, rinse it off using cool water. Do it 2 or 3 times a day for a few weeks. Alternatively, add 1 teaspoon of Manuka honey to 2 tablespoons of yogurt and mix well.

Apply it on the affected area, wait 15 minutes and then rinse it off with water. After a few weeks the skin finally peeled off it was literally like a 2nd degree burn. Her skin was clear for about a week, but now she has developed PD. I know the exact cause of her PD is her inhaler, but we cannot discontinue it. My point in all this rambling is, that I have actually been using Avene Cicalfate Restorative cream for over a year on myself. I have made an appointment with her pediatric pulmonologist to see if we can switch to a new inhaler, but I think as long as a steroid is still being used, the PD may very well persist.

Thank you so much for posting this. Sorry for the long ramblingness! I am one, stressed-out, sleep-deprived, single mommy, right now…trying to do anything in my power to help her get relief.

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated. When I took her to the pediatrician yesterday- she prescribed her an even stronger steroid cream… sigh. So the internet is my only hope. I read this and my heart broke for you and her. Hi Alison! Do you have a sunscreen you recommend that is PD- friendly? I am coming into my second month of ZERO creeams Or facewash just water , and my skin is clearing up.

Thanks so much! I wonder what the path to easing this skin rash is for someone who does not use skin creams, sunscreen, make up, drinks spring water and eats a diet high in raw foods, fermented foods, and superfoods? We keep no chemicals in the house and I live on a supremely beautiful and vibrant organic vegetable farm — free of pollutants and chemicals? Could be related to candida or leaky gut and triggered by diet grains, cacao, eggs and legumes trigger mine.

What SLS-free laundry detergent do you recommend? And where can you buy it? I am having a hard time finding SLS-free detergent.

I live in Alaska and we have very limited selection in terms of natural products! I myself use herbal adaptogens to cope with stress and meditate, do yoga etc. Regarding my perioral dermatitis, like you, I completely cleared this using a cream I bought for eczema that has geranium oil, calendula and of all thing east cape manuka. My skin is so soft now and I still use a tiny bit as it is also a great moisturiser. I use nothing else else on my face except a gentle cream cleanser and the only make up I wear is some vegan lipstick, mascara and eye liner.

My skin is radiant and there is no need to cover up the blemishes etc. Hi Bren! What products are you using with calendula? I was just diagnosed. Looking into other products now. Thanks for all of your help and stories everyone! I had a terrible reaction to the Metronidizole. It made my PD worse. It was originally mainly on one section of my left eye.

Now it has spread all over the left and right eyes. On the blog now to find relief. Good luck! I had an allergic reaction to the Metrogel causing a rash on my back, legs etc… in a few hours! Nutritional deficiencies which we all have cause a breakdown of you gut lining which causes leaky gut. You can google this but heres a very short explaination. Undigested food passes from your gut into the blood stream, your body sees it as in invader, and your immune system tries to remove it from your body.

Your skin is a massive organ for detoxifying. At the same time, supplement what you need to fix the nutrient deficiencies so that your gut heals. Then reintroduce the eliminated food and see if you get the rash. So you need to see a functional doctor to get a food sensitivity test done and all the labs possible to detect any and all nutritional deficiencies.

Do the real fix. Be grateful that your skin is telling you there is something wrong inside your body. Pyrithione Zinc. Its the best 5 dollars you will EVER spend! This stuff feeds off the oil on your face so must keep it dry and I used a mineral powder over it to hide the redness.

Hi Alison, I being dealing with POD since October I believe mine was induced because of stress from a car accident and hormones imbalance erupt ovarian cysts. Like you said I try everything natural possible but nothing work, the only thing that would make my rash less flared up is if I applied manuka honey with aloe gel but still its red and painful.

Hi I was diagnosed years ago with Perioral Dermatitis. My dermatologist had my allergist run an allergy patch test to determine what I was allergic to, since it is an allergic reaction. It turns out a nickel allergy was the cause. The culprit was a platinum-plated ring nickel as the binding agent I was wearing for months non-stop that caused the PD on my face around my mouth! As soon as I took the ring off, it cleared up immediately. Completely gone in weeks once the area healed.

Fifteen years later I am dealing with PD again so back to the allergist! I think it is a new allergy causing this round. Or maybe I was pushing it wearing the —fun but nickel-plated I know I should not wear but it looks so good with outfit— jewelry! The main takeaways are that PD hates relatively all products […]. Thanks so much for your initial post Alison, because it helped me to identify what was going on with my face. I think it was triggered by toothpaste.

This seems to be widely used in soothing creams in Europe, but is almost non-existent here in Canada. I started by making a compress of dried Calendula flowers, which made such a difference that I ordered a concentrated Calendula cream from Weleda online I found it through Well. That and avoiding all sugar and refined carbs, of course.

I agree on the candida front…. Good luck everyone! Ive done so much research on this and the thing that has worked for me is doing nothing! Putting nothing on it! I was using the cicklefate cream and it did work but then it just came back again. After 3 days of washing only with water and not putting cream on it at all. It went dry which makes me think I was keeping it moist with the cream and this kept it going.

I live in a very humid hot climate so this may have added to it hanging around. Such a relief. My PD is horrendous. So so thankful. One month of antibiotics gave me an allergic reaction, and fungal treatment did nothing. With time I am hopeful for a full recovery. Thank you again Alison! Hello everyone — I have been dealing with PD for 4 months now and it is very frustrating! I feel for all of you who are dealing with it. I was trying to calm my lips and skin down after the windburn and it seemingly created the perfect storm.

So I am definitely type A and have researched the heck out of this and have tried a whole bunch of things — too many things. When applying Micellar water to PD areas that are peeling and flaking do not rub — just dab and then rinse with water. So now using just this simple regimen my PD areas went from raw, itchy, burning, red to much calmer in 3 days! I highly recommend simplifying drastically and as Allison mentioned stop trying a million different things because it is only going to further sensitize your already upset skin.

Definitely stop makeup. I also changed my toothpaste to Dr. Thank you for your positivity and advice! May you all be at ease while dealing with this tricky problem! I have used raw aloe in conjunction and that seems to be helping.

I try to minimize my level of stress, but stress in inevitably in certain circumstances. Thank you for sharing what has worked for you. I stand corrected! It took 3 months but I continued with your regiment and it worked! My skin looks so good. Stress can wreak havoc with your body including your skin and being a Type A I have suffered at the hands of stress for years. I sometimes wish I was the laid back Type B.

My healing crystals help me in this respect though. Anyway I digress.! My dermatologist put me on to an eczema cream by Mama Nature. This ProSkin Eczema funny name!!! I love your hat by the way x. Thank you, thank you, thank you for posting about your learnings on healing PD yourself! It has been a real lifesaver. I had my first flare up 3 months ago, it took 3 doctors and 2 derms to get an agreement on the diagnosis of PD two just sent me away saying I had a cold sore, which I had never had before!!

What a waste of time. I started to have a small flare up this week, found your blog and other blogs talking about Avene Cicalfate , immediately picked some up and WOW, I have it under control! It has been a few days now with just the odd bump showing up but I can live my life normally and not feel embarrassed to leave the house. It is wonderful to find a forum like this, of other women sharing their experiences, and helping others!

Thank you again!! Did you have any initial breaks outs from the Marie Veronique? I bought the barrier serum and the probiotic spray, and I think the serum made me break out. Thank you so much for this post! I have an autistic son who had a bad allergic reaction to Zovirax duo used for a cold sore I could see coming up.

His lips enlarged, cracked, flaked and were so uncomfortable. A couple of trips to the doctors — we tried steroid creams, Elidel immunosuppressant cream, oral antibiotics.

My son was distressed, self harming — hitting himself on the head so I turned to google search for some alternative cream for his lip. Enter your post and the amazing Avene Caclifate restorative cream. I put this on his lips about 4 times after lunch and the difference by the evening was remarkable. I have a much happier son and lips that are visibly starting to repair and heal.

I cannot thank you enough. I had mild PD for nearly 9 months on and off! Within 10 days, my face cleared up and has been good ever since! My PD appeared a few months ago and it was caused from using a strong steroid ointment. I also have psoriasis that I get on my face, scalp, and body. I use a steroid ointment and a medicated lotion to treat my psoriasis. This accident occurred just once but it was enough to bring about my first case of PD.

My dermatologist prescribed doxycycline and clindamycin lotion as a treatment for PD. After using the clindamycin lotion for a week my skin was more inflamed and sensitive. I then decided to start taking doxycycline and stop the clindamycin lotion.

By this point I had had PD for almost a month and it spread to all around my mouth. It looked awful and I was at a loss for what to do next. I tried natural remedies apple cider vinegar, turmeric, coconut oil, anti-fungal cream, yogurt, taking fish oil and a probiotic. Nothing helped. Please keep in mind I was still wearing makeup daily and using my normal skin care routine facial cleanser, toner, serum, moisturizer.

I finally came upon this article and decided to try it. I gave up lip balm, whitening toothpaste, dairy products, my normal skin care routine and makeup except mascara and eye liner. I bought Dr. Only those 4 items. I use the black clay facial bar and restorative skin cream twice daily on my entire face. Osmia Purely Simple Face Cream in the morning on my entire face.

Coconut oil in the evening only on PD and the rest of my face gets Vanicream Moisturizing Cream for Sensitive Skin can be used on dry lips. I also added a daily probiotic.

Within a week of doing all of this, my PD was less inflamed and halfway gone. It took another 1. I still have a very stubborn, small patch of PD on the corner of my mouth.

I have NOT gone back to my pre-PD skin care routine but I do use makeup all over my face except for that one stubborn area by my mouth. Clarification: I meant to say that I initially gave up makeup but once my PD significantly cleared up I went back to wearing makeup but still avoiding that small, stubborn patch on the corner of my mouth. Thank you thank you, you solved my problem Alison. I ordered the charcoal mud soap and the Avene Cicalfate cream and the next day it was totally cleared up.

Do you use your face products mentioned above on your eyes as well? Would love to know what you or anyone else who reads this do for the eye area!

Thank you so much for sharing your story. I just recently was diagnosed with PD and this has been the most helpful site I have found. I recently started to get PD around my eyes. It used to just be by my mouth and nose. The reviews on Amazon highly recommend this product for those with PD and I completely agree. I encourage those who have PD around their eyes to try this product. Use it on DRY skin.

Do not use water to make a soapy lather with it. Put the product on clean, dry skin and let it sit for minutes before rinsing off with warm water. Follow with your choice of lotion. The Avene Cicalfate makes my eyelids sticky and oily. Any suggestions for eye creams and eye lotions would be greatly appreciated. First round cleared it horrible side effects but it came back after a month- I tried another type of antibiotic with no change to my skin at all! Very disappointing. I also tried a compound cream and another cream, again nothing helped.

I tried the Lo Roche posay sensitive range advised by my dermatologist with no results! I saw your edit to your original post that using just the facial bar and face cream were very helpful. Did you use both of them in the morning and at night? Also, did your hormonal acne get worse during that time? Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

My PD skincare routine goes like this: I use my jade roller in the morning and at night before applying any products to my face. Dessert Recipes Snacks Wellness. Recipes Snacks Wellness. Drinks Recipes Wellness. Lifestyle Wellness. Beauty Self-Care Wellness.

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Now I am planning to stop eating Honey bunches and Indian chappati and going to observe again in an week that if that is the major cause. Still I am applying yoghurt on face and it is the only rescue for me. I will post soon whether stopping honey bunches and indian chappati is really the problem for me or not. I would really like to thank all the people posting their experience and it really helped to find solution for my problem. I would say for anyone if nothing works try sleeping with yoghurt on your face.

Hi, I have had a nasty case of perioral dermatitis which by the way is a worthless description simply meaning rash around the mouth! It progressed along with my stomach issues and I cut out SLS, sugar, yeast, dairy, and gluten but with no impact on my face. After bowel surgery I thought for sure my face would clear up but nope - it got worse.

The gastroenteroligists denied any stomach connection to the rash and the dermatologist said 8 weeks of antibiotics which I refused. I was on oral antibiotics in the hospital which made everything worse. I take heavy duty probiotics and although great for internal cures I saw NO improvement in my external rash. I did for just a few days and the raised red flaking bumps went flat!

I stopped after a few days but am going to stick with it religously for another week and see if it goes away completely.

I really hope it does as this has been such a frusrtrating rash! Summary: I used organic plain yogurt on my perioral dermatitis leaving it on about 10 minutes for a few days and saw good improvement.

Not completely gone, but very calmed. Question - Has anyone had long term complete success with yogurt for perioral dermatitis and if so, how long each day do you leave it on? Also, has anyone tried Manuka honey on the rash? I heard that is supposed to be excellent as well.