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Joanne Hinton wrote:

> recently, someone posted that her favorite face lotion was not gf.  is
> this something else to be concerned with?  i have dh so is this what
> could be slowing down my healing time.  ( i am not on dapsone, just
> trying the diet) i have also wanted to use some cream with vitamine e in
> it to try to help reduce the scarring from dh, (i know not necessarily
> proven to do so, but i'm willing to try anything once) does vitamine e
> always come from wheat products?  currently i am using vitamine e
> fortified baby oil.  would the vitamine e have come from wheat products
> and perhaps still contain gluten?  thanks for your help

An alternative to commercial vitamin E is the Aloe Vera plant.  Just
take a piece of a leaf from a live plant  (the cut end repairs itself
quite well) and apply the juice where you want the vitamin E.  In
addition to being very high in Vitamin E it has other healing agents.
This is very effective for burns (I would not recommend it for 3rd
degree burns, however) also.   (As always, the FIRST thing to do for a
burn is to get rid of residual heat (which can be responsible for more
than 50% of the damage) - by running cold water over the burn if
possible for 5 to 15 minutes depending on the extent and severity.)

The Aloe Vera has many antioxidants that greatly reduce free radical
damage (responsible for more than half of the damage from a burn).

It would proably be a good idea to test the Aloe Vera on a small spot of
unaffected skin first to see if you are allergic to IT (although I have
seen no mention of anyone being so).

One thing for SURE - you KNOW it hasn't got any gluten in it!

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