Lichen Planus Support Group

Hello,

I'm new to the LP forum but have had LP for the past 12 years starting from when I was 20 years old. My first bout of it lasted 18 months and involved all flexor and mucosa regions of my body. I actually worked for a dermatologist at the time who performed a biopsy. It came back as Lichen Planus "drug eruption" This unfortunately was not the case. It laid low for almost seven years and returned again in 2008 during a very high stress time in my life. This time the flare up included OLP (which never fully went away from the first onset) and all my flexor regions. This took another 18 months to clear up and I actually only used topical Olux E to combat it. Once the lesions stopped appearing I began using sun (30 mins a day) to clear the ugly pimenting scars that were left behind. It was almost as if the pigment scars broke apart the more I exposed my skin to sunlight. It took three months before the scaring was not noticeable. I have a very very minor issue with VLP now.

I currently have had another eruption, an onset again during a very high stress time in my life and this now includes flexor, OLP, and oddly my palms....which have never been involved before. I know that stress triggers these eruptions and have found some stress relievers do help to combat the itching which is more apparent in the morning. I also believe that the OLP has cuased me to have Peridontal disease. I find that if I go in to my dentist every three months for deep cleaning my OLP (which thankfully is not painful) clears up some. This onset started in September and seems minor but it is still causing anxiety...and I think i'm loosing hair this time. I have tried to link it to a cause (thyroid?) and I know all the studies out there say that it is unknown....but i'm just wondering if anyone else has expierenced onset with stress? I even had a GP tell me it's weather related....thinking unlikely....Really happy to have found a forum that offers an opportunity to connect with others. Thanks!

Many mention stress affecting them. I don't believe it does for me. Please stay hooked in with us. We like to keep up.

I so have to agree with you I feel stress tends to give me more break outs as well. Also the weather may seem to just make the itching worse when it starts to get warm out. My breakouts are so different now from the very first time I got LP. Just had it on my legs from my knees down. Huge purple reddish spots that were just ugly to look at nothing else. Now I get breakouts everywhere but are red bumps that itch like crazy will drain clear and then start to go away once a scab starts to form. Then when I am stressed they pop up again.

Doctors don't know so they tell you what ever pretty much just to live with it. I was told your born with it, Then I was told it was caused from going through the change of life. Then just I don't know??

I was taken off my hormone pills after 7 years on them and put on a very low dose of Zoloft to help ease the hot flashes and night sweats so I could sleep again. I noticed after I was put on that drug I got LP. My dermatologist said he researched it and yes it seems certain drugs may trigger it.

How was it I went over half of my life without LP then in my late 40's early 50's I got this? Maybe it was the drug?? Either way it is in my hair mouth and on my neck and now I notice a few on my face!My dentist, Nose and throat doctor don't seem to be concern since it stays pretty much the same I hate having the thick whit coating on my tongue that looks like thrush. Some foods will make my mouth burn so I do try to avoid them. Really helps when people as yourself share any information they have regarding LP. Hope some of my information may have been helpful to you as well. Still researching and looking for a cure

Vickie