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Kathleen Thorne RN, LMT's avatar

Great article ... just wanted to add some information

My background is RN of 30 years with holistic practices and also a licensed massage therapist of 17 years .

In most cases with skin disorders or diseases, massage is contraindicated .

And I agree with you we have to look at the root cause . Usually it lies in the gut-skin axis. I'm sure you've heard of the gut-brain axis.

The gut microbiome plays a major part of our immune system, and also mental health issues like anxiety and depression.

Before I becane completely holistic, I had periods of time working at the VA as a nurse where I would be under extreme stress and my chest and neck would break out in hives and welts. I went to the best dermatologists here and they would give me topical creams and strong, topical steroids and it would make matters worse. It never cleared it up.

So I decided to start working on my gut and getting it balanced. Bone broth played a crucial role in that. And then I had to work on my perception of the stress and how I was going to deal with it. After addressing both of those issues, my skin healed completely..

The skin is the largest organ of the body, and it's our number one line of defense against all microorganisms. What some people may not know is that there Re good and bad bacteria. We should never try to get rid of the good bacteria because then the harmful bacteria will take over. I was always concerned about that during Covid because everybody was wiping everything down with bleach and whatever else they were using and killing a lot of the good bacteria, which would make matters worse.

I had a case with a man in the intensive care unit that got Steven Johnson Syndrome, which is basically where your skin starts peeling off of your body. His came from aspirin, which he had been taking for about 25 years due to heart conditions he had at age 20 and he was now 45. He took one every single day no problem until one day he took it and he developed Steven Johnson Syndrome.

The skin was falling off and we could not regulate his body temperature as well as many other things - was in the burn unit ICU and he had lost so much skin. He passed away at age 45. Another thing people don't realize is that any medication that you take can do this.

The other thing is that because Massage is contraindicated in so many skin disorders or diseases, that there is one way to treat it as well and that's through reflexology. And it works. I've worked on people with diabetes, skin issues, and so much more...but usually with skin issues I start with the gut and the mind.

Here's just one of thousands of articles that speak of what I'm mentioning above and I just wanted to share it .

Gut–Skin Axis: Current Knowledge of the Interrelationship between Microbial Dysbiosis and Skin Conditions

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7916842/

Thank you for the great article and I just wanted to add some more information.

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Kasandra's avatar

Thank you. This's a very good reminder. Rubbish bins attract flies. A clean internal environment attracts good things. Disease is mostly scary because of fear. Thank you. X

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