Potential Cure For Grover's Disease

i am suffering with this disease too. i am asian and my country is really hot so sweat most of the time. its really hard for me as the red spots come out and itching. i've seek many doctors but they said it was a normal allergic. i am so sad with the doctor's statement. they also make fun of me when i told them that i can't expose to sun. how to cure this? i've tried a lot of things but still can't get rid of this. :(

I was just recently told I have Grover's. I am a 46 year old white female and have probably had it for about 6 years. My bumps are on my upper belly right under the bra line and little upper back. Mine does not itch never has and randomly one of the bumps will brake open and dry up and that area becomes sensitive till fully healed. It almost completely goes away in the winter months when I am out of the sun. I am sure mine is due to over tanning. These are the things I have found as of the last couple years and just within the last month or so of experimenting. Shorter stints of sun exposure with out sunblocks as to not clog pores more, shower off when sweaty after prolong heat or work outs ASAP then apply coconut oil (because it is antifungal) that has made a big difference. This blogg was the most helpful thus far. Thank you all so very much it is great to have found this site. Peace

I thought in the 15 years I have dealt with this, there might be better medical progress. Very sad. I am using raw unprocessed expeller pressed coconut oil. It is helping the skin recover and reduce the itching. I feel it's better than any other remedy I have tried.

I just got my diagnosis of Grover's, but have had it for decades (with many misdiagnoses). My doctor put me on retina A, and it has helped somewhat after only a week of use. I was advised to avoid further sun exposure (this includes tanning beds) as it will do harm rather than good...sun damage is the main suspect with this disease.

Very, very hot water on your skin for a few minutes will basically make your nerve receptors work overtime, and therefore when the hot water is stopped, they have a hard time registering itch for a few hours. I was told the water should be almost scalding...if the water is just very warm, it will only aggravate the itch.

Finally, keep moisturizing your skin, several times a day. I used Argan or Olive oil, as these sink into the skin exceedingly well.

I was diagonised with Grovers Disease at the age of 29. I am a fair skinned female with blonde hair and blue eyes. I am know 53 years old and still have the rash on the middle of my back and my stomach. At times I don't even know it is there, but when I am in the sun, even if that area is covered, it gets so itchy and flares up. When I was young I would also get sunburns and in my late teen years, I was sunburnt to the point where I had sun poisoning and blisters. About 3 years ago I was diagonised with melanomia. I was only a Stage 0. I have also had several Basal Cell tumors removed. I truly feel that alot of my skin issues today are due to over exposure of the sun. Please be careful in the sun and when using tanning beds. Tanning beds are just as dangerous as the sun. Even though I have had Grover's disease for along time, I do not know alot about it. I would welcome any information you have regarding this disease.



Thank you! :)

I HAVE JUST BEEN TOLD I HAVE GROVERS, ITS A NIGHT MARE OF ITCHING T SAY THE LEAST. I WAS GIVEN A 40MG SHOT OF CORTIZONE AND 50MG PILLS OF ATAREX AND CREAM JUST HOPE IT HELPS I CANNOT TAKE THIS MUCH LONGER.

Vitamin D deficiency can affect bone structure, but Grover's affects a lot of people whose skin has been subjected to too much sun exposure. In Australia, it's generally found in older males who have spent a lot of time in the sun. This has affected the fabric of the skin and weakened the pores. In that case there is no cure, only palliative treatment which subdues the outbreaks as they occur. There are many events which appear to be linked to Grover's but note that it's described as a transient disease, so any 'cures' which people discover for themselves may need to stand the test of time. For example, someone who has the disease tries something and it works - for a while. That's not a cure, that's a palliative.

I have been diagnosed with the disease, red blotchy skin on my chest, where the skin is thinner due to sun exposure. That's not too much of a problem, but it also occurs in the hairy pubic area, breaking out from time to time a few days after sport. This is rather like prickly heat, and similar treatment is effective. The dermatologist prescribed a cortisone cream, but I avoid using it because it suppresses the symptoms - which means it suppresses the auto-immune system.

So I experimented by applying hot water to the affected area to draw out the damaged pores and allow them to heal, a little larger than they were before. This is similar to the process people used in the old days with a hot poultice. Mild salt water, heated, and apply it to the affected area for about 5 minutes or longer. You just have to keep dabbing it back into the bowl to keep it hot. Press it gently on the skin.

It stops the itch fairly quickly. Dry the area, then dust lightly with baby powder (to keep it dry).

The itchy areas will look terrible, and they'll crust over. You have to do this heat treatment twice a day for two days. No more. Then just lightly dust it with baby powder and it will heal within a week.

This has reduced the outbreaks, but as I said at the beginning, that might not be connected with the 'treatment' but simply a naturally process inherent in the body.

Let me know how you get on.

I tried the tanning bed for awhile, but was unsure if it was doing any good since I was still suffering from symptoms. Do you use the recommended creams the tanning salon suggests? I did at first and then used nothing while tanning. I may try it again now that I've read this. How about Vitamin A as well as D? I keep reading about Vitamin A.

That’s the beauty of the World Wide Web you can spread the word to millions of people. Wondering why you used a tanning bed instead of sunshine. Cheers!