Emu Oil

Hi.

I am in a far better mood than I was last week. Had an interview with Girdwood, Alaska about a position; we'll know yea or nay next week.

I am also feeling a thousand times better thanks to a weird and outrageous substance that I took a risk on and now I'm glad I did.

I have a condition (diagnosed last year) called lichensclerosis. It is, quite possibly, the most horrible of all the autoimmune stuff I have ever had to deal with. The itchiness is enough to drive you insane (I almost went there.) The only thing that has quelled the terrible itch and burn to this point has been a steroid cream, which has the unfortunate side effect of thinning the skin wherever you happen to put it.

I was trolling around on the Internet, looking for an alternative to the cream, when I chanced across a glowing, angelic report on emu oil.

It sounded like bull, but after ten or fifteen more reports that were singing the praises of the stuff, I had to try it. So I bought a bottle (25 dollars for 8 ounces of the pure stuff) and tried it out, and now I'M singing its praises.

With steroid cream, you can only put it on twice a day tops. This stuff, I can put on over and over and not worry about thinning skin.

I swear, anything that nixes the itch of this condition is welcome.

I do feel a little guilty for the emus (they do have to kill them to get the oil), but I am using very, very little of the stuff at a time and it should last me months.

I feel like a million bucks. Let's hope the feeling lasts.

Ta,
Bec