Q My contact dermatitis has been improving and relapsing for months now. Can it fully heal? How long does treatment usually take?
A If you avoid the causative substance and the oversensitized immunity and barrier stabilize, it can calm down sufficiently. Usually the itching and oozing start to decrease within a few weeks, and with about three months of consistent care, we aim for stable skin.
Detailed Answer
Contact dermatitis gradually subsides once the causative substance is found and avoided and the internal environment that generates inflammation is set in order. However, it takes time for a once-broken barrier to regenerate and for the oversensitized immunity to settle, so it does not change overnight; usually the oozing and itching start to decrease within a few weeks, and with two to three months of consistent care, you can expect stable skin.
Korean Medicine Clinic Perspective
In an actual skin patient case at Dongjedang, a person who developed blisters and peeling skin on the hands and feet every change of season regained the skin's innate recovery capacity over about three months as herbal medicine and acupuncture treatment lowered the internal damp-heat. We regard the standard of recovery not as mere symptom relief, but as building skin that does not collapse again under the same irritation.
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