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The pictures are very graphic and show severe dermatitis. Please do not look at the pictures if you do not want to.
I will have a warning before showing the pictures below, so please feel free to read ahead.
Ever since I was a baby, I had severe Atopic Dermatitis.My worried parents took me to many different doctors and hospitals hoping that I would be cured. And when I became an adult, I went to hospitals all over Japan, committed to heal my dermatitis.
During this time, I tried numerous alternative health modalities as well.
In total, I used Topical Steroids (TS) for 52 years.
And of those years, I used the most potent one for 30 years.
Because I truly wanted to heal,
I listened to my doctor, and intently followed their treatment plans.
The Topical Steroids temporarily suppressed many of my symptoms, but with time I would need stronger prescriptions. And in the end, even the strongest steroid creams completely stopped working.
With this, I stopped using TS medication.
In the end, I was only left with the many uncomfortable side effects of the drug.
Note: The side effects are not limited to the ones that the pharmaceutical companies list.
I know that many patients know this first handedly. Many of the symptoms that we experience can
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There were doctors that would amp up my prescription as my symptoms worsened,And of course, many of these treatments involved TOPICAL STEROIDS.
However, although I have used these creams for more than 50 years, my Atopic Dermatitis was not cured by Topical Steroids.
I remember many conversations with many of my doctors.
Particularly, a conversation I had with Dr.Kenji Sato from Hannan Chuo Hospital in Osaka, Japan was very impressive. His words were very unique and memorable to me.
‘Doctors must never say ‘Stop itching/ Do not itch’ to the patients. If you say this, in that instant, the trust between the patient and the doctor will be completely broken.’it makes you want to rip out your fingers and limbs,
and is an itch that will keep you up all night long, even when you are dead tired…
Because I have experienced it, I can truly say that it is IMPOSSIBLE to control this itch, and I believe that NO HUMAN BEINGS can control it.
However, many doctors believe that to some extent, this itch can be controlled.
As everyone knows, you must study a ton to become a doctor.
I respect all of the doctors who have given their all to learn from books and clinical setting seeing patients.
But when a doctor says (from his understanding and his studies) ‘To a certain extent, itchiness can be controlled.’, the patient knows that ‘This doctor has never experienced what I am going through…..’
Because Dr.Sato sees the patients condition every single day at the hospital, and understands the illness and our sense of pathos, he was able to come to the conclusion that the itch cannot be controlled.
And for the first time, I learned from Dr.Sato that what I believed as Atopic Dermatitis was actually an Intractable Dermatopathy induced by prolonged use of Topical Steroids. The dermatitis I was experiencing was side effect from the drugs.
These are my experiences. I drew this cartoon for the last lecture meeting with Japanese leading doctors against Topical Steroids. Do these symptoms Atopic Dermatitis??? No way!
Would these symptoms occur just with Atopic Dermatitis??
I believe that if I did not use Topical Steroids, even if it took time to heal, I wouldn’t have experienced these severe symptoms.
By strengthening my immune system and natural self healing abilities, I am repairing my skin that was damaged by Topical Steroids.
By completely stopping steroids usage, I can feel that my skin is regenerating, becoming stronger and starting to resemble what ‘normal’ skin looks like. I have never experienced this in my life and this is the indisputable fact.
However, we must remember that all of our bodies have the ability to heal itself.
Dr.Kenji Sato has said this:
‘By itching, the skin improves.
We itch again, and the skin continues to improve.
We itch and itch again, and it will heal again.
Repeating like this, the skin starts to get stronger gradually.
Itch as much as you want, but try to keep the last scratch a little lighter than the rest.
Your skin WILL heal definitely.’
Even though knowing it, it is impossible to resist the intense itch.
I think many of us tell ourselves, ‘It is a bad thing to scratch! I shouldn’t itch!’. We try to withhold ourselves, and have blamed ourselves when we give in to the itch.
He understands that with this condition, it is IMPOSSIBLE to not scratch our skin.
And he continues to warn doctors and patients to refrain from using TS without seeing the truth of its consequences.
A real doctors understand that Topical Steroids do not cure Atopic Dermatitis.
Even more, they know that even light Atopic Dermatitis can become ‘intractable’ with TS use.
Even then, seeing the horrible side effects that they cause, there ARE doctors that choose not to prescribe Topical Steroids.
And here, I want to affirm this strongly.
This is coming from a person who has used steroids for over fifty years, which is one of the longest, even in human history…
‘TOPICAL STEROIDS’ DO NOT CURE ‘ATOPIC DERMATITIS’.
If they do, I should have been healed by now.
For over 50 years I listened to my doctors intently and followed instructions meticulously, and I did not heal with TS.
Topical Steroids may temporarily suppress symptoms, but it does not cure the condition, and will leave the patient with frightening side effects and symptoms.Is this really true though? Are all of these patients really that lazy to not follow the directions?
Every year a stronger prescription would be needed, and the condition would have progressed to a point where they are completely dependent on regular use of steroids to maintain the quality of their lives.
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2015.10.29 Left Lower Leg (One month later of hospitalization)
2015.11.18 Left Lower Leg
2015.12.17 Left Lower Leg (The symptom is about to disappear w/o TS))
As you can see, within two months my skin regenerated on its own, even without medication.
but we humans are definitely supplied with a power to heal ourselves.
I truly wish that more people will know about the dangers of Topical Steroids.
I would be so happy and honored, if you can share with your friends and family of this information.
Edited by Tokuko Abfab
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私のコメントは1-2行なのに、Tokukoさんの反応は何十行です。恐縮してしまいます。ありがとうございます。頑張りましょう。
佐藤先生
こちらの方こそ(笑)、です。激務の中、さらにその合間のお忙しい活動の中、拙ブログを読んで下さり、いつも恐縮しております。
先生のご尽力が、結果を出し、ものすごい勢いで世界的に実際の患者たちから高い評価を得ていることをお伝えしたくて、ついつい長い返答になりがちですので、かえって貴重なお時間を使って読んで戴き申し訳ないと思うばかりです。
先生のお蔭で本当に世界規模で苦しむ方々が救われています。ありがたいことです。
今日も素晴らしい一日をお過ごしください！
4人の子どもの写真のうち、一人目は脱ステで残りの3人は非ステです。
翻訳ご苦労様です。
佐藤先生
見て下さってありがとうございます！情報、助かります！
早速、URLのすぐ下にその説明を付け加えました。
南アフリカにも熱心な読者さんたちがいらっしゃることに気付いていたのですが、先ほど、その中のお一人がこの記事をシェアしてくださっていて、「TSWの患者を救っている日本の数人の医師のうちの一人であるドクターサトウが素晴らしい成功をおさめている。その一人の患者の経験がコミュニティの中で世界にまたがる大きな発見と影響を与えている。」といったような説明をしてくださっておいででした。
世界のサポートグループでも、先生の治療が大変大きな影響を与えているのを日々感じています。
昨夜もたまたま、一人の方の悩み相談に答えている、とある外国人の説明を読んでいたら、それがとても素晴らしくて、（よく、脱保湿の流れをご存知だな～、この人・・・。）と思いながら読み進めていると、最後の一行に、「とてもいい記事があって、日本でドクターサトウの治療を受けた人のものなの。」とあり、なんと、私の記事で一生懸命学んで脱保湿をマスターしている方でした。
そして、それにまた質問が来ると、さらに長い説明で答えてあげて・・・私の代わりに動いてくれている方々が、ぽつりぽつり出てきています。ありがたいことです。
また、脱保湿にちょっと反論する意見が出て来ると、またどなたかが脱保湿を説明してくれて、さらにまた別の方が、私のブログをそこに貼り付けてくれて・・・・と、先生の治療のよさに気付いた方々が、私のやってきたことを代わりにサポートしてやってくれている・・・そんなすごいことになってきています。
今日も、間断なく携帯のチャイムが鳴って、次々SNS経由のメッセージが入ってきていますが、質問も多い反面、先生の治療のよさに感謝してくださっているものもとても多いです。
おお～～～っと(笑)、今も、やたら携帯のチャイムが次々鳴ると思ったら、SNSのあっちでこっちで、わたしのHow to get over TSW asapをシェアしてくれたり、説明してくれたりの激しいシェア合戦です(笑)。一人の方は、今日のこのシェアにコメントを入れて下さってました。「あなただったのねー！数日前にNMTのことを調べていたらたまたまあなたのブログを見つけて、覚えるためにたくさんスクリーン・ショットを撮っていたの。そうすれば何度も何度も読めるから。特に、ドクターサトウの言った言葉、”掻いてもいい”には本当に打たれたわ。」と、先生のお言葉をシェアした部分のスクリーンショットもポストしてくださっています。なんだか、阪南中央病院があこがれの地(笑)のようになっている感じです。
脱保湿を直接教わった私たち患者は、本当にラッキーですね。キリストやお釈迦様の弟子になったくらいのつもりで、もっともっと広めなければばちがあたると思いました。(笑)
一人でも多くの方がステロイドの真実を知れますように、活動を続けたいと思います。
いつも本当にありがとうございます！