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skin color

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zs:
hi
surely high ferritin can have effect on your skin color so as all say if you wanna change that u must be serious on your chelation program after that u can prospect change in your color

gwftan:
Hi All,

Sorry for writing in this thread.  I don't want to start a new thread since this is what I wanted to ask too.

I was wondering since I had a few patches of dark patches on my body after the "stupid" inferon injection is it due to iron as well?  It was quite obvious during my first pregnancy over the patch where they stick down the needles and other part of the body as well.  It was quite unsightly at first but the colour had faded over time but is still there.  Does it go away? 

Thanks.

Andy Battaglia:
Yes, this is a known problem with iron injections. Leakage can occur into the subcutaneous tissue producing long-standing skin discoloration. Iron overload in thals is seen with darkened skin coloration, as iron deposits give the skin a dark somewhat bronze tone. Chelation will clear this up, and we have noted often that IP6 will also clear up skin, although I don't know what effect it might have on a concentrated discoloration. One thing I ran into while searching was that vitamin C serums can lighten skin. This makes some sense since vitamin C binds with iron. Products containing vitamin C serum can easily be found online and probably at makeup counters in stores.

gwftan:
Thanks Andy. 

Will try to look for the product you suggested.

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