Greetings PDI and DCI Warriors,
This newsletter issue will be different because we cover a series of emails about Dupuytren contracture treatment with DMSO. Not only is this issue very important for our large Peyronie’s disease group to read and understand, but we also have something to say of direct interest to our many DCI readers.
As most of you know, there is a clear statistical association between Dupuytren contracture (palm of the hand and fingers) and Peyronie’s disease (male shaft). Almost all of the treatment concepts that apply to one problem can be used for the other, with some minor variation to account for the difference in anatomy. Besides that, at least 20% of you men have both problems anyway so this email series should be of high interest to many.
Below is a series of emails from a very kind lady who came to the DCI website asking for help with her Dupuytren’s contracture.
By looking at the dates of the emails you will note that her progress was rather rapid, as sometimes happens with DC, as opposed to PD.
Remember, she started this series of emails about using DMSO about 4-6 weeks after she started using her medium Dupuytren’s plan. So there is the reason that there is discussion of her progress with Dupuytren problem about the 3rd day after we started emailing each other about her DMSO questions.
As I have done in the past, this is a series of interconnected emails (or threads) just as I receive and send to people all day long. I use a red color for my email responses so my thoughts and comments are easily separated from the other person. In this case the sender did the same thing and used a 3rd color to comment about my comments.
So long as you remember that my comments are always in red, and hers are in either black or green, you will be able to understand the communication going on. This should not be difficult if you just read it like two people are talking to each other and interrupting each other from time to time to make replies.
Here we go:
Greetings DKXXXXX,
See below for comments…
Regards,
Theodore Herazy, DC, LAc
From: DKXXXXXXX
Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 2010 7:14 PM
To: info@peyronies-disease-help.com
Subject: DMSO
Dr. Herazy,
Thank you for your offer to help and be available to help anytime we need you. I have a problem with the DMSO. It takes over an hour to absorb into my skin The wet appearance you refer to that lasts for an hour does not indicate the amount of time necessary for the absorption of DMSO; or how long it takes for it to work. Actually, the wetness you see for that hour on your skin is not DMSO, but an oil carrier that remains after the DMSO is gone. While the DMSO oil may stay wet looking on the skin that long, the amount of time necessary for the DMSO to do its work is probably less than 10 minutes, and probably closer to 6-8 minutes, regardless of how long the skin looks wet. You can wash the oily residue of the DMSO from your skin after 10 minutes with no loss of effectiveness. and burns and is very uncomfortable for a long time, even after it is absorbed. What are you applying with the DMSO? Are you using it by itself or combining it with other things? There is also the possibility that you are using the DMSO too often for your skin to handle it well. We might have to discuss reducing frequency of usage if my other suggestions do not help you first. That will be something to keep in the backs of our minds, OK? I am applying it the same place (on top of my hand) on my left hand after the E cream is absorbed which takes quite a while too. Would you advise combining it with anything to lessen that effect? That should be unnecessary. After you answer my few questions I will be able to respond again with more information for you. I only saw one question. TRH I appreciate and thank you for your suggestion.
Thank you again,
DKXXXXX
DKXXXXX
If you are working with a vitamin E cream that you got somewhere else, then I do not have an answer for you. I do not have any experience with the safety or efficacy of such a cream, and cannot comment on your use of other products when you combine them with those from the DCI/PDI websites. Since I do not have experience or confidence in other products I would only be guessing how they would work together, and that is not fair to either of us. I am using Unique E Vitamin E oil which came with your “BETTER” plan. I will try washing the DMSO residue off after ten minutes and see if that helps. Right now, I applied the DMSO without using anything prior and have had it on four minutes and it already burns. I am not using anyone else’s products but only those which came with your “Better” plan.
Sincerely,
DKXXXXXXXX
Regards,
Theodore Herazy, DC, LAc
You wrote that you are applying an “E cream” which is not what Unique-E oil is. I was mislead by that comment. Now that I understand a bit better what you are doing I can proceed with you. I realized after I went to look at the bottle again that I had said E cream instead of Unique-E oil which was misleading.
The most transfer of therapy products into the tissue by DMSO occurs within the 1st minute after application; less during the 2nd minute, even less the 3rd minute, and so on, until there is not much real transfer activity happening.. By the 7th-8th minute there is not much happening in terms of DMSO transfer into the tissue. Therefore, just for now, please wash the DMSO off after the 1st minute and let me know what happens. If that helps we will increase the amount of time you leave the DMSO on your skin until we find your tolerance level. I will surely do this.
Do you have any other reaction other than burning to those areas to which you apply the DMSO? Do you have a rash, dryness, redness, swelling or pain? My hand is a little swollen and it itches for some time after I apply the DMSO to the backs of my hands. It is also dry, I have little cracks in the skin but that might be because I rub it due to the itching or soaking it in hot water.
Why are you applying the DMSO and Unique-E oil to the back of your hand, and not the palmar surface where your nodule and contracture are located? I guess so I could use my hand to do other things while waiting for the DMSO and Unique-E oil to be absorbed. I didn’t realize it would make a difference. I will apply it to the palm here-out.
What is the order or sequence of application of the DMSO and Unique-E oil, meaning which do you apply 1st and which do you apply 2nd? I apply the Unique-E oil and then after it is absorbed which takes a while, I apply the DMSO.
DKXXXXX
Regards,
Theodore Herazy, DC, LAc
Greetings DKXXXXX,
DMSO will drive anything into the skin that it comes in contact with. Even the oil on your skin will be driven deeper into the tissue and therefore it will not be available on the skin surface, hence the dryness, itching and burning you now experience.
I suggest that you not wait very long between apply the Unique-E oil 1st and then follow it up soon thereafter with a layer of DMSO. The long delay between applying the two therapies might be the reason for your burning. Do not wait between these two steps. Apply a thin layer of the vitamin E oil and then follow it up with a thin layer of DMSO. Experiment with the time that you leave these two therapies in place before taking them off.
I suggest you work with the different strategies I offered for your consideration to see how you respond. Keep in mind you might be just one of those people who is sensitive to DMSO and does not respond to it like everyone else. I cannot explain the burning you feel, and suggest that if it persists in a way that is intolerable to you that you simply stop using that part of your plan but continue with the others.
Regards,
Theodore Herazy, DC, LAc
From: DKXXXXX
Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 1:06 PM
To: Theodore Herazy
Subject: Re: DMSO
Good Afternoon Dr. Herazy,
I have applied the topical E and DMSO as you suggested and leaving on for three minutes with no adverse effects. A good report: While massaging my palm last night, I felt a loosening of the joint closest to the base of my finger I have not felt in a long time. It isn’t crooked there anymore, I am so encouraged!
Sincerely,
DKXXXXX
Pay attention to that entire knuckle area when you are massaging the palm; not only to that joint, but all around it.
Regards,
Theodore Herazy, DC, LAc
From: DKXXXXXX
Sent: Tuesday, November 09, 2010 7:31 PM
To: Theodore Herazy
Subject: DMSO and Constipation
Dr. Herazy,
I am able to leave the topical E and DMSO for 8 to 10 minutes now. My chronic constipation has disappeared, I am having regular BMs after 35 years of constipation. Do you know which item affected my bowels or is it all of them? I didn’t expect it but as you can imagine, I am very pleased.
My hand continues to be good and to improve, and I don’t think it’s as tender as it was. My hand straightens pretty good albeit with only a slight curvature of the ring finger. In the morning, my fingers don’t bend very far but as the day progresses they usually bend farther down. Thanks for your care and concern and your help.
Thankfully,
DKXXXXXX
Greetings DKXXXXX,
Congratulations. Good for you. Thank you for taking the time to send your report.
I get emails frequently from people, like you, who are treating their Peyronie’s or Dupuytren’s problems and find that other problems also improve along with the primary condition they are focusing on. This is really a reflection of how the body works to heal and repair itself.
What is happening to you is common. Your body is taking the additional nutrients of your PDI plan and is using them to fix up other tissue and systems of your body that are probably more important to your overall health and well being than your Dupuytren’s contracture. You obviously had some type of longstanding nutritional deficiency for 35 years that prevented your body from doing anything about your constipation. You recently started to take our high quality supplements in high dosage and your body kicked into high gear to improve the function of your colon.
Regards,
Theodore Herazy, DC, LAc
OK. That is how it went for this individual with her Dupuytren contracture. She was obviously working hard to correct her problem and she did well by any standard.
Bear in mind that while she was only asking questions about her use of DMSO and vitamin E oil, she was following an entire medium Dupuytren’s plan, which include NINE therapy products – Vitamin E Factor 400/400; Maxi-Gamma E; Unique-E Topical Vitamin E Oil; Fundamental Sulfur; Nattokinase; Fibrozym; Dusa-Sal DMSO; Scar-X & PABA 500. No one gets this level of response using just the topical or external products for DC or PD.
She ordered Dupuytren’s therapy products a few more times over a month or two longer after this last email from her in early November, and then stopped. For this reason I assume she is satisfied with the progress she made.
Looks like a pleasant fall season is starting up around here, and I trust where you are as well.
Look again for another PD Institute Newsletter next month.
Stay focused to your plan and be successful. Please send any questions you have for me to answer.
Regards,
Theodore R. Herazy, DC, LAc
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