HOW WHEATGRASS CAN HELP YOU THROUGH TOPICAL STEROID WITHDRAWAL

Wheatgrass and other cereal grasses have been the subject of extensive clinical and laboratory research since the 1930's in the US and elsewhere. It has been proven highly successful for the treatment of burns, injuries, skin pathology, including TSW, and many other conditions.

The wheatgrass extract I recommend and use in clinical practice has worked well for numerous TSW patients since I began using it in 1995. It is derived from young wheatgrass sprouts at the stage of maximum therapeutical activity.

How does the extract help with TSW? It appears bioactive in wheatgrass, which is known to be potent healing agents e.g. for wounds, burns, psoriasis etc. are able to "notify" the brain of the TS damaged skin. The brain then does what it can to effect the repair. However, in TSW this is often severe, so it takes some time for the repair to occur. 

Here are some examples demonstrating how quickly wheatgrass can heal damaged skin most likely by the process I've just described: 

Healing of diabetic foot ulcers 

Rapid skin graft healing

Second-degree burn healing

However, it is important to know that although wheatgrass can help you through TSW by reducing pain, burning, and itching to some extent, its most important function is to stimulate new growth of skin cells and repair the skin's structure and functionality. But, with perseverance and applying a little wheatgrass extract once on alternate days your damaged skin will eventually recover, and considerably quicker than going 'cold turkey'. In most of my cases, it has taken about 12 to 14 months. 

The pictures below will give you some idea as to how effectively wheatgrass can heal TS-damaged skin. The patient, who had been using TS for 30 years had developed severe 'elephant skin' - a common "side effect" of TSW. In this case, her skin returned almost to normal in two months. You can see that the skin has become lax, with large, flaccid "folds" developing. 

So, if wheatgrass can achieve this level of skin repair, there is no reason why it can't repair ALL TSW damage. So do your best to persevere. But this is not a 'quick fix'. It takes time - around 6 to 12 months - sometimes longer - for new skin to appear and immunological "flares" can take even longer. But that's a lot better than the 4 to 5 years recovery time it takes if you go 'cold turkey'. Even so-called "irreversible damage" can be repaired. By comparison, because the skin structure and function has not been restored, 'cold turkey' patients may be left with permanent atrophy and associated skin dysfunction.