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Products (makeup?) to cover DH?

disgruntledceliac

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Male that gets DH on my face. (It seems to be under control now - fingers crossed.) I don't know a whole lot about cosmetics, but I was wondering if there might be something relatively simple that would provide a bit of cover where I have the purplish post-DH outbreak marks on my face.

Beyond that, do people with DH scarring on their face ever tend to get minor cosmetic surgery? I haven't really heard about it, but I'm curious.

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My husband sometimes gets a red mark on his forehead.  Not from DH, but I bought him some concealer and it hides it nicely.

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You won't need cosmetic surgery for the spots as they will completely fade away into nothingness with time and no, I've never heard of anyone getting minor cosmetic surgery for dh. 

I agree with RMJ about using some concealer. 

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Thank you for the replies. Are any concealers favoured by people with DH?

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If you aren't too embarrassed, go to your local drug store (CVS, Walgreens) & ask one of the ladies in that department to help you pick one out that is appropriate to your skin tone. Or you could go to somewhere like Sephora & do the same but Sephora is just going to be more expensive & not any better.

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apprehensiveengineer Community Regular
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I use Physician's Formula, which is inexpensive and labelled gluten-free. They have various cover-up creams, powders and concealer sticks. I just use the BB cream. Since it's going on your face (and hands unless you use a sponge to apply), I think it's worthwhile to care about the gluten-free part.

Most make-up companies will say that wheat/gluten sources will be listed clearly in the ingredients list, but that they cannot guarantee the final product is gluten-free due to issues with ingredient sourcing/shared lines etc. Some people are fine with this, but I have found that for products going on my hands/face/head that I do better with products explicitly stated to be gluten-free by the company. Since there are inexpensive brands available that are explicitly stated to be gluten-free, I figure you might as well go with those if you can.

The purple marks fade, but if you pick at the lesions you'll get scars.

 

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