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Today I go to the dermatologist again. I should be getting a biopsy, hopefully. I just want this to be over and start healing. If by some chance it's not celiac, I need to start looking into other things. My issues mostly involve my skin, but they more and more I read about celiac, the more I think, "That sounds like me."

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Be sure the derm does the biopsy properly. The biopsy needs to come from skin next to the lesion not the lesion itself. Once you are done with all the celiac testing you choose to do then give the diet a good strict try for a bit and see if it helps.

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Raven~ She took a sample of the rash and the skin next to it. They were concerned that the rash wasn't active enough, but I said do the test anyway. Also, the rash on my face( my main reason for seeing the derm.)they think might be something else altogether. They didn't biopsy that yet. I guess that makes sense for now. Why scar my face with a biopsy, if the other biopsy and meds they gave me, might give us answers?

I'm still a little frustrated, as I was hoping they'd come to a reasonable conclusion that it was or wasn't DH based on what's been progressing, and the info about my brother testing + for the gene. I'm starting gluten-free on Friday.

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