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Not saying that acne is dermatitis herpetiformis or not..but there are some postings on that board that might be helpful to you. I think your on to something with the gluten free diet helping your skin but I recommend you seeing your doctor to confirm!! I've struggled with horrible skin rashes & acne for years and am finally finding relief on a gluten...

What I've found - I tried every cream, lotion, ointment etc for YEARS..with NO relief-from hypoallergenic to prescription. Many of the products even seemed to exacerbate it. Now, since going gluten free in my diet, my skin is turning around for the better. I can actually use lotions and creams that before gave me now relief. I am glad you, KD, suggested the...

I've been gluten free since Sept 2012 and I did so suspecting my skin rashes, which were horrid, might be related to wheat/gluten. My skin is much better. I had terrible PMS also - and this has pretty much resolved. My PMS would start a week prior to my period - irritability, bloating, and indescribable "pressure" kind of all over that wouldn't go away until...

I've read DH can present in different/varied types of rashes/lesions that is why - considering the stubbornness of my skin issues is why I considered going gluten free. I figured it had to be an internal matter rather than external-hygiene, soaps, lotions, etc and from the relief I'm finding from a gluten free diet I am pretty much convinced its autoimmune...

I am a 39 yo female & I have struggled with "acne" on my back, neck, scalp, face, and lesions on my abdomen, legs too (many of the lesions being symmetrical) since I was 14. Only the past year, in researching gluten did I discover this condition called dermatitis herpetiformis. It has been a horrible thing to have to deal with since all along I thought...