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Skin Cleasing

People with Morgellons report some or all of the following skin issues:

Itching/crawling skin, hair, ears
White particles coming out of skin, hairs and scalp
Small red spots, new 'moles' and pimples
Blackheads, enlarged pores and greasy skin
Open sores that don't scab over properly. If they do heal, skin eventually looses pigment
Single filaments that come out of skin and hair (may look like carpet lint)
Bundles of fibres coming out of skin
Insects troubling skin and hair follicles
Stinging, shooting pain, often in fingers and feet
A feeling that skin is not clean, even after a bath

The overall strategy is to draw out any debris and dry out any lesions. Combating this disease is like one huge detox. It is necessary to treat the body internally, as well as externally.

A list of products mentioned is provided near the bottom this page.

Skin detox Bathroom tips:

If you can, soak in a full, very warm bath for 10 minutes in hydrogen peroxide solution and salt (1.5kg). Hydrogen peroxide is sold in 3%, 6% and 9% 200ml bottles at most chemists. For one bath you will need either four bottles (3%), three bottles (6%), two bottles (9%) . What you may see is lots of white particles coming out of your skin pores, this will decrease over time. This can be done via a spray and flannel wash if bathing is not possible.
Rinse off under a shower and apply anti-dandruff shampoo (that has sulphur in) all over, using a plastic net sponge to scrub intact skin. Rinse again after a few minutes
Massage vinegar in your hair and rinse out
Dry off with a clean tea towel
Apply DSP cream, coconut oil, cold cream, zinc cream (eg Sudocrem) or teatree oil mixed in a moisturiser.
Always dry your hair with a hair dryer, instead of letting it dry naturally.

We recommend buying some essential oils (orange oil, teatree, eycalyptus, peppermint, citronella, lavender, geranium, clove). They have a variey of uses and can be added to bath water, shampoo and your moisturiser. Note - make sure you swish the water well, else some oils may irritate the skin on contact.

Other bathing combinations to try are:

Vinegar and 1.5kg salt (or just massaging vinegar in hair, before rinsing)
Essential oils with 1.5kg salt
Essential oils with 2 capfuls of Dettol
Enzyme cleaner and salt

We recommend always having treatments added to hot bath water. However, you may find that using these tips in the shower works well too.

People often report having a film on their skin. The above suggestions should help remove it. You may find Hibiscrub/Hibiclens used as a soap and shampoo or Grapefruit seed extract in shower gel/shampoo, will really help get skin clean. It may also help reduce white particles coming out of the skin.

Salt, salt, salt is an essential to draw out the debris and can be added to your water, soap and shampoo.
Exfoliate daily! This is very important. Try using exfoliating gloves, a net sponge or just salt.
Then try massaging strong green tea on your skin, which may help cleanse the skin from parasites.
For your ears, try using Otex ear drops or equivalent that has glycerine and hydrogen peroxide in.
For eyes, use herbal antibacterial eye drops, Optrex or eye drops with boric acid, sold for itchy eyes. Johnson's 'no tears' baby shampoo is great for flushing eyes too.
Spray hair care items with enzyme cleaner or vinegar after each use.
Keep hair shorter
Sunshine is helpful, with a good factor UV protection. Sufferer feedback suggests Far infrared rays/saunas are good.
Use talc powder over night to dry out spots or lesions

The following link contains a list of products and UK suppliers, that can help combat Morgellons:

List of Products & Suppliers (PDF 83kb)

NOTE: If you are on medication for an existing condition, you should consult your doctor before taking certain products internally (for example, grapefruit seed extract can interfere with heart medication)

Please feel free to contact us if you need any further help or advice OR if you have any ideas on skin cleansing not mentioned.

Further advice is available with international team of sufferers at: Morgellons Disease Research

Page updated: 12th August 2010