Riba Rash Causes

[BoceprevirGal]

I had read (you may have noticed I have been doing tons of internet research, since I found out I had fibrosis, last October) that people in treatment can develope a riba-rash (also Teleprivir has this sx, but I am on Boceprivir), and that cutting ourselves shaving, may trigger it. Aslo, that once a riba-rash starts, it is difficult to cure. So far, so good, I am only having dry, irritated skin, and using natural products, to moisturize, befor bed, etc. But summer is coming, which means shorts and skirt weather, so I'd like to shave now. Has anyone (men with faces, or women with legs, etc) had a problem with shaving, since starting tx?

[orphanedhawk]

Of course,but many of us like to read up on the research.
Any person can randomly say anything online.
It's nice to see the source. It gives weight to one's claims as well as allowing others to delve further.

For example:
If I say, drinking coffee helps stop replication of the hep C virus, you might take that with a grain of salt.
If I supply my link to an article from, lets say, hepcadvocte.org, then you may read the full article and decide for yourself whether the statistics are convincing to you or not.

[jules2551]

sounds great but i would like links to correlate with all of this

[BoceprevirGal]

Yeah, I will remember to bookmark, when I'm on my mac.  I usually just put the question in the google bar, etc..like I went back and put in riba-rash and shaving, and there was some posts from men, who did get a rash, when they shaved their faces. But the skin on our calves seem like they would be alot less easily irritated, then the thiner skin of a guys' face.
   Usually, when I do research, I go by personal accounts, and if there is only one, I take it with a grain of salt, but if there are a bunch of people saying it, I take it more as a statistic. Now, the research study imfo is different, because then, we have to look at how many people were in the study,and also, more importantly, what research co. is putting on the study. If it's only one study, which is small, then my Doctor always seems to take the imfo with a grain of salt. I used to have to go to the book-store, in the olden days, before we had the World-Wide Web, but now the imfo out hereis immense, thanks to personal accounts, from people on this site, and others.

[Idyllic]

Wow, that sounds really interesting. Will you please post the links for the articles or web sites you have been reading? In the beginning I did lots of research but I just sort of stopped.♪

[orphanedhawk]

Since you do so much research, it'd be really great if you'd share links to the information for us.
Thanks in advance~
OH