You must have never possibly heard the name 'Lichen Planus' until your doctor pronounced it. You might probably face difficulty spelling it correctly, while making a search on the internet! This is a common experience of all those 1.5% of the world population suffering from this uncommon and chronic skin disorder. Lichen planus may affect skin, mouth or the genitals.

Before we proceed with a brief note, which your local doctor may not have shared with you, let me tell you that Lichen Planus is neither serious nor a fatal disease. It is largely curable with homeopathic treatment.

Quick orientation about long term management of Lichen Planus:

No short cut: Lichen Planus is a chronic disease, will require a long and planned treatment. There is no short cut.

Say No to steroids: Most commonly used medicine for Lichen Planus in all parts of the world is some or other form of cortisone or steroids, either oral and/or local cream and/or injectible. In our extensive experience, any use of steroid is found to be suppressive, temporary and hence HARMFUL. It makes your disease more difficult to heal. Our suggestion is to avoid steroid in any form.

Steroid abuse: Please check our write up on the abuse of steroids.

Short lasting: Please ask your doctor, who may prescribe you cortisone, if it is going to be a permanent or short lived solution.

Do not fall into the vicious cycle: It may be noted that since our clinic deals with chronic Lichen Planus, almost all of our patients present to us with a history of steroid application or steroid intake, for many months or years. They learn it the hard way that steroids eventually help little. It is up to you to decide if or not you want to fall into the vicious cycle of frequent use of cortisone.

Homeopathy: Homeopathy offers promising results for all variants of Lichen Planus (Skin, oral, genital forms). Over 2000 cases treated and documented at Life Force is one of the largest ever collection of patients of this disease. We have deeper insight into the treatment of Lichen Planus. 

Let your doctor know: It is likely that your Family Physician may not suggest you homeopathic treatment. This could be because of his/her ignorance about homeopathy or may be due to an unavailability of qualified homeopathic doctor in your area.

Help your doctor help you: You are suggested to acquaint your local doctor with the role of homeopathy for Lichen Planus. You may request a special brochure or a book from our center specially written for doctors. You may also suggest your doctor to examine our website devoted to Lichen Planus (http://www.lichenplanus.com) and to homoeopathy (http://www.e-homoeopathy.com) for more details.

All round management: Lichen Planus results from a combination or two or more factors, such as genetic tendency, stress, exposure to some medicines or chemicals, etc. Your treatment should also involve removal of external factors and reduction of stress, as far as possible.

Hope this information helps all those who have just been diagnosed with Lichen Planus. Please examine other important aspects of Lichen Planus such as its causes, symptoms, etc. elsewhere on this web site. Should you have questions, please feel free to ask.


The opinion shared in this article is based on the experience in treating cases of Lichen Planus at our clinics.

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