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I too have pregnancy rash - whether it is pruigo of pregnancy or PUPPP I don't know. Have been to OB, General practitioner, and dermatologist. Have tried everything - from cortizone creams to benedryl to clairiton. Nothing works. Dermatologist suggest SARNA lotion (found in most drug stores OTC) - it has menthol in it which cools the skin and relieves the itch for a couple hours. The night is the worst - I wake my husband up b/c I am scratching in my sleep so much. I am 30 weeks pregnant and have had this for at least 4 weeks. I can't bear to think it will last til the end of term - I am ready to crawl out of my skin. The dermatologist started me on UVB light treatments - 30 seconds to begin with and now I'm up to 2 minutes - UVB is not as harmful as UVA -which is what tanning beds use. Anyway - the light treatments take 10-15 treatments to start working....I'm on my 4th, but I don't see any relief. Has anyone else heard of light treatments like this? The dermatologist said I could save my money and go to a tanning bed for 2 minutes at a time - 3 days a week to see if that helps, but tanning beds make me nervous. Plus, when in college, I used them a couple times and I would always emerge all itchy anyway - I think the light and heat just had adverse affects on my skin. Any advice or knowledge of someone taking these light treatments and it being effective, let me know!

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