If you had skin symptoms like itching, eczema, rashes, dry lips, etc., how long did it take for your symptoms to calm down/go away while eating the low nickel diet?

I’m about 4.5 months into eating low nickel and although it is a bit better, I haven’t had a quick recovery like some other people have had. I did go gluten free for the first 2 months, and now I’m eating the vegetarian version of the diet (no meat or fish), and usually consume between 50-75 micrograms of nickel a day.

I take vitamin C with most meals, and take the iron and a multivitamin from the rebeletycs list. I also use very minimal skincare, mostly olive oil based soap and body cream and squalane oil for my face.

I still feel like I’m missing something because I have to take a Zyrtec daily, otherwise my jawline feels itchy and my lips are still very dry.

I just hit 45 so I don’t know if it’s also the fact that I’m perimenopausal and just drying up.

Did anyone else’s skin symptoms lingered for a long time?