Creepy crepey skin on face and chest?

Good post that may help people , didn't realize this strain of Borrelia afzelli caused those skin conditions and collagen loss.

Wish you all the best of healing.

I looked myself in the mirror again, this skin on my neck really is scary. Looks abnormal. I am afraid that collagen damage can't be repaired, like stretch marks can't. It is not noticeable at all angles, but when it is really looks bad. And the skin on my neck isn't even dry.

I only have it on my neck, but then, i also had some patches of red skin on the back of my shoulders, looked similar to fungus and then it peeled, and turned also into this fine thin crepey skin. This winter I had massive problems with severe dandruff and hair loss, I had sores around my hair line, tried everything, all the shampoos, vitamin D, zinc, thought it was the toxins, but after I accidentally started using sea kelp (read about it in Terry Wahls' book, didn't think it could be related to dandruff), it has somewhere around 170000% of NRV iodine per 100g, my dandruff had miraculously cleared, and hair stopped falling out. So this has been thyroid related after all, even though my thyroid hormones were normal (Klinghardt mentions that in lyme thyroid may not be functioning normally despite the normal blood work).
So I am wondering if this weird looking skin on my neck may have something to do with iodine? We'll see with time.

But all strains of borrelia eat collagen, that's their food isn't it? I am just puzzled why this appeared on my neck.
How come borrelia eating collagen eats up the fat from the body as well?
I may be asking some silly questions here, but I do not understand.

I just grabbed Buhner's Healing Lyme because he explains it so well:
"The most important thing to understand about lyme disease is that bacteria have an affinity for collagenous tissues. This is at the root of every symptom they cause. Borrelial bacteria are parasites. they cannot make very many of the substances they need to live, so they harvest them from their hosts. As Margulis at al. (2009) comment, "Human tissue provides food and other conditions of growth for b.b.spirochetes." The majority of the food they need is to be found in collagen-like tissues throughout the body. Wherever they feed on those tissues is where symptoms occur. If they find them in the joints, it's arthritis. If they find them in the skin, various skin manifestations emerge. If in the heart, heart disease. If in the nervous system or the brain, neurological symptoms. ..."
And so on, he mentions brain, breaking down myelin sheaths into a soup of nutrients they need. He says "If you protect the collagen structures of the body, the symptom picture begins to disappear".

I am so happy to hear the skin on your neck has improved. Hopefully other parts will as well.

Maybe b.afzelii has more preference for the skin in particular.
Do any of the coinfections have skin maifestations?

I don't have the streaks but likely have bartonella..
I read a little about b.afzelii, it looks like it does prefer the skin, and is the culprit for the diagnosis Running Wild mentioned, "atrophy" in the name being the scary bit to me..

Anyway, let's just hope it goes away with treatment.

HaleyBugs07 - For me, it was Bicillin IM 2.4 MU twice a week. Those are shots. They seemed to help me the most, but it may be different for everyone. I reacted very badly to rocephin (spelling?) IV.

I actually went into a long 90% remission when I started them, but it took months and other meds. Lasted about 18 months. Now I am doing the shots again, plus treating babesia and bartonella, which adds a whole new world to it. I had to get aortic valve replaced in June, 2016, and immune system went with the recovery.

Lyme Disease did not cause the heart valve problem - I was born with bicusped valve and knew it would have to be replaced one day.

You mentioning peeing a lot when you feel bad - I get it. Also understand your frustration with skin. It's not being vain for it to bother you. It's natural to feel that way.

Do you have/treating co-infections? Any fatigue or low-grade fevers?