Re: new member questions

Posted December 24, 1998 · December 24, 1998

In a message dated 12/24/98 3:27:33 AM Eastern Standard Time,

maggieoh@... writes:

<< How did you figure out that these products help- did your dermatologist

suggest these to you? How exactly do they help? Also don't the

antihistamines point to possible allergies? >>

The zinc oxide was a complete accident for me. I was undiagnosed for a long

time and, while the doctor thought I was having a major allergic reaction, I

thought I had a chemical burn. The only chemical burns I knew anything about

was diaper rashes. So, I headed into that department. I used Balmex

first. It was amazing. But I did have an allergic reaction to it - I turned

sort of orange, which was better than the purple I had become and the burning

stopped, but it wasn't what I was hoping for. So, I tried zinc oxide. It

was in the same section at that time. And that was wonderful. Later, I found

a woman on the rosacea board on AOL who was under good control. She was using

calamine lotion, which is very high in zinc oxide. Since then, others have

used Desitin with good results. And cea Ltd. is getting good results.

Both Desitin and cea Ltd have zinc oxide in them. Again, it's not the

answer for everyone, yadda yadda.

Antihistamines are posted here and there as a help with flushing. Not

necessarily with rosacea flushing, mind you, but with flushing. If it works

for other forms of facial flushing, it's worth a shot in my book. Luckily,

they do help me. Again, zyrtec is the best of the bunch, in my book, for skin

problems. I take Claritin because it's strong enough for me and I don't have

any side effects with it.

Esther

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