Re: The ravages of rosacea

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, I found that it did nothing for my bumps and relieved the redness

just a moderate amount. Matija

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> Diane,

> My triggers seem similar to yours. Were your main cea symptoms

just

> flushing and lingering redness? I haven't had much of a problem with

> bumps (yet).

>

> What Zinc product do you use on your skin? And how about the sulfur?

I

> haven't tried sulfur on my skin, does that seem helpful for the

redness?

>

> One last question for you or anyone else, I think someone asked it

> before: Does Metrogel help anyone with flushing and redness? Or is

it

> mainly helpful for the bumps? I've been using it, but it doesn't seem

> to help my redness. I'm wondering if it's necessary to continue in

> order to keep the skin disorder from progressing.

>

> Thank you!

>

>

> Re: The ravages of rosacea

>

>

>

> >

> >Britainers didn't deem it " most embarrassing disease " for nothing.

And

> Dr.

> >Kligman, a highly respected 82-year old dermatology professor, states

> that

> > " our lack of knowledge of rosacea is scandalous. " So no wonder we

all

> feel

> >the way we do. To have a really embarrassing disease for which the

> medical

> >profession can only make lame attempts to control isn't going to add

> any

> >quality to your life, that's for sure.

> >

> >Bet you didn't expect this kind of daily challenge, did you? Oh

well,

> that's

> >life, isn't it? I won't lie to you -- it's made me feel suicidal at

> times.

> >Guess I'm pretty vain, huh? At the moment I've got it fairly well in

> check,

> >and *that* feels good. Just to beat the beast down a bit.

> >

> >My food triggers: Alcohol (wine is deadly, white or red), pepper

(even

> black

> >pepper bothers me), spicy food, some brands of tomato sauce (probably

> those

> >that have pepper and spice), oranges and anything too citrusy, things

> that

> >make my tongue tingle (that's just too much pleasure for the palate

of

> a

> >rosacean), gingko biloba (I think I had some that were made with

> cayenne

> >pepper), niacin (as opposed to niacinamide, which is OK), I've been

> >suspicious that very sharp cheddar cheese has some detrimental

effect;

> too

> >much sugar, and chocolate (may be just the sugar in it). " Too much "

> would be

> >candy, sugar added to anything, ice cream more than once a week.

> >

> >I really don't notice much of a problem with the " trigger " veggies

like

> >eggplant, spinach, etc., or things like bananas and yogurt, which are

> also on

> >the list. These are all supposedly histamine producers. I guess you

> could

> >take an antihistamine when you eat them.

> >

> >My skin improves briefly when I take Advil. Some people take

Claritin

> with

> >good results. Anything that has anti-inflammatory or antihistamine

> >properties would probably be helpful.

> >

> >Zinc and sulfur are the two most helpful, healing things for my skin.

> I know

> >the cea-LTD disks have them. I highly recommend the Sher system,

> but

> >it's expensive. I also use Noritate, but I don't know if it does

> anything or

> >not. My skin is ... dare I say, " good " ? ... now, so I'm going to

> continue

> >with everything as is.

> >

> >If my rosacea progresses, which it undoubtedly will, the next step

for

> me is

> >Photoderm. I'll never stop fighting it.

> >

> >Diane

> >