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Well, Ive had 3 photoderm treatments already. My third one was a few

days ago and I had them 3 weeks apart. My results are great. My

redness is faded about 75%!! I could not be happier. On my third

visit I had them increase the power to get deeper vessels. This

worked great. On my next visit Im going to induce a flush with niacin

(250mg)and maybe increase the power even more.

I look at myself now and see hardly any red. I never thought this

would happen. My flares and burning are not as bad. I had one

yesterday and my cheeks got about 25% as red as they would have before.

I just kept looking and looking and I could not believe it. And guess

what . . my hives are diminishing too! My skin is smooth and getting

back to normal. I never plan to go back to throbbing, festering cheeks

again. I dont care if I have to scrip and scrape to come up with the

cash. For me photoderm is like a really expensive reverse tanning

booth.

My photoderm Dr. is Dr. Darm of Preventive Medicine Associates in Lake

Oswego, Oregon. I have mentioned them before and feel 100% confident

giving my recommendation now.

There is a picture of a girl in thier office. She had terrible

pustular-papule-bumpy very red rosacea all around her lower face. It

made mine look like nothing. Her after picture is perfect. Its like

day and night. She had NO sign of any redness or pimples. Just smooth

pale skin. She looks great. Im not sure why some Drs dont work on

pustular, active rosacea, but after seeing that Im convinced that ANY

rosacea can be treated with photoderm. And,I dont think there is such

a thing as " not red enough " . If you can induce a flush you can zap the

damaged underlying vessels before you get permanently red.

Patty

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At 07:54 12/10/99 +0000, you wrote:

>I'm thinking of trying Niacin to see whether it gives me sufficient

>blushing to get treated. Is it just something I can get in a health food

>store (I aksed a pharmacist friend whether his pharmacy sells it and he

>did not know about it)? How long does it usually take for the effects to

>appear and how long does the blushing/flushing typically last?

Just get it from a health food store. Dr. Nase recommends

between 100 and 150mg to induce a flush. I've tried 200mg and

it induces a pretty frightening flush. Far worse than alcohol

or any other oral trigger. Beware, it took about 30-40 minutes

for mine to appear, I didn't think it was going to happen.

Spread all over my upper chest / arms / neck / ears / nose / head

as well as just my cheeks. Very, very, very red.

The flush lasted about 15 minutes at this intensity then gradually

died down over the next hour or two.

Btw, make sure you get Niacin, not the rosacea-friendly non-flushing

version (which is listed as niacinamide on the ingredients).

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