Guest guest Posted October 14, 2000 Report Share Posted October 14, 2000 It seems as though I've always got a problem. I stopped using cetaphil products and it seems as my rosacea is doing a little better. Its not as red still a little pink but doing better. This last week and a half my skin started getting really extremly dry. I have not used anything to make it ddry neither. I have been putting gobbs of moisturiser on in the mornings and using vasaline during the night. Yesterday my skin looked all cracked and rough like I was 80 years old or something. It hurt because it was so dry. Last night I applied vasaline. Tons of it on my face. It made my face feel better except during the night I found my self scratching my face it itched so bad. This morning you could see flakes and you could tell I had been lightly scratching my face. I shouldn't have but when your trying to sleep it just comes to you. So this morning I applied a thick moisturiser and then tried to put some foundation on. My face was so dry and red I Couldn't hardly put the foundation on. So I applied vaseline and then the foundation slipped right on. Now I look like a grease monkey. I'll probably breakout from all this vaseline on my face. I don't know what to do. When I had this problem before I used 2.5% hydrocortisone for 3 days and it cleared it up. It came back a couple of days later though but not this bad. I've never had it this bad. My skin was dry and flaky when I received my first photoderm treatment and that seemed to get rid of it for 2 weeks and then it came right back. I am suppose to go get my 2nd treatment Tuesaday and your not suppose to have anything on your face. I don't know how I am going to servive with out this vaseline coated on. What do I do. Should I use hydrocortisone for 3 days so It will be ok by Tuesday or will that effect my treatment. I really need help. My face it about to itch off. Is this seborrheic dermititis or eczema or the rosacea doing this? Iwent to health food store to see about the flaxseed oil and she told me it would not help that I needed to red clover that it would cleanse me out. She told me skin problems comes from not being cleased out. The woman was really weird. If that true than that would be a cure for all skin problems. I need help. Please help me. I am suffering here. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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