Re: Digest Number 109

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Hi Maureen,

Like you, tetracycline has done basically nothing for me, and metrocream/gel

seems to help a little bit, but also dries and aggravates my skin. After

hearing about the vita oil and ZincO I tried both, and had the same reaction

you did (break outs from the oil, dry, flaky skin from the ZincO.

After that I reverted back to my old Purpose (by & ) which has

never caused me any problems. I also got a prescription for Nizoral- which

is an anti-fungal supposed to help with seb/derm. The oil and ZincO seemed

to have triggered an a flare up of seb/derm, which I never realized I had

before. (And probably would never have figured out, without help from this

group!)

At the same time I got a prescription for Noritate (like metrogel but much

better) and I love it! My skin was smooth and soft within a week. I still

have flushing and ocasional pustles, but the rough dry flaky patches on my

cheeks are gone for the first time in years! I totally recommend both the

Noritate and Norizal and also the Purpose, if you've never tried it. It's SPF

15 but I use it morning and night.

Hope this helps!

Carlen

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I am very fair, extremely sensitive skin, and through bp med(plus sun) have

just developed rosacea. Bumps, large and small, redness and itching, burning

skin. Derm had me try:Metrogel, Klaron-bad burning, itching. Now on

tetracycline, and have tried Dr.Sy's samples that seem to have helped some of

you so much. Well, the vita oil made the papules worse and the Zinco makes

my skin dry, and flaky-it sort of hardens to mask like quality even with

putting moisturizer on first. Aspirin does help with the burning and itch.

I guess I am just at the beginning of a search for products that suit and

help my particulatr finicky skin. I'd appreciate any advice from other who

suffer the same. Hope to hear more on this subject. I have tried

archives,etc,, but really would appreciate current thoughts this.

Thank you,

Maureen >>