Re: Dermatologist visit/Noritate question

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I used Noritate for rosacea only (no seb derm). I've been told you

can use it for rosacea and that it is milder than metrocream.

Unfortunately, it didn't work for me; in fact, it made my skin

worse. Although the redness went down, I developed zillions of tiny,

colourless bumps all over my face. Eventually the bumps went down,

only to be replaced by dry, crusty, scaley flakes. After reading

that a small percentage of patients do develop those tiny bumps, I

stopped using Noritate and the bumps/flakiness went away. This is

not to say you'll react badly to it. You could give it a try on a

small area of your face for the first week. If you don't get a bad

reaction, you could then use it all over.

> Today I saw the dermatologist. I asked him his opinion of trying

> Noritate, since I had read about it on this board and recently

found a

> place here (in Hong Kong) that sells it.

>

> He said he thought it would be good for Seb-Derm, and a few similar

> conditions, but couldn't see any way that it would help for

rosacea. I

> have rosacea, but no Seb-Derm. This brings me to a question: is

anyone

> here using Noritate for cea ONLY (without Seb-Derm?). If so,

with

> what results?

>

> He did admit that since no one knows yet what actually causes

rosacea,

> anything was " possible " , but was skeptical. He went on to discuss

> briefly what is known and not known about rosacea, and admitted

that the

> only reason they prescribe treatments like Metrogel, Tetracyclene,

> etc... is that it seems to help some people, although no one knows

why.

> The fact that different people respond differently to the same

> treatments complicated things, and he had to depend on the patients'

> active participation and feedback, to help them find the best

individual

> treatments. Until an explanation for the underlying cause was found,

> this was the best that could be done.

>

> Of course (thanks largely to this list!) I realized all this

already,

> but after the extreme arrogance and closed minds of some liver

> specialists I've seen lately, this excellent doctor's honest and

helpful

> attitude was like a breath of fresh air. He even asked me to let him

> know of any specific suggestions or information I found on the net

that

> might be useful. Out of appreciation for his attitude, I'm going to

> edit together a collection of comments and suggestions from this

list

> and other things to give him on the next visit. Any suggestions for

> inclusions are welcome. Maybe in a small way, we can have some input

> into at least ONE dermatologist's thinking and awareness.

>

> -Lee