Metro Gel & makeup problem - help!

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I'm embarrassed to admit it but I have to use makeup every day to make

my

blotchy red complexion look halfway descent, and I'm a guy. I've had

rosacea since high school and because of it and severe seborrhea, I now

find myself in my 30's without ever so much as going out on a single

date, or even holding hands with someone of the opposite gender. I

finally started experimenting with makeup when I turned 30 and realized

if I didn't do something like that, I'd be forever single. With the

makeup on, for the 1st time in my adult life, I could see more or less

what I should look like! I felt reborn! But then I worried about what a

girl might think about a guy who had to wear makeup. But without it I

feel like crap. And it's hard to go to job interviews knowing that my

face is going to be a distraction, and made even worse by the stress of

the interview. Unfortunately, I developed a digestive condition, called

IBS. I think it may have been caused by the tetracycline my doctor had

me on for several years, as the stomach aches are the same as I had

then. But it causes a lot of bloating and cramps, especially when I'm

even just a little nervous (and having anxiety doesn't help at all!).

And as with rosacea, there's no cure, and few medications. And being

that I'm now about to turn 36, I think that my prospects of ever being

a suitable husband, or even a boyfriend, are probably pretty slim. I've

always longed to be in a relationship, but it looks like I may just

have to concentrate on basic survival. It's very difficult to find

employment where I live, and I've had to stuggle to find any kind of

work since I graduated from college in the early 1990's. And I know

that's only going to get harder after I turn 40, unless I move

someplace not so economically depressed.

Anyway, I recently started using Metro Gel. I works a lot better for

the eruptions than anything else I've used, although nothing seems to

work on the redness. But now I'm finding that it is making it very

difficult to apply

the makeup just on my nose, for some reason. For one thing, it tends to

roll up when I apply the makeup, creating a mess. But increasingly, it

seems to be making my nose flaky. I only really notice it when I try to

apply the makeup - little flakes of skin stickup and trap the makeup

and really make it

look a mess. I end up having to towel it off over and over before

starting over, but the flakes don't all brush off so easily, and still

cause a problem. And of course, all this rough treatment is making my

nose redder, making it even harder to get it to look normal.

Any ideas, or suggestions? I'd hate to give up the Metro Gel, as it has

offered atleast a glimmer of hope - I hardly have any eruptions now. But

at the same time I need to be able to do something to hide the blotchy

redness. Also have any of you found anything that works on seborrhea?

Or just a good oily hair shampoo that works? I think I've already tried

all the standard seborrhea shampoos, yet my hair remains very oily,

plus now it's starting to thin out

Thanks for any and all suggestions!