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Am always interested in what everyone has to say. I thought I had my

rosacea under control these past few months but am having a difficult

time right now, be it hormonal, the change of seasons, or just too

much product. I have stopped all but cleansing with Lynda Sy's soap

for sensitive skin. Am having lots of sensitivity to everything

again. My skin is do dry and flakey but everything seems to irritate

it. So it's back to square one to find some suitable product. Last

night I really had to talk to myself to not put anything on my face

after washing. I lay with a cool rag on my face to take away the hot

flare and sensitivity. Water really seems to help. This morning my

skin seems a little better but am afraid to put anything on it. I

thought that I had found a miracle in the Zinco cream but after using

it for a year, this past month I seemed to be just wildly breaking

out with a whole faceful of tiny red and white bumps. Am I finally

having a reaction to it? I don't know. This is so frustrating. I

found Galway's comments about the old ways when you just washed

your face and forgot about putting anything else on interesting. i

think we are just too ingrained that we need all these products to

help the skin with things such as aging and rejuvenating and turning

over cell production that we are just doing more damage. I bought a

book called Prescriptions for Nutritional Healing and there is a

section on rosacea in it. The article has lots of helpful

suggestions but again I don't think you could possibly do all it says

as there are many suggestions for vitamins and herbs. But i am going

to try a couple of them, such as primrose oil and aloe vera so will

keep you updated. My main fear is this summer again and no suitable

sunscreen. Last year the Zinco was my mainstay and now i don't

know. Two years ago i was using the kay Product Sunscreen and

didn't really have too bad of a reaction, a little stinging but

nothing major. I don't know if I'll try it again because right now I

cannot tolerate anything. it just burns too much and i hate that

feeling. I know this is long but it feels good to vent some of the

frustrations. I find everyone's input here to be really valuable.

Keep up the good work and research and maybe someday there will be a

solution. Back to the drawing board. thanks cindy