Guest guest Posted February 11, 2002 Report Share Posted February 11, 2002 Haylie, About 5 or 6 years ago, (before I knew what rosacea was or was accurately diagnosed with it) I tried Proactiv because my face was slightly breaking out and somewhat splotchy. Also, one dermatologist told me to use products with benzoyl peroxide which is one of the main ingredients in Proactive. For me it was a big mistake. I had an immediate reaction which made my face very dry, sore, and reddish like a severe sunburn. There was no way I could continue to use the products for more than a week. They did give me my money back but were going to charge me for the shipping (which was not cheap, as I remember) until I called them and argued because the infomercial said nothing about that. They eventually reimbursed me for the original shipping but not the return. Bottom line is I found it to be one of the harshest things I've put on my face. I would not recommend it to someone with rosacea. But if you try it, I hope it works. > Hi, > Please let me know if anyone has used Proactiv > (infomercial with Judith Light) to treat cea and > if you have had success with it. > Thanks, > Haylie > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2002 Report Share Posted February 11, 2002 Haylie, About 5 or 6 years ago, (before I knew what rosacea was or was accurately diagnosed with it) I tried Proactiv because my face was slightly breaking out and somewhat splotchy. Also, one dermatologist told me to use products with benzoyl peroxide which is one of the main ingredients in Proactive. For me it was a big mistake. I had an immediate reaction which made my face very dry, sore, and reddish like a severe sunburn. There was no way I could continue to use the products for more than a week. They did give me my money back but were going to charge me for the shipping (which was not cheap, as I remember) until I called them and argued because the infomercial said nothing about that. They eventually reimbursed me for the original shipping but not the return. Bottom line is I found it to be one of the harshest things I've put on my face. I would not recommend it to someone with rosacea. But if you try it, I hope it works. > Hi, > Please let me know if anyone has used Proactiv > (infomercial with Judith Light) to treat cea and > if you have had success with it. > Thanks, > Haylie > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2002 Report Share Posted February 11, 2002 Haylie, About 5 or 6 years ago, (before I knew what rosacea was or was accurately diagnosed with it) I tried Proactiv because my face was slightly breaking out and somewhat splotchy. Also, one dermatologist told me to use products with benzoyl peroxide which is one of the main ingredients in Proactive. For me it was a big mistake. I had an immediate reaction which made my face very dry, sore, and reddish like a severe sunburn. There was no way I could continue to use the products for more than a week. They did give me my money back but were going to charge me for the shipping (which was not cheap, as I remember) until I called them and argued because the infomercial said nothing about that. They eventually reimbursed me for the original shipping but not the return. Bottom line is I found it to be one of the harshest things I've put on my face. I would not recommend it to someone with rosacea. But if you try it, I hope it works. > Hi, > Please let me know if anyone has used Proactiv > (infomercial with Judith Light) to treat cea and > if you have had success with it. > Thanks, > Haylie > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2002 Report Share Posted February 12, 2002 , I can't recall exactly what I did after using Proactive. It was in the beginning of my rosacea which seemed to get much worse right after the Proactive. I never thought that it was the cause of the worsening but now that I think about it, it might have been. Since then, my routine of dealing with rosacea is not easy and not very routine. I don't normally use any cleanser on my face (except occasionally the Cetaphil gentle cleansing bar - maybe once a week). I use Metrogel, take oral antibiotics (currently Biaxin), try to avoid my triggers, and have recently started taking Nicomide. I've been on various antibiotics almost continuously for over four years now and luckily have never had any bad side effects. So far I'm really pleased with the Nicomide and think its really helping but I've been on it less than two months. I've posted about it before, and am waiting for more time to go by to see how things continue before I specifically post about it again. My face does get dry and its been work finding a moisturizer that doesn't irritate. I go between Neutrogena Moisture Sensitive Skin and Tolerin Facial Skincare (the Neutrogena is cheaper but sometimes seems to irritate, the Tolerin is lighter). Anyway, I'm not sure if I answered your question (your comment on Proactive and chemical burn is right on the money), but it was shortly after Proactive that my face became unable to handle any kind of cleanser. Take care, > i had the same reaction to using proactive for only three days. this was last July and I am still in agony from the effect. Since then I have been to 4 dermatologists (who diagnosed me with rosacea). I agree with you on the " severe sunburn " reaction. I refer to my condition as a chemical burn. I only tried proactive as my brother uses it for his acne and he suggested it for my acne. Now I would give anything to stop this nightmare. I have spent hundreds on creams with no luck. my skin is very sensitive with enlarged pores and has surface redness all day. It gets worse as the day progresses, I think that is why they said I have rosacea. but the latest derm said I have nerve damage and made me an appointment at a pain clinic for august 20!!! 7 months!!! My acne has gone away, and I attribute that to copious amounts of water every day (to hydrate the damaged areas) and no alcohol. Please let me know how you fixed up the damage done by proactive. > thanks > ryan > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2002 Report Share Posted February 12, 2002 , I can't recall exactly what I did after using Proactive. It was in the beginning of my rosacea which seemed to get much worse right after the Proactive. I never thought that it was the cause of the worsening but now that I think about it, it might have been. Since then, my routine of dealing with rosacea is not easy and not very routine. I don't normally use any cleanser on my face (except occasionally the Cetaphil gentle cleansing bar - maybe once a week). I use Metrogel, take oral antibiotics (currently Biaxin), try to avoid my triggers, and have recently started taking Nicomide. I've been on various antibiotics almost continuously for over four years now and luckily have never had any bad side effects. So far I'm really pleased with the Nicomide and think its really helping but I've been on it less than two months. I've posted about it before, and am waiting for more time to go by to see how things continue before I specifically post about it again. My face does get dry and its been work finding a moisturizer that doesn't irritate. I go between Neutrogena Moisture Sensitive Skin and Tolerin Facial Skincare (the Neutrogena is cheaper but sometimes seems to irritate, the Tolerin is lighter). Anyway, I'm not sure if I answered your question (your comment on Proactive and chemical burn is right on the money), but it was shortly after Proactive that my face became unable to handle any kind of cleanser. Take care, > i had the same reaction to using proactive for only three days. this was last July and I am still in agony from the effect. Since then I have been to 4 dermatologists (who diagnosed me with rosacea). I agree with you on the " severe sunburn " reaction. I refer to my condition as a chemical burn. I only tried proactive as my brother uses it for his acne and he suggested it for my acne. Now I would give anything to stop this nightmare. I have spent hundreds on creams with no luck. my skin is very sensitive with enlarged pores and has surface redness all day. It gets worse as the day progresses, I think that is why they said I have rosacea. but the latest derm said I have nerve damage and made me an appointment at a pain clinic for august 20!!! 7 months!!! My acne has gone away, and I attribute that to copious amounts of water every day (to hydrate the damaged areas) and no alcohol. Please let me know how you fixed up the damage done by proactive. > thanks > ryan > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2002 Report Share Posted February 12, 2002 , I can't recall exactly what I did after using Proactive. It was in the beginning of my rosacea which seemed to get much worse right after the Proactive. I never thought that it was the cause of the worsening but now that I think about it, it might have been. Since then, my routine of dealing with rosacea is not easy and not very routine. I don't normally use any cleanser on my face (except occasionally the Cetaphil gentle cleansing bar - maybe once a week). I use Metrogel, take oral antibiotics (currently Biaxin), try to avoid my triggers, and have recently started taking Nicomide. I've been on various antibiotics almost continuously for over four years now and luckily have never had any bad side effects. So far I'm really pleased with the Nicomide and think its really helping but I've been on it less than two months. I've posted about it before, and am waiting for more time to go by to see how things continue before I specifically post about it again. My face does get dry and its been work finding a moisturizer that doesn't irritate. I go between Neutrogena Moisture Sensitive Skin and Tolerin Facial Skincare (the Neutrogena is cheaper but sometimes seems to irritate, the Tolerin is lighter). Anyway, I'm not sure if I answered your question (your comment on Proactive and chemical burn is right on the money), but it was shortly after Proactive that my face became unable to handle any kind of cleanser. Take care, > i had the same reaction to using proactive for only three days. this was last July and I am still in agony from the effect. Since then I have been to 4 dermatologists (who diagnosed me with rosacea). I agree with you on the " severe sunburn " reaction. I refer to my condition as a chemical burn. I only tried proactive as my brother uses it for his acne and he suggested it for my acne. Now I would give anything to stop this nightmare. I have spent hundreds on creams with no luck. my skin is very sensitive with enlarged pores and has surface redness all day. It gets worse as the day progresses, I think that is why they said I have rosacea. but the latest derm said I have nerve damage and made me an appointment at a pain clinic for august 20!!! 7 months!!! My acne has gone away, and I attribute that to copious amounts of water every day (to hydrate the damaged areas) and no alcohol. Please let me know how you fixed up the damage done by proactive. > thanks > ryan > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2002 Report Share Posted February 12, 2002 Hi, Kathy Fields, one of the derms who formulated this product, used to be my derm. She told me to stay away from ahas like glycolic acid since that aggravates rosacea. I think one or two of the products in Proactive has glycolic acid in it. I know the doctors recommend Proactiv for rosaceans. ly, I'm surprised at that, considering what I was told by Dr. Fields. Take care, Matija Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2002 Report Share Posted February 12, 2002 At the heart of the therapeutic barrage that is Proactiv, is, simply, benzoyl peroxide. All the aha's, " scrubbing cleansers " , astringents, etc. are just prepping the skin for maximum response to the benzoyl peroxide. If you want to try benzoyl peroxide on rosacea skin just get a good aqueous bp gel like Brevoxyl 4. All the other irritating ingredients can only harm rosaceans. Stay away from the nose with the bp as well. As usual only one application of bp per day and you might want to start off every other day for a week to two weeks and then gradually increase to once a day. A favorite non antibiotic topical treatment regimen is using the bp gel on all areas except the nose and use a 5% sulfer lotion on the nose, with the bp applied a maximum of once a day. If this still does not clear the papules and pustules, add Differin cream at night keeping the bp every morning. Plewig and Kligman say that the maximum inhibition of P acnes are acheived by once a day bp application. Therefore, twice a day will just irritate more. To get increased papulopustular clearing, adding the Differin works by normalizing follicular keritanization -- a different mechanism. Also, bp is for papulopustular rosacea only. Those with erythema mainly will not be helped by bp. > Hi, > > Kathy Fields, one of the derms who formulated this product, used to > be my derm. She told me to stay away from ahas like glycolic acid > since that aggravates rosacea. I think one or two of the products in > Proactive has glycolic acid in it. I know the doctors recommend > Proactiv for rosaceans. ly, I'm surprised at that, considering > what I was told by Dr. Fields. > > Take care, > Matija Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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