Re: Re: Short-term 'Pulsing' with steroid cream

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I know that I'll get hate mail over this, but I use Elocon once a month. Maybe

it's harmful, but I figure it's 1/60th times better than using it twice a day,

every day. On the first day of my period (SORRY, MEN!!) my face is broken out

with pustules and unbearably itchy. One application on damp skin gets it back to

" normal " rosacea skin.

Ruth

doubleoh7_mi6 ciz@...> wrote: I am embarrased to say this, but at

one time, when I was very

ignorant, in a wild fit or youtful ignorance, I used a 1%

hydrocortisone gel.. and if you apply it very sparingly every few

hours, no more than six times a day, after a few applications, I was

able to clear all signs of erythema. Don't, I repeat, don't try this

at home. Never do this. I feel like I should be punished for ever

doing such an awful thing to my face.

No long term effects on me, though, the above is still bad. Further

warning, use only hydrocortisone or aclovate on the face to prevent

atrophy. Higher class corticosteroids on the face are forbidden.

Use mincocyline, zithromax, or accutane, or god forbid, even gold

bond (look to snoskiman about this), but stay away from steroids.

Use sulfacet-r, which is fast acting and masks redness due to its

tint, even though it is comedogenic -- because the Na Sulfacetamide

negates the comedogenicity of sulfur somewhat.

> I know that long-term use of steroids is bad for rosaceans--the

skin

> becomes thinner or something like that--but I was wondering whether

> people thought it would also be a bad idea to use steroidal cream

to

> clear up residual redness and swelling just, say, once every three

> months?

>

> And if anyone has used steroids on rosacea, I'd love to hear how

long

> it took to clear redness, whether it reduced swelling (esp. on the

> nose) or what the long-term effects were for them. Feel free to

email

> me!

>

> Thanks,

> Drummond

>

> P.S. Wouldn't it be a great idea if one of our tech-savvy members

> developed a website that dealt exclusively with the latest news

about

> rosacea research and rosacea treatment? What a help that would be...

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