Does this seem logical ? reaction to products

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After reading the posts by various folks, taking privately to a few, making

notes and taking some time to put emotions aside and think clearly, I wouldlike

to get your opinions onthe following.

In the big picture, my skin is not that bad, but when one has good skin that is

easy to manage and all of a sudden turns nasty, it is kinda disconcerting.

anway, over the past 12 years, sicne I first heard this awful word, " rosacea " , I

have had 3 bad flares. I think that I may understand now what caused them.

prior to this one, I had been using a very gentle cleanser, a heavy moisturizer

and a moisturizing foundation. For about 6 weeks my skin looked great. glowy,

dewy and not blotchy. Then I started notiicng flakiness so my reactionwas to

step up the moisturizing. vaseline at night a few times and then Dr.Sy's oils,

When the flakiness got worse, I decided to try another approach.A friend from an

online site who has rosacea sent me some stuff from SAGE www.zerozits.com

One of the products was a hydrating amsk/moisturizer containing salcylic as an

anti-inflammatory, not an exfoliant. the first few times I used the product, I

was delighted. It seems to soothe, moisturize and it got rid of all that dead

skin and flaky patches. After a little over 2 weeks of use, WOW, my skin got

awful Flakes in my eyebrows, eyelids, nose, chin ,nasolabial folds. My forehead

was the worse. greasy oil, itchy and pimples with a very rough texture, like it

had a million tiny raised pinpricks.At this time, I started having trouble wiht

stuff on my eye lashes. My family doctor prescribed drop which helped only a

little. My face started to feel tight and I noticed that my cheeks which are

only slightly pink ( I need to waer blush ) started to get blotchy and feel hot.

When I looked closer, the cheeks were flaky too. anywaym I know that I am

getting a little off track but I wanted to fill in some back ground info.

I think that my latest bount is due to the heavy occulsive mositurizers I had

been using, probably not getting my skin clean with the super gentle cleanser,

using a heavy foundation which suffocated my skin each day. And then after all

that, the hydrating mask/moisturizer completed the process of irritating my

pores and the blood vessels. I have quite a mess created but I promise

faithfully that when this mess clears, I will stop trying to fix my skin. I will

stop trying to fix my skin.

But for now, I need your help and guidance in this vey difficult time. My face

feels and looks awful but I need to let it heal with the help of the topical

Nizoral and the gentle cleaning.

Thanks to all of oyu who have taken the time to contact me privately and/or

answer my posts, I am forever in your gratitude. I am so lucky to have all of

you.

thanks from the bottom of my heart

Maybe some day, we will have a cure. In the meantime, we have each other.

All the best

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