I'm going for pulse dye in two weeks

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I have been a member of this group for almost 2 years now. I can not

tell u how bad it felt when I found out I had rosacea. I went

straight from acne to rosacea. Now I still have a little acne with

rosacea. From seeing how a lot of people had great results with

photoderm, I thought that that was going to be the answer for me.

Well it wasen't. If anything, it made my rosacea so much worse. I

flare and flush worse than ever. So now I'm going to go for pulse

dye. I'm very nervous of how I will look afterwards. I just can't

stand this disease. I started out with it just on my face, now its

on my ears, and a little in my eyes, a little on my chest. Also my

hands flush and flare. I hate this so much. They tell u to just

avoid triggers. How are u suppose to do that plus live a normal

life. I went to lunch with my friend and my son was with us, he was

acting up, u know how 3 year olds can be. Anyway, I started getting

stressed out and my face started burning, I could tell that I was

flaring a little. I was worried that my friend could notice. We got

up and left and my friend asked me if I had finished going through my

skin treatments, I told her no, she said well I can't really tell

that your red, even though I knew that my makeup was covering it up

until I would flare really bad. She told me that my skin looked

shiny. Well my face feels dry, so I have to wear a thick moisturiser

and then my face ends up looking all shiny and oily. So we go to our

cars in the 90 degree weather and wham I flare so bad. It has been

30 minutes ago and my face still feels so hot, burning, swollen. My

pores look so BIG. I really hate my life. I guess she really saw me

red that time. So now its off to have the pulse dye done. I really

hope this works. What are we going to do? Some of u only have mild

rosacea and don't suffer much and probably think the ones like me are

nuts to be obsessed about this so much but u out there that are

severe as I am know how it feels. I just want to live a normal life

and be able to enjoy the hot summer. Will that ever happen? I just

can't understand why they arn't doing much for us. Just wanted to

vent.

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sharp3951 wrote:

> hope this works. What are we going to do? Some of u only have mild

> rosacea and don't suffer much and probably think the ones like me are

> nuts to be obsessed about this so much but u out there that are

> severe as I am know how it feels. I just want to live a normal life

> and be able to enjoy the hot summer

Hi,

Please don't feel so bad about yourself, I am sure we are all in the same

boat. I am sure we are obssessed equally about what our faces look like at

any given moment. True, it is a bit easier when the symptoms are not as

severe, but let me assure you that last week I was making many trips to the

washroom just to check how red I was. The moment I feel some warmth in my

cheeks I am touching them to see if they do feel hot or if it's just some

internal feeling. We just can't avoid these reactions, I am sure we all have

that in common.

You said that we are supposed to avoid triggers but how do we combine that

with having a normal life - I am asking that question myself, too. I am

wondering what I am going to do about my large yard, that is a total mess

(late in fall, I had to have the basement waterproofed from the outside and

they totally destroyed whatever bits of grass the dogs didn't). I tend to

blush when the weather is hot - always have, even before I even knew what

rosacea was - and my face, especially the T zone, gets really oily. Right

now, I am 'crawling through sewers' (as I like to call it) - avoiding sun at

all cost, not taking lunch breaks at work, working my dogs after sunset. I

am taking it a day at a time, and even though it will bother me, I guess I

will just have to leave the yard in a mess unless I improve enough to be

outside in late afternoon.

Hang in there! Good luck with your pulse dye - hopefully it will bring you

relief.

Alena

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sharp3951 wrote:

> hope this works. What are we going to do? Some of u only have mild

> rosacea and don't suffer much and probably think the ones like me are

> nuts to be obsessed about this so much but u out there that are

> severe as I am know how it feels. I just want to live a normal life

> and be able to enjoy the hot summer

Hi,

Please don't feel so bad about yourself, I am sure we are all in the same

boat. I am sure we are obssessed equally about what our faces look like at

any given moment. True, it is a bit easier when the symptoms are not as

severe, but let me assure you that last week I was making many trips to the

washroom just to check how red I was. The moment I feel some warmth in my

cheeks I am touching them to see if they do feel hot or if it's just some

internal feeling. We just can't avoid these reactions, I am sure we all have

that in common.

You said that we are supposed to avoid triggers but how do we combine that

with having a normal life - I am asking that question myself, too. I am

wondering what I am going to do about my large yard, that is a total mess

(late in fall, I had to have the basement waterproofed from the outside and

they totally destroyed whatever bits of grass the dogs didn't). I tend to

blush when the weather is hot - always have, even before I even knew what

rosacea was - and my face, especially the T zone, gets really oily. Right

now, I am 'crawling through sewers' (as I like to call it) - avoiding sun at

all cost, not taking lunch breaks at work, working my dogs after sunset. I

am taking it a day at a time, and even though it will bother me, I guess I

will just have to leave the yard in a mess unless I improve enough to be

outside in late afternoon.

Hang in there! Good luck with your pulse dye - hopefully it will bring you

relief.

Alena

[Guest guest]

sharp3951 wrote:

> hope this works. What are we going to do? Some of u only have mild

> rosacea and don't suffer much and probably think the ones like me are

> nuts to be obsessed about this so much but u out there that are

> severe as I am know how it feels. I just want to live a normal life

> and be able to enjoy the hot summer

Hi,

Please don't feel so bad about yourself, I am sure we are all in the same

boat. I am sure we are obssessed equally about what our faces look like at

any given moment. True, it is a bit easier when the symptoms are not as

severe, but let me assure you that last week I was making many trips to the

washroom just to check how red I was. The moment I feel some warmth in my

cheeks I am touching them to see if they do feel hot or if it's just some

internal feeling. We just can't avoid these reactions, I am sure we all have

that in common.

You said that we are supposed to avoid triggers but how do we combine that

with having a normal life - I am asking that question myself, too. I am

wondering what I am going to do about my large yard, that is a total mess

(late in fall, I had to have the basement waterproofed from the outside and

they totally destroyed whatever bits of grass the dogs didn't). I tend to

blush when the weather is hot - always have, even before I even knew what

rosacea was - and my face, especially the T zone, gets really oily. Right

now, I am 'crawling through sewers' (as I like to call it) - avoiding sun at

all cost, not taking lunch breaks at work, working my dogs after sunset. I

am taking it a day at a time, and even though it will bother me, I guess I

will just have to leave the yard in a mess unless I improve enough to be

outside in late afternoon.

Hang in there! Good luck with your pulse dye - hopefully it will bring you

relief.

Alena