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I'm new here.. and I'm currently seeing a derm in toronto canada by

the name of john goldhar(near queen and universty). The problem with

my condition is that i'm not sure if it's correctly diagnosed.

I have rosacea symptoms(,flushing if stressed and heated), as well as

other sypmtoms supposedly not presentin rosacea ..eg

blackheads/clogged pores mostly on/around the nose. there are some

red veins also. but the main problem is the moderate redness and

flushing symptoms that i'm worried about...i don't have bumps. I

guess there is some acne symptoms mixed in as well. my skin is

generally oily yet NOT itchy(esp the problem areaS noted before).

another problem is that my skin tends to peel off(it's the dead skin

i guess)quite readily which usually clogs the pores...hence there may

be seborrhea symptoms as well...or maybe something else. My clogged

pores are weird in the sense that not all are black...some but not

all clogged pores are plugged with what looks like lighter colored

material..it looks like dead skin(some clogged pores look white when

washed). surprisingly..it is these " white pores " that are easier to

fall off since they tend to project outwards whereas the

typical " blackheads "

are usually the most stubborn things in the world(more than me).

I was taking noritate since last august with vitamin a and benzyl

peroxide on alternating nights for the blackheads. but nothing seems

to be working. recently i got rosacure for about 2 months and again

things are still the same. I tried accutane before and although it's

great on the oily skin..it makes the dead skin come off like

mad..rapid peeling of skin. this condition started when i was 16..i'm

22 now.I'm male and my ethnicity is chinese. My main concern is the

flaking..i'm not sure if it's seborrhea or not..i'll have to talk to

goldhar again...but it feels like he's given up on me. i was

wondering if any of you have similar symptoms. Also know that you

should always be careful of wrong diagnoses..i've been getting help

for my rosacea/acne/seb?(not really sure what it is)..with endless

rounds of metrogel/noritate..etc. if nothing seems to improve i'm

guessing the medication isn't working or my diagnosis is wrong..or

maybe i need stronger treatment etc. So my final question is..do any

of you by chance know any skin disorders that causes your skin to

peel? I think it has something to do with abnormal cell growth in

which the cell's growth cycle is sped up to insanity..thus dead cells

aplenty..i read about it somewhere on the net..but i forgot where.

sorry about this dictionary, i'm just a little desperate. thanks for

your

time!