me too

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Yep I get this too and am almost glad that I am young as doctors have before

blamed it on premature aging.

Does yours ever go away? also have you tried any treatments like photoderm?

I wonder if anyone has overcome this?

Don't let doctors fob you off by saying it's age. I know mine is related to

rosacea and started to take on that appearance when I was 19!!!!!

Sometimes if I really look after myself it does go

Take care a

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>To: rosacea-support >

>Subject: Unelastic

>Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 22:12:21 -0500

>

>Bridget, C, and Group,

>

>I know exactly what you mean by " unelastic. " It's almost like the face is

>out of

>shape, as though the inner layers are uneven. It's hard to describe and

>probably

>not all that obvious to others but it is to me.

>

>And like C, I am getting a lot of fine lines in the rosacea areas of my

>face.

>Mostly they are crinkly, wavy lines. I am in my mid 50s and my

>dermatologist is

>blaming this on aging. Well, I do have lines related to aging but these

>are

>different and have come since the rosacea and only in the rosacea areas of

>my

>face.

>

>If there are other board members with these crinkly lines/unelastic skin,

>would

>you add your comments and perhaps mention your approximate age. I really

>think

>these symptoms are related to the inflammation of rosacea.

>

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