Re: Re: Facial flaring after accutane

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I have never taken Accutane, so I'm not an expert at this, but as I

understand it, High doses of accutane (like those used to treat acne) will

cause increased redness/flushing and can cause your cea to get worse.

Low doses of accutane (approximately 10-20% of standard acne-fighting doses)

will cause a decrease in cea flushing/inflammation etc

Adam

[Guest guest]

Did you read Dr. Nase's book ? There is a major difference betweeen

low and high dose accutane...one can accelerate rosacea and the other

can help it.

lbellarina wrote:

>Hi Tracey--I took accutane for what my old dermatologist thought was

>adult onset acne. A couple of years after that, my rosacea symptoms

>appeared. There was a prior thread (I'm guessing up to about a year

>ago) on this very subject, with others who thought accutane might

>have caused or accelerated their rosacea. Interesting that Dr.

>Nase's book says it reduces flushing.

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>>I took the drug Accutane over 2 years ago to treat persistent acne.

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>During

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>>the course of my treatment I noticed my face would get red and hot

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>most of

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>>the time. Things like a warm room or slight exertion would trigger

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>it. My

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>>derm told me it would go away after treatment, but it did not. In

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>fact, it

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>>has gotten very severe and via my photoderm doctor and this support

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>group, I

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>>have come in to contact with a number of others who are in the same

>>situation after taking Accutane.

>>My doctor wants to know how many others this has happened to, wants

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>to take

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>>that information and share it with specialists in the field. He is

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>most

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>>interested in writing a major journal article about it to get this

>>information out to the medical community. Additionally, I have

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>heard that

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>>Dr. Nase has taken interest in this topic as well.

>>If you have a red face with hot burning sensations, and think it

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>may have

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>>occured after using Accutane, please notify me and I will give your

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>name to

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>>my doctor. He is one of the leading photoderm doctors in the

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>country.

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>>Once this information is made clear to the medical community,

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>research will

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>>be done. This may in turn help all of us that are suffering from

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>this

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>>disorder.

>>Thank you in advance,

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>>Tracey Sims

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