Re: Is it Seb Derm or Rosecea or both ?

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you have exactly what i have and many others on this site and youve

described it to a 't'. same symptoms here and tried the same stuff over

and over again . i think we both have s.d originally and still have but

also now have steroid/overuse of all creams,hence roscascea. the amount

of steroids and crap i tried on my skin must have had a more negative

effect than good ,so this is where my roscacea comes from imho, and youre

right im now in my 30's and the resting state of my face has gotten

progressivly worse over the years but hard to tell . the thing that annoys

me is that my scalp and trunk have cleared for a year now and im wondering

if i had never tampered with steoroids would my face have cleared by now

also.

try protopic, its working for me at the mom (last 3 months anyways) . it

is quit expensive compared to others creams but you cant put a price on

getting rid of this thing! rotate shampoos medical and normal and its hard

to do but i try to keep my body temp at a medium lvl , if that means lots

of water or stay out of the sun or avoid wind etc i do so.

dave

- kingjc2 kingjc2@...> wrote:

> Hi,

> I wrote on this site a few days ago, saying that I HAVE a certain

> disease to my skin (as diagnosed by dermatologists). I have since

> spent many hours reading the message board, and now realise that I

> should be ASKING if people recognise what I have, not telling them

> what I (think I have). So, can you help from your experience, these

> are my symptoms/history:

>

> 1. Clear skin to age 13, now age 37.

> 2. Since 13 have had:- red flush effect (and varyable itching) to my

> front cheeks either side of nose; reddish nose; some limited redness

> to my forehead; scaly scalp but not much; upper body trunk has

> limited red flushing/scaly effect, very variable. All of this varies

> day-to-day for no apparent reason.

> 3. Tried many treatments over the years including oral antibiotics,

> antifungals, probably 30 or so different antifungal creams, steriod

> creams, shampoos (Nizoral, Selsun, Head & Shoulders, Neutrogena) etc.

> The most common effect with all of them is an almost immediate severe

> reaction OR an immediate 'miracle' followed by condition coming back

> and getting temporarily worse before settling back to resting state.

> 4. Have been using Hydrocortizone/clotrimazole cream, and

> Urea/hydrocortizone cream for years - very good at keeping things at

> bay but does not remove the condition. Have noticed as time goes on

> that the 'resting state' is possibly progressively getting worse,

> difficult to say when you live with it. THREE DAYS ago I had a

> barrage of emails saying stop using steriod creams, so I have now

> stopped for ever (?).

> 5. Usual foods/things aggravate the condition, spices, alcohol, cold

> etc.

>

> So, back to the question, what do you think I have, SD, or rosecea,or

> both ?.

>

> Any ideas to get to the bottom of exact condition through a process

> of illimination ? Any more ideas to sort out the condition ?

>

> Thank you

>

> G

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