Important Photoderm Question about Inducing a Flush!

March 19, 2002

The nurse performing my treatments is great (And really knowledgable) but the

one thing we have disagreed on from the start is the importance of inducing a

flush. She doesn't think its beneficial at all, even after there is no longer

any red (tho she did say if I wanna induce one thats fine). Unfortunately, as

strange as this sounds, I can't ever seem to get flushed in her office.. (I

spend my whole life failing at trying to avoid being red-faced, and whenever I

actualy want to be red, I can't get it going... its real weird)

I cant find a single store in my area that sells topical Niacin. I tried taking

Niacin orally. (it gave me QUITE a flush, but also gave me chest pains, and

about a dozen weird rashes all over my body that sort of scared me a bit, and I

don't think I wanna take it again) I tried exercising (but got tired after like

60 secs, muscles have been really weak lately, moreso than makes sense.. but i'm

sure part of it is cuz I hav avoided exercising the past year in an effort to

not flush as often). I was too exhausted to move before I got even a bit red.

I tried wearing a really heavy coat, and hat, in her heated office, and even

THAT didnt do it (I have NO clue how that didn't work, it ALWAYS flushes me..)

Finally, she just rubbed my face with a towel causing kind of like an irritation

redness. I'm wondering, is this ok for inducing a flush? As long as my face is

red? My face didn't feel warm, or burning, or sweaty, or any of the other stuff

that comes with a typical flush... It was just redness caused by irritation on

the surface. When Photoderm is concerned, is any type of red the same as

inducing a flush? Or is there a difference between irritating the shallow skin

and causing a deeper flush (that is typically caused by warm temperatures, comp

monitors, foods, etc)

If anyone has an answer to this I'd really appreciate it.. I only have 3

treatments left have probably more cea left than will be cured by 3

treatments.. I wanna try to make these last treatments as effective as possible.

Adam

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