Re: Re: Do LCD Monitors Cause Flares?..and CATS

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Thanks for that post ML. I have the same issue with a huge 20+ inch monitor

about 2 feet from my face hours a day. I have found that applying Zinco (or

probably any alternative protection) helps with that " trigger " ---though it

may just mask anything happening. Your hypothesis is interesting. I may try

getting a humidifier and some plants too for my computer area.

Speaking of dust and airborne irritants: I have two cats. How many people

here have cats, or notice any relationship between cats and cea?

Re: Do LCD Monitors Cause Flares

> Anne, I commented on this a few months ago, so see the site's

> archives for more details if you're interested. With my sensitive

> rosacean face, I would turn red, itch, and then break out on my

> cheeks if I was in front of the computer for too long, and my face

> would clear within several hours, without doing a thing.

>

> Basically, I came to the personal (not professional) conclusion that

> the static electricity naturally generated by a video monitor

> attracts the room's microscopic dust particles that falls upon any

> portion of my body within the electrostatic field normally generated

> by the monitor. So any body part that is sensitive to dust may react

> even when it is microscopic. Once away from the computer, all the

> dust particles immediately fall off, the source of the irritation is

> gone. I read that the electrostatic field is most strong in low

> humidity, and my room was always bone dry.

>

> I found three things helped me: keeping the room and computer itself

> clean and fiber-free (no rugs or carpeting); insuring the room was

> not dry (by modulating my electric heat and watering plants well,

> among other tricks); and by not using the computer after washing my

> face at the end of the day -- probably because any barrier on my face

> (foundation, sunblock, etc) slows down the direct irritation from the

> dust.

>

> There are anti-static clips, sprays, and wipes for under $10 each

> that might help decrease the electrostatic area around your monitor,

> esp if your computer generates an obvious " shock " when you touch it

> (mine never did). As you noted, flat monitors or lap tops are not

> known to cause reactions for rosaceans -- and fitting with my theory,

> they also don't generate electrostatic fields.

>

> Not everyone agrees with me. Some advocate filters and such, which

> they say helps. (Most of the filters also have anti-static features.)

> I don't believe there's any proof, or reason to evoke electromagnetic

> or UV waves (electrostatic field is completely different) to explain

> this rosacea-monitor link.

>

> Hope that helps.

>

> Marjorie

>

> Marjorie Lazoff, MD

>

>

> > Hi,

> >

> > I can no longer stay online longer than 30 minutes because my face

> > burns so much and am looking into getting a LCD monitor. I am not

> in

> > a position financially to buy one on the offchance it will be OK, so

> > could anyone who has used a LCD monitor please let me know if it

> > caused their rosacea to flare.

> >

> > Thanks,

> > Anne

>

>

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