How can we bring attention to the truth about rosacea??

June 21, 2002

Juts read a very familiar story from one of our posters expressing very familiar

concerns and frustrations. What are med schools teaching about rosacea. It seems

that too many derms dismiss rosacea as no big deal. Here's the metro and the

cetaphil and the other stuff. Some how we have to focus the right attention on

how devasting this cursed thing is. How it has affected our lives. I know that

all I want is normal skin, skin that you can wash once or twice a day, I don't

want perfect skin, I want skin that acts and reacts like skin. Surely, rosacea

cannot be that complicated. we need to chnage the perception. Maybe the NRS is

doing a grave disservice in how they promote rosacea . cea is serious. It

deserves to be given higher priority for research. But how, when it is

considered a treatable, non-life threatening ( well it has done more than

threaten my life, not my physical life, but my quality of life ). Guess I should

stop now since I am rambling.

OBTW, sorry to complain but I have posted 2X about salicylic acid. Thnaks

Stacey. Should I post again, since Stacey's reply to me has been countered by a

question related to a specific moisturizer and now my original post is lost.

Eek!!! ThanksMarjorie!!!!!!!!!!!!

talk to you all later

Regards

June 21, 2002

What on salicylic acid are you looking for, , beyond what Barry

Hunt already thoughtfully posted?

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD

> Juts read a very familiar story from one of our posters expressing

very familiar concerns and frustrations. What are med schools

teaching about rosacea. It seems that too many derms dismiss rosacea

as no big deal. Here's the metro and the cetaphil and the other

stuff. Some how we have to focus the right attention on how devasting

this cursed thing is. How it has affected our lives. I know that all

I want is normal skin, skin that you can wash once or twice a day, I

don't want perfect skin, I want skin that acts and reacts like skin.

Surely, rosacea cannot be that complicated. we need to chnage the

perception. Maybe the NRS is doing a grave disservice in how they

promote rosacea . cea is serious. It deserves to be given higher

priority for research. But how, when it is considered a treatable,

non-life threatening ( well it has done more than threaten my life,

not my physical life, but my quality of life ). Guess I should stop

now since I am rambling.

> OBTW, sorry to complain but I have posted 2X about salicylic acid.

Thnaks Stacey. Should I post again, since Stacey's reply to me has

been countered by a question related to a specific moisturizer and

now my original post is lost. Eek!!! ThanksMarjorie!!!!!!!!!!!!

> talk to you all later

> Regards

>

June 21, 2002