Re: therapist,...psychologist? Happiness living with rosacea

[Guest guest]

My skin is red, itchy, never tans, and I have an abundance of vasculatory

vessels in my face.

However, that has not stopped me from living life. IMAGE is not everything.

Being happy, and responsive to others is what makes life a blast.

I grew up before sunscreens were marketed--but Titanium dioxide and Zinc

oxide have been used for centuries as cosmetics for the epidermis.

Paint= titanium dioxide. Which is what actresses used before more elegant

formulations.

KEEP out of the sun. It ages your skin, anyway.

Get some hats, long sleeves and enjoy, but keep that sun off your face.

Perhaps we who have rosacea tend to be more reactive--I know my IgE's are sky

high and I have loads of allergies.

But for gosh sakes--physicians are not real informed, because we could have

something far worse---like melanoma, or basal cell carcinoma.

cea is cosmetic--except for the burning. Be grateful you can at least

BEGIN to be sun-wise.

PHYSICIANS DO NOT KNOW OR CARE ABOUT US--EXCEPT FOR MARJORIE, LINDA SY, DR.

NASE, ETC.=== THEY REALLY CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO KNOW WHAT THE COLLECTIVE

WISDOM OF THIS SUPPORT GROUP DOES.

'Nuff said. However, I am quite happy with Neutrogena Sensitive Skin

Sunscreen and think it calms my skin even over the following days, when I am

not outside.

[Guest guest]

Psychologists may not know what rosacea is, but they can help with the

psychological side of it. Sometimes the shock of your face changing daily

can bring your self-esteem down to a new low where you are depressed. I am

not talking everyday depressed, I am talking DEPRESSED. I used to hear about

people who suffer from depression and I thought " snap out of it. " But then

depression hit me and I believe that it stemmed from my rosacea. Believe me,

you cannot snap out of it. I am better now (after seeing a psychologist) and

I could care less about my rosacea. I thank God for giving me the strength

to go talk to someone about how I was feeling. Tell you what, it did more

for me than this group has ever done. For some people, all they need is this

group and that is great. Others need extra help over the hump.

Do not deter someone from seeking help for their emotional well-being.

[Guest guest]

> PHYSICIANS DO NOT KNOW OR CARE ABOUT US--EXCEPT FOR MARJORIE, LINDA

SY, DR.

> NASE, ETC.=== THEY REALLY CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO KNOW WHAT THE

COLLECTIVE

> WISDOM OF THIS SUPPORT GROUP DOES.

To clarify, Dr. Nase is a researcher with a PhD in microvascular

physiology. Dr. Sy and myself are physicians with medical degrees.

Marjorie

Marjorie Lazoff, MD