dryness or seb? ( a correction please)

July 17, 2002

In my previous post, I wrote " it is not really that noticeable until you

try to use a moisturizer, I meant to say

foundation. The flakes are not noticeable until I try to use a foundation.

Then I can see that the surface of my skin is nothing but a scale.

sorry about that

dryness or seb?

>

> >

> > I thought I'd try and put on some make up today as my skin has been ok

> recently (been off work) and was going out so thought perhaps I would try

an

> insie bit of something on my face.

> >

> > Oh my goodness I used a little foundation and as I put it on all these

> flakes appeared and the stuff wouldn't move from the spot I put it on. It

> just sunk into my skin. I can't work out if the flakes were already there

> but trying to rub this stuff in caused them to break loose. Any how I have

> washed and washed my face to try and get this stuff off (I used to use

this

> stuff every day for years and used to go on my skin like velvet, I wasn't

> ecpecting the same result but..). I just can't work out if this is infact

a

> dry form of seb derm or just another inflammatry reaction caused by the

> route of all evil, rosacea.

> >

> > The flakiness resides mainly down the sides of my face, cheeks, forehead

> and nasolabial folds. If I gently scrape any part of my face though,

flakes

> appear.

> >

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July 17, 2002