cea????

[Guest guest]

My pcp thinks I have rosacea.

I have had 11 years of skin troubles. At age 26, I was first

diagnosed as having moderate/severe acne vulgaris. I have tried

accutane, antibiotics (major liver troubles there), birth control

pills and retinoids.

I have been able to control my skin over the last 6 1/2 years using

Ortho-tricyclen and retin-A 0.1% a day. But the retin-A gave me a

blush.

Currently for the last 9 months I have been breaking out in pimples

and on top of this I developed flaky, scaling patches of skin on my

ear lobes, hairline, chin and cheeks.

I always attributed the redness to the retin-A. Anyway, I agreed to

lay off it and see if the redness subsides.

Has anyone had a similiar situation of being diagnosed with one thing

and then some years later another? Can you have both?

[Guest guest]

My pcp thinks I have rosacea.

I have had 11 years of skin troubles. At age 26, I was first

diagnosed as having moderate/severe acne vulgaris. I have tried

accutane, antibiotics (major liver troubles there), birth control

pills and retinoids.

I have been able to control my skin over the last 6 1/2 years using

Ortho-tricyclen and retin-A 0.1% a day. But the retin-A gave me a

blush.

Currently for the last 9 months I have been breaking out in pimples

and on top of this I developed flaky, scaling patches of skin on my

ear lobes, hairline, chin and cheeks.

I always attributed the redness to the retin-A. Anyway, I agreed to

lay off it and see if the redness subsides.

Has anyone had a similiar situation of being diagnosed with one thing

and then some years later another? Can you have both?