flushing and progression of rosacea

[Guest guest]

Marjorie,

I am new to the group and have read hundreds of posts

and nase's book. I have general facial redness or

pinkness on my forehead, chin and cheeks, but only on

areas where I don't have any facial hair. I was

recently diagnosed with rosacea by a derm who didn't

seem so sure. Neither is my family doctor. She told

me to use sunscreen, wear a hat, try metro gel but it

probably won't work, and basically live with it.

After two weeks and reading this group, I decided to

try the discs. It went slowly, but after a month I am

slowly showing some improvement. I follow their

procedure as described and use sunscreen when I go out

in the sun. Other than sun exposure and perhaps spicy

foods, I am having great difficulty in trying to

deterimine what triggers the redness. I generally

wake up fairly good and slowly get redder as the day

progresses. I don't feel overly stressed other than

with the rosacea. When I excercise, I may get

somewhat flushed, but not dramatically. I haven't

noticed any immediate or significant impact from food

or alcohol. I have never been allergic to anything.

I read your posts concerning food inolerences with

great interest. Is there any visible way to determine

whether you have vascular or inflammatory redness? I

noticed that my derm pushed on my face with her

finger. When this is done, the area turns whiter and

quickly turns back to red. Does this indicate

vascular redness or does inflammatory redness do the

same thing?

I generally can live with some redness in my life. My

major concern is progession of the disease. What is

the best way to prevent that. Other than sun

exposure, is there any evidence that exposing ones

self to known triggers will eventually cause

progression of the disease? For instance, excercise

or spicy foods. Someone mentioned a bell shaped curve

for the disease where it gets worse then slowly

improves as you get older. I am 41.

Also, I tried to find any posts where you commented on

the discs. What are your thoughts on the discs? Do

you think they could be used for long term

" management " I have never used many topicals on my

face and I do not seem to have much immediate skin

sensitivity. (However, I do wonder whether the head

and sholders shampoo has irratated my forehead and

ears. I switched to J and J baby shampoo.) I am

concerned about the repeated exposure. Is it better

to just clean, moisurize and wear sunscreen to slow

progression or should one try to actively reduce the

redness. Nase's solutions for redness are

antibiotics, accutane and photoderm. All seem to have

some problems or limitations. If repeated exposure to

triggers worsen the disease, than it still seems like

one must identify triggers and reduce your exposure.

Thank you for any thoughts. This group has been

extremely helpful.

Ron

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[Guest guest]

Marjorie,

I am new to the group and have read hundreds of posts

and nase's book. I have general facial redness or

pinkness on my forehead, chin and cheeks, but only on

areas where I don't have any facial hair. I was

recently diagnosed with rosacea by a derm who didn't

seem so sure. Neither is my family doctor. She told

me to use sunscreen, wear a hat, try metro gel but it

probably won't work, and basically live with it.

After two weeks and reading this group, I decided to

try the discs. It went slowly, but after a month I am

slowly showing some improvement. I follow their

procedure as described and use sunscreen when I go out

in the sun. Other than sun exposure and perhaps spicy

foods, I am having great difficulty in trying to

deterimine what triggers the redness. I generally

wake up fairly good and slowly get redder as the day

progresses. I don't feel overly stressed other than

with the rosacea. When I excercise, I may get

somewhat flushed, but not dramatically. I haven't

noticed any immediate or significant impact from food

or alcohol. I have never been allergic to anything.

I read your posts concerning food inolerences with

great interest. Is there any visible way to determine

whether you have vascular or inflammatory redness? I

noticed that my derm pushed on my face with her

finger. When this is done, the area turns whiter and

quickly turns back to red. Does this indicate

vascular redness or does inflammatory redness do the

same thing?

I generally can live with some redness in my life. My

major concern is progession of the disease. What is

the best way to prevent that. Other than sun

exposure, is there any evidence that exposing ones

self to known triggers will eventually cause

progression of the disease? For instance, excercise

or spicy foods. Someone mentioned a bell shaped curve

for the disease where it gets worse then slowly

improves as you get older. I am 41.

Also, I tried to find any posts where you commented on

the discs. What are your thoughts on the discs? Do

you think they could be used for long term

" management " I have never used many topicals on my

face and I do not seem to have much immediate skin

sensitivity. (However, I do wonder whether the head

and sholders shampoo has irratated my forehead and

ears. I switched to J and J baby shampoo.) I am

concerned about the repeated exposure. Is it better

to just clean, moisurize and wear sunscreen to slow

progression or should one try to actively reduce the

redness. Nase's solutions for redness are

antibiotics, accutane and photoderm. All seem to have

some problems or limitations. If repeated exposure to

triggers worsen the disease, than it still seems like

one must identify triggers and reduce your exposure.

Thank you for any thoughts. This group has been

extremely helpful.

Ron

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