Does rosacea progress?

July 24, 2002

I think that rosacea generally does progress but the degree to which it does is

dependent upon the persistency of your rosacea, the amount of success you have

identifying your triggers and avoiding them, and the amount of success you have

finding treatments to improve your rosacea (e.g., topicals, oral drugs,

sunscreens, supplements, lasers, etc.)

For instance, the most common triggers are sun, heat, wind, cold, alcohol, and

spicy foods but there are a myriad of other triggers which are individual to

each

rosacean. The more you can avoid your triggers the better your rosacea will be.

Finding treatments to improve your rosacea can seem an endless task. As

mentioned

many times on this board, it is best to try only one new treatment at a time so

that you can tell if it is helping, hurting, or having no effect on your skin.

The other factor in the progression of rosacea is the unknown: the degree of

mildness/severity of your rosacea and the amount of its persistency regardless

of

your best efforts to avoid triggers and find treatments to improve your

condition.

Like most other diseases, cases of rosacea can range from mild with little to no

progression to severe with constant progression. This, for me, is the hardest

part of rosacea to accept. I have always been a person who needs to feel in

control of situations and with rosacea you cannot be fully in control. As Dr.

Marjorie said, you can manage rosacea but you can't control it.

One other point: if you are newly diagnosed and have viewed the internet

pictures

of advanced rosacea, most of the pictures are of males who have not treated

their

rosacea until it got to an advanced stage.

a

July 24, 2002

I think that rosacea generally does progress but the degree to which it does is

dependent upon the persistency of your rosacea, the amount of success you have

identifying your triggers and avoiding them, and the amount of success you have

finding treatments to improve your rosacea (e.g., topicals, oral drugs,

sunscreens, supplements, lasers, etc.)

For instance, the most common triggers are sun, heat, wind, cold, alcohol, and

spicy foods but there are a myriad of other triggers which are individual to

each

rosacean. The more you can avoid your triggers the better your rosacea will be.

Finding treatments to improve your rosacea can seem an endless task. As

mentioned

many times on this board, it is best to try only one new treatment at a time so

that you can tell if it is helping, hurting, or having no effect on your skin.

The other factor in the progression of rosacea is the unknown: the degree of

mildness/severity of your rosacea and the amount of its persistency regardless

of

your best efforts to avoid triggers and find treatments to improve your

condition.

Like most other diseases, cases of rosacea can range from mild with little to no

progression to severe with constant progression. This, for me, is the hardest

part of rosacea to accept. I have always been a person who needs to feel in

control of situations and with rosacea you cannot be fully in control. As Dr.

Marjorie said, you can manage rosacea but you can't control it.

One other point: if you are newly diagnosed and have viewed the internet

pictures

of advanced rosacea, most of the pictures are of males who have not treated

their

rosacea until it got to an advanced stage.

a

July 24, 2002

I have redness that nobody else can see, or at least they don't look at me

and say " hey, looks like you got some sun " .

I do however, have the P & P's which are completely cleared by Plexion

Cleanser.

As far as progression, I also was horrified that I would wake up and look

like the pictures I saw on the internet. But no obvious progression has

occured. My Derm told me not to look at those because he has never seen a

case like those ones we see on the internet.

July 24, 2002

I have redness that nobody else can see, or at least they don't look at me

and say " hey, looks like you got some sun " .

I do however, have the P & P's which are completely cleared by Plexion

Cleanser.

As far as progression, I also was horrified that I would wake up and look

like the pictures I saw on the internet. But no obvious progression has

occured. My Derm told me not to look at those because he has never seen a

case like those ones we see on the internet.

July 24, 2002

>>One other point: if you are newly diagnosed and have viewed the

internet pictures of advanced rosacea, most of the pictures are of

males who have not treated their rosacea until it got to an advanced

stage. a <<

I know!! I wish they would indicate that somewhere. When I first

found out I had rosacea, I was mortified when I saw those photos.

Those images still haunt me.

July 24, 2002

>>One other point: if you are newly diagnosed and have viewed the

internet pictures of advanced rosacea, most of the pictures are of

males who have not treated their rosacea until it got to an advanced

stage. a <<

I know!! I wish they would indicate that somewhere. When I first

found out I had rosacea, I was mortified when I saw those photos.

Those images still haunt me.

July 24, 2002

Thanks for reminding me that the pictures on the internet are representative of

advanced rosacea. Fortunately, I have not gone that far. But, I am so

concerned about the progression of rosacea. In retrospect, I realize that I've

had rosacea for years. I've always had visible blood vessels right around my

nose, and I've had highly sensitive skin. In the past, I've only had slight

redness in my cheeks adn some flakiness. Now, I don't really have redness, but

I have papules and flakiness. And just small red spots that won't go away. I

just switched from metrolotion to noritate, so I'm hoping that I'll see some

results.

It seems that there are basically 2 kinds of rosacea: 1) no papules/pustules

but redness or 2) no/little redness but lots of papules/pustules. Is this

true? Or should I expect that my skin will become redder over time?

Help! I guess I just want to know what to expect so that I am prepared for

whatever comes.

a Tietz wrote:I think that rosacea generally does progress but the degree

to which it does is

dependent upon the persistency of your rosacea, the amount of success you have

identifying your triggers and avoiding them, and the amount of success you have

finding treatments to improve your rosacea (e.g., topicals, oral drugs,

sunscreens, supplements, lasers, etc.)

For instance, the most common triggers are sun, heat, wind, cold, alcohol, and

spicy foods but there are a myriad of other triggers which are individual to

each

rosacean. The more you can avoid your triggers the better your rosacea will be.

Finding treatments to improve your rosacea can seem an endless task. As

mentioned

many times on this board, it is best to try only one new treatment at a time so

that you can tell if it is helping, hurting, or having no effect on your skin.

The other factor in the progression of rosacea is the unknown: the degree of

mildness/severity of your rosacea and the amount of its persistency regardless

of

your best efforts to avoid triggers and find treatments to improve your

condition.

Like most other diseases, cases of rosacea can range from mild with little to no

progression to severe with constant progression. This, for me, is the hardest

part of rosacea to accept. I have always been a person who needs to feel in

control of situations and with rosacea you cannot be fully in control. As Dr.

Marjorie said, you can manage rosacea but you can't control it.

One other point: if you are newly diagnosed and have viewed the internet

pictures

of advanced rosacea, most of the pictures are of males who have not treated

their

rosacea until it got to an advanced stage.

a

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