Anyone else have Rosacea? (inexpensive, cure, ears, skin)

[totallyfrazzled]

Originally Posted by mississauga75

Eating well I think is big too. Generally, stick to the good nutritious whole foods and limit eating processed garbage. Its not only good for reducing flare ups, but also for health in general.

I don't know how much it influenced my roseacea but for what it's worth: About six months after I started using the Finacea, I decided to give up eating meat (for reasons other than my skin). I eat plain skinless chicken breast occasionally but no red meat (or pork) at all. I've no idea what positive effect, if any, my now-vegetarian diet had on my rosaecea but it has definitely helped in other areas!

Like mississauga75 we no longer eat processed food, fast foods, etc. Lots of whole grains, fruits, and vegetables; no meat, no eggs, and only skim or 1% milk.

[taurus430]

I have a mild case and use Noritate. Oil of Olay for sensitive skin is good. Also check out Physicians Formula, Neutrogena and Almay, allergy free . Finacea doesn't work for me.

[eskercurve]

I have rosacea, but I'm a guy, so I can't help with the makeup and facial cremes.

When you see the dermatologist, query about Minocycline. It is a mild antibiotic that doesn't upset my skin and has caused the redness to die down.

[taurus430]

Originally Posted by eskercurve

I have rosacea, but I'm a guy, so I can't help with the makeup and facial cremes.

When you see the dermatologist, query about Minocycline. It is a mild antibiotic that doesn't upset my skin and has caused the redness to die down.

I'm a guy too but you need to use the proper facial soaps and moisturizer in addition to medicine. I got a bad breakout when I was on an antibiotic for something else. The rosacea might have flared up from it. I had to go to work so my wife got me some concealer the dermatologist recommended. Guy or girl, you don't want to go to work with red and pimples. Rosacea is actually a vascular skin condition with no cure. You can only keep it under control.

There are some good websites:

Rosacea Group

Rosacea.org: The National Rosacea Society

[mississauga75]

Originally Posted by eskercurve

I have rosacea, but I'm a guy, so I can't help with the makeup and facial cremes.

When you see the dermatologist, query about Minocycline. It is a mild antibiotic that doesn't upset my skin and has caused the redness to die down.

I think it is ok for a guy to use a light dusting of mineral makeup to help reduce the redness. No big deal!

[mississauga75]

Has anyone gone through with the Candela V-Beam laser treatment? I haven't gone through with it because it is pretty expensive and apparently you are more red for about a week after each treatment. I dunno, i'm just not convinced this is a miracle treatment. If it is i'd like to hear about it. I mean if it works, than i'll fork over the money, but the last thing i want to do is fork over a few grand for 5 sessions of something that makes minimal difference and only lasts a short period of time.

[taurus430]

Read online of potential triggers for Rosacea. Some are spicy foods, alcohol, heat/sun, cold etc. There are quite a few but you may only have certain triggers.

Treating Rosacea

[tilli]

The official advice to simply avoid triggers is frankly ridiculous. The only way I could avoid all mine is to become a hermit, never leave my air-conditioned home, or get any exercise, or ever get emotional about anything. I can avoid spicy food and alcohol, but really, what kind of life is that? To deprive yourself of the foods you love, of the exercise you need, of the heat of the summer, of emotional response to life? The dermatologists make you feel like it is your own fault that you have rosacea because you aren't living a properly ascetic life. It's nonsense. Hopefully they will develop some effective treatments soon. In the meantime I am using Clinique Redness Solutions and it works much better than attempting to completely change my lifestyle ever did, and also better than the expensive prescription products like Finacea that actually made it worse instead of better.

[totallyfrazzled]

Originally Posted by eskercurve

When you see the dermatologist, query about Minocycline. It is a mild antibiotic that doesn't upset my skin and has caused the redness to die down.

Just FYI that any of the tetracycline-class antibiotics (of which Minocycline is one) are notorious for antibiotic-induced sun sensitivity as a side effect. That is a possible side effect for any antibiotic but the tetracycline group (which also includes doxycycline which is widely prescribed for skin infections, particularly staph) is among the worst offenders statistically.

Others include Accutane, metrozidanole, e-mycin for some people, and Bactrim. I can personally vouch for Bactrim causing a problem because I had to take it for two weeks last year and even with an SP50 block and a big floppy hat I burned even from just getting in and out of a car doing short errands for no more than 15 minutes (and I even have UV-blocking film on my auto glass). I was wearing a longsleeve turtleneck top on the hottest day of the year just to help cover up as much skin as possible! Basically I had to become a housebound hermit for the entire time I took the stuff, plus several days after I stopped.

Yet I have taken E-mycin, Zithromax, and Biaxin in the past with no sun sensitivity at all ..... so, like any other prescription that affects the skin, "YMMV" is the cardinal rule!

[stone-ground]

As a side note, take your clarins or other brand name bottle of whatever you're using, to your computer, and look up each ingredient .. you may be surprised! In fact, look up the ingredients also in the medication advised by your doctor ..

A less expensive suggestion as to seeing a doctor/prescription and such, find a good health food store and ask for a few suggestions .. soap, toner, face moisturizer, etc.

It's difficult even in health food stores, to find brands that don't contain some toxic ingredients, but there are a few choices.

A mild soap, followed by a cucumber-aloe type toner, and a lotion that contains no crap.

Not sure if I can name any, but Aubrey's has good ingredients, mild and good for sensitive skin.

Same goes for shampoo, conditioner, cosmetics .. it's scary actually, what we're smearing onto our skin unknowingly.

I've heard that diet isn't related to acne and rosasia, but I don't believe it.
Carrot juice is a big help with skin conditions .. a good natural source of beta-carotene.