Re: Bumps and Itch Post/Reply

February 2, 1999

Hi All!

Me too -- I have a lot of success with Desitin -- I also get itchy sometimes,

but I think that is seb/derm. I have been under some stress lately, so I am

in a small flare. Then I blew it. I went to lunch today and ate a NO NO.

Seasoned French Fries. Within 5 minutes, my face was hot. Oh welll, they

tasted good.

Maureen

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February 2, 1999

Hi Nicki et al...It sounds like your bumps are different...I know exactly what

Glenys is talking about-the bumps and itchy skin have always been a bigger

problem for me than flushing, and then as the years rolled by and the various

antibiotic creams, oral meds etc. weren't really helping much, or at all,

anymore, the bumps began to slowly travel down the sides of my face from my

forehead where they started out as my first symptom.

They are very small, usually not noticeably colored or just slightly pink,

can get redder when general flushing occurs on face, and there are usually

lots of them in a general area-they aren't " filled " with anything like a

pimple or cysts, just more like a rash that doesn't go away --HELP me here DR.

LINDA--, I know I knew the name for this at one time but have forgotten! You

can sometimes look at your skin from one angle and not really see them-then

the light will hit your face from another direction and it looks like a mine

field of tiny pebbles run amok across your face (but you can always feel

them-it makes your skin feel " rough " . My skin tends to be very dry on my

cheeks and forehead, and oily on my nose and chin, so I have an itch problem

anyway, for that reason alone. But when I had the bumps for so many years, &

when they were really noticeable, my skin seemed to get even itchier w/ a

" flaring " of the bumps!

The cea disks took the bumps away very quickly, and they only tend to

come back if I eat big NO NO'S or get REALLY stressed-either emotionally (me?

never...yeah right!) or environmentally (too cold (being in the snow tends to

be bad on my skin)-too dry-too hot-too windy-) but I step up my disk routine

and it subsides quickly. The disks have all but shrunk up the small red veins

(there's a name for this too but I don't remember) that as the years also

rolled by w/ less than effective rosacea treatment, seemed to enlarge and get

longer off the sides of my nose onto my cheeks. One side of my nose they are

all gone, the other side has the remnants of one small vein. I wish they

could find a " cure " , but until then I am most happy with the effectiveness of

the disks over anything else I've tried, and I know I am not putting umpteen

antibiotics into myself anymore. Of course someday these too may become less

than effective as my body becomes immune to their effects, but I HOPE not! I

just have to be sure to be as diligent about moisturizing as I can be because

the disks tend to be drying by their nature, and if I am it doesn't seem to be

a big problem. But drying isn't as upsetting to me as the bumps and red veins

on my face were for so many years. I guess its all a trade off of one sort or

another sometimes. best to all...debbie g.

REGARDING POSTS:

Subject: moisturizers

Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 20:57:35 -0000

I am new to the group but so pleased to have found people with similar skin to

mine. I am not sure however if I am alone in having extremely itchy bumpy

skin along with the flushing. I have found acqueous cream

(recommended for excema) soothing as a cleanser and moisturizer. I daren't

use water on my skin as its so drying I just wipe the cream off with a cotton

pad. I would love to hear from any one with itchy rosacea who has had sucess

with other similar cleansers/moisturisers.

REPLY:

Subject: Re: moisturizers

Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:55:39 PST

I'm not sure what you mean by bumpy...but if you look at my

face in the right light....it looks lumpy...especially along my

jaw line. I had the derm cut out a couple of the bumps last month.

I am not sure what she called them....but if i pinch them..stuff comes

out..but they fill back up...cyst-ie looking things... YUK!! She said

if this group heals ok. for me....she will snip out some more. I have

dry itchy skin in the morning and by the late afternoon..it is oily and

hot feeling.

I use neutrogena moisturizer and cetiphil for cleansening

nicki

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February 2, 1999

Hi Debbie!

I have the exact same symtoms that you have, I thought that the bumps were

permanent but according to your note, you can get rid of them? What are

these disks you talk about and where do you get them?

Any info will be appreciated.

Thanks,

Rob

Re: moisturizers

>Date: Mon, 1 Feb 1999 16:55:39 PST

>

>I'm not sure what you mean by bumpy...but if you look at my

>face in the right light....it looks lumpy...especially along my

>jaw line. I had the derm cut out a couple of the bumps last month.

>I am not sure what she called them....but if i pinch them..stuff comes

>out..but they fill back up...cyst-ie looking things... YUK!! She said

>if this group heals ok. for me....she will snip out some more. I have

>dry itchy skin in the morning and by the late afternoon..it is oily and

>hot feeling.

>I use neutrogena moisturizer and cetiphil for cleansening

>nicki

>

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February 2, 1999

Hi all,

So you think desitin can remove the bumps? Is this an over the counter

medication? I am finding so many choices to try and combat this rosacea

problem. I just started the cea LTD disk treatment, and discontinued the

metrogel cream. Metrogel in 2 months did absolutely nothing for me. Look, I

don't want to appear in the next oil of olay commercial, I just want to look

halfway decent. These tiny bumps are really depressing me. I fought acne 12

years ago and thought I had won the " war of my face. " Now, acne's stupid

older sister " rosacea " turns up! Also wondering, has Anyone heard of

virualcide or sulfacet-R treatments. I'll take the desitin treatment into

consideration. I wonder if derms are hiding the fact of a real answer. The

ones I have gone to don't seem to care about the emotional relation to this.

Thanks all and somebody help my bumps!

LANCE

LAuen17280@...

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February 2, 1999

Hi all,

I get the little bumps too, and I haven't tried the cea Ltd Disks, but I

suspect that the main ingredient in them that gets rid of the bumps is the

zinc. My theory is based on the fact that Desitin (zinc oxide cream) got

rid of the bumps (and redness) for me. If you can tolerate it, some kind of

zinc oxide cream might be an affordable and easy to find alternative to the

disks. I find it a little drying, but if I use desitin once a day and

moisturize twice a day, I'm bump (and redness and flake) -free!

Kerry

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February 2, 1999

Hi. I keep reading about Desitin helping some of you guys out, so I just ran

out to the store to get it.(most of my free time is running around searching

for any product that might help! This really sucks!) Anyway one of you wrote

that it helped alot and one wrote that it caused a flare. So I guess everyone

reacts differently but this gets confusing! For those of you that it helped

was your skin really dry and red? I go through stages where I resemble a

lizard so Im a bit concerned with it drying more and then I,ll need a ski-mask

to go to work! What moisturizers do you recommend? Ive tried

Cetaphil,Neutrogena, Eucerin (which works the best but it is really heavy and

probably clogs the pores).Any suggestions would be appreciated. Also Im

currently taking Accutane ,which dries out the skin more, so I need a

moisturizer that is rather heavy duty.Bill

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February 2, 1999

Hi everyone!,

I've been hearing a lot about desitin. Is this the regular old desitin that you buy at the store? Any special brand? How ofter do you apply it? At night?

Thanks.

Rob

Re: Bumps and Itch Post/Reply

Hi Nicki et al...It sounds like your bumps are different...I know exactly what

Glenys is talking about-the bumps and itchy skin have always been a bigger

problem for me than flushing, and then as the years rolled by and the various

antibiotic creams, oral meds etc. weren't really helping much, or at all,

anymore, the bumps began to slowly travel down the sides of my face from my

forehead where they started out as my first symptom. They are very small, usually not noticeably colored or just slightly pink,

can get redder when general flushing occurs on face, and there are usually

lots of them in a general area-they aren't " filled " with anything like a

pimple or cysts, just more like a rash that doesn't go away --HELP me here DR.

LINDA--,

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February 2, 1999

Debbie,

The condition you are describing is called " peri-oral dermatitis " which is often found in those with rosacea. It appears more like a rash rather than pimples. It is my opinion that acne, seborrheic dermatitis, peri-oral dermatitis and rosacea all belong in the same family of sebaceous (oil) gland disease.

Sy MD Sy Skin Carehttp://www.lindasy.com

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