Re: The ravages of rosacea

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Diane,

My triggers seem similar to yours. Were your main cea symptoms just

flushing and lingering redness? I haven't had much of a problem with

bumps (yet).

What Zinc product do you use on your skin? And how about the sulfur? I

haven't tried sulfur on my skin, does that seem helpful for the redness?

One last question for you or anyone else, I think someone asked it

before: Does Metrogel help anyone with flushing and redness? Or is it

mainly helpful for the bumps? I've been using it, but it doesn't seem

to help my redness. I'm wondering if it's necessary to continue in

order to keep the skin disorder from progressing.

Thank you!

Re: The ravages of rosacea

>

>Britainers didn't deem it " most embarrassing disease " for nothing. And

Dr.

>Kligman, a highly respected 82-year old dermatology professor, states

that

> " our lack of knowledge of rosacea is scandalous. " So no wonder we all

feel

>the way we do. To have a really embarrassing disease for which the

medical

>profession can only make lame attempts to control isn't going to add

any

>quality to your life, that's for sure.

>

>Bet you didn't expect this kind of daily challenge, did you? Oh well,

that's

>life, isn't it? I won't lie to you -- it's made me feel suicidal at

times.

>Guess I'm pretty vain, huh? At the moment I've got it fairly well in

check,

>and *that* feels good. Just to beat the beast down a bit.

>

>My food triggers: Alcohol (wine is deadly, white or red), pepper (even

black

>pepper bothers me), spicy food, some brands of tomato sauce (probably

those

>that have pepper and spice), oranges and anything too citrusy, things

that

>make my tongue tingle (that's just too much pleasure for the palate of

a

>rosacean), gingko biloba (I think I had some that were made with

cayenne

>pepper), niacin (as opposed to niacinamide, which is OK), I've been

>suspicious that very sharp cheddar cheese has some detrimental effect;

too

>much sugar, and chocolate (may be just the sugar in it). " Too much "

would be

>candy, sugar added to anything, ice cream more than once a week.

>

>I really don't notice much of a problem with the " trigger " veggies like

>eggplant, spinach, etc., or things like bananas and yogurt, which are

also on

>the list. These are all supposedly histamine producers. I guess you

could

>take an antihistamine when you eat them.

>

>My skin improves briefly when I take Advil. Some people take Claritin

with

>good results. Anything that has anti-inflammatory or antihistamine

>properties would probably be helpful.

>

>Zinc and sulfur are the two most helpful, healing things for my skin.

I know

>the cea-LTD disks have them. I highly recommend the Sher system,

but

>it's expensive. I also use Noritate, but I don't know if it does

anything or

>not. My skin is ... dare I say, " good " ? ... now, so I'm going to

continue

>with everything as is.

>

>If my rosacea progresses, which it undoubtedly will, the next step for

me is

>Photoderm. I'll never stop fighting it.

>

>Diane

>

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