Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 I am 56 and was diagnosed when I was 51--but had it several years before that HAVE A BLESSED DAY, GLORIA:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 I am 56 and was diagnosed when I was 51--but had it several years before that HAVE A BLESSED DAY, GLORIA:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 I am 56 and was diagnosed when I was 51--but had it several years before that HAVE A BLESSED DAY, GLORIA:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 I am 44 and started having symptoms at age 29. Cyd ( what is everyone's age here and when were you first diagnosed. I was > 18 and now am 21.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 I am 44 and started having symptoms at age 29. Cyd ( what is everyone's age here and when were you first diagnosed. I was > 18 and now am 21.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 I am 44 and started having symptoms at age 29. Cyd ( what is everyone's age here and when were you first diagnosed. I was > 18 and now am 21.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 Hi, One thing that has always intrigued me about this egroup is that it is quite clear from people here that rosacea affects younger people to a much greater extent than is commonly believed. The conventional wisdom, as stated in nearly every article on rosacea, is that rosacea typically first appears in people in their 30s to 50s. From reading over the posts here, it certainly seems to me that there are a significant number of people in their 20s who are already affected. One explanation is that younger people may be more web-savvy, and hence will immediately go to a search engine to find the answer to anything they want to understand in detail. This path thus led them to our egroup. But my sense is that while this 'self-selection process' may introduce some bias, there is still evidence here that the age distribution of rosaceans is younger than commonly believed. Now, if you buy that, this raises the intriquing (and disturbing) suggestion that rosacea is starting to affect more and more younger people, and this in turn will lead to an increasing number of rosacea sufferers since (depressingly) we have more years left to be counted as rosaceans. (Sorry to appear so pessimistic, merely trying to make a statistical point ...) I already firmly believe that the often quoted number of 13M rosaceans in the US is a significant underestimate. Of course, a lot of it depends what it takes to be counted as a rosacean - I know lots of people who will briefly blush after a glass of wine, and I think these people are not counted (they exhibit so-called pre-rosacea symptoms). I will be very interested to see the age distribution of the respondents to 's survey. Rick > what is everyone's age here and when were you first diagnosed. I was > 18 and now am 21. > > Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 Hi, One thing that has always intrigued me about this egroup is that it is quite clear from people here that rosacea affects younger people to a much greater extent than is commonly believed. The conventional wisdom, as stated in nearly every article on rosacea, is that rosacea typically first appears in people in their 30s to 50s. From reading over the posts here, it certainly seems to me that there are a significant number of people in their 20s who are already affected. One explanation is that younger people may be more web-savvy, and hence will immediately go to a search engine to find the answer to anything they want to understand in detail. This path thus led them to our egroup. But my sense is that while this 'self-selection process' may introduce some bias, there is still evidence here that the age distribution of rosaceans is younger than commonly believed. Now, if you buy that, this raises the intriquing (and disturbing) suggestion that rosacea is starting to affect more and more younger people, and this in turn will lead to an increasing number of rosacea sufferers since (depressingly) we have more years left to be counted as rosaceans. (Sorry to appear so pessimistic, merely trying to make a statistical point ...) I already firmly believe that the often quoted number of 13M rosaceans in the US is a significant underestimate. Of course, a lot of it depends what it takes to be counted as a rosacean - I know lots of people who will briefly blush after a glass of wine, and I think these people are not counted (they exhibit so-called pre-rosacea symptoms). I will be very interested to see the age distribution of the respondents to 's survey. Rick > what is everyone's age here and when were you first diagnosed. I was > 18 and now am 21. > > Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 Hi, One thing that has always intrigued me about this egroup is that it is quite clear from people here that rosacea affects younger people to a much greater extent than is commonly believed. The conventional wisdom, as stated in nearly every article on rosacea, is that rosacea typically first appears in people in their 30s to 50s. From reading over the posts here, it certainly seems to me that there are a significant number of people in their 20s who are already affected. One explanation is that younger people may be more web-savvy, and hence will immediately go to a search engine to find the answer to anything they want to understand in detail. This path thus led them to our egroup. But my sense is that while this 'self-selection process' may introduce some bias, there is still evidence here that the age distribution of rosaceans is younger than commonly believed. Now, if you buy that, this raises the intriquing (and disturbing) suggestion that rosacea is starting to affect more and more younger people, and this in turn will lead to an increasing number of rosacea sufferers since (depressingly) we have more years left to be counted as rosaceans. (Sorry to appear so pessimistic, merely trying to make a statistical point ...) I already firmly believe that the often quoted number of 13M rosaceans in the US is a significant underestimate. Of course, a lot of it depends what it takes to be counted as a rosacean - I know lots of people who will briefly blush after a glass of wine, and I think these people are not counted (they exhibit so-called pre-rosacea symptoms). I will be very interested to see the age distribution of the respondents to 's survey. Rick > what is everyone's age here and when were you first diagnosed. I was > 18 and now am 21. > > Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 Hi, I'm 22 Today! It's my birthday I agree with Rick. When I first started reading out about rosacea, what I read told me you have to be at least 30 to suffer. This lead me to believe I couldn't possibly have it as I was too young. My face used to be very red and sore a lot of the time. Today the redness in everyday life has pretty much gone, but the sensitivitness remains. I try and avoid the triggers. I started blushing badly at 11, and this I believe led to rosacea symptoms around 16. ____________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 Hi, I'm 22 Today! It's my birthday I agree with Rick. When I first started reading out about rosacea, what I read told me you have to be at least 30 to suffer. This lead me to believe I couldn't possibly have it as I was too young. My face used to be very red and sore a lot of the time. Today the redness in everyday life has pretty much gone, but the sensitivitness remains. I try and avoid the triggers. I started blushing badly at 11, and this I believe led to rosacea symptoms around 16. ____________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 30, 2001 Report Share Posted January 30, 2001 Hi, I'm 22 Today! It's my birthday I agree with Rick. When I first started reading out about rosacea, what I read told me you have to be at least 30 to suffer. This lead me to believe I couldn't possibly have it as I was too young. My face used to be very red and sore a lot of the time. Today the redness in everyday life has pretty much gone, but the sensitivitness remains. I try and avoid the triggers. I started blushing badly at 11, and this I believe led to rosacea symptoms around 16. ____________________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I'm 35 and have had rosacea symptoms for at least 2 years. Been getting worse the last year. Looking back, I think I've had dermatitis for about 10 years. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I'm 35 and have had rosacea symptoms for at least 2 years. Been getting worse the last year. Looking back, I think I've had dermatitis for about 10 years. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I'm 35 and have had rosacea symptoms for at least 2 years. Been getting worse the last year. Looking back, I think I've had dermatitis for about 10 years. Matt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I was recently diagnosed with cea this past fall and am 28 years old. I have had a permanently flushed face since 24, and severe flushing all my life. The permanent flushing came on slowly, and I didn't really notice until people started making comments about the " sun " I had gotten over the weekend when really I had been at home reading a book. I went to see my doctor three years ago, wondering if I had rosacea, but the doctor thought I was too young. I started to get dry, flaky skin and small veins showing on my cheeks, so I went to a new doc this fall, and after initially questioning a possible rosacea diagnosis due to my age, she agreed and started me on medication. I wonder how many rosacea sufferers my age have had misdiagnosis due to the age factor. >From: Rdl000@... >To: rosacea-support >Subject: Re: Age question >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 02:54:18 -0000 > >Hi, > >One thing that has always intrigued me about this egroup is that it >is quite clear from people here that rosacea affects younger people >to a much greater extent than is commonly believed. The conventional >wisdom, as stated in nearly every article on rosacea, is that rosacea >typically first appears in people in their 30s to 50s. From reading >over the posts here, it certainly seems to me that there are a >significant number of people in their 20s who are already affected. > >One explanation is that younger people may be more web-savvy, and >hence will immediately go to a search engine to find the answer to >anything they want to understand in detail. This path thus led them >to our egroup. But my sense is that while this 'self-selection >process' may introduce some bias, there is still evidence here that >the age distribution of rosaceans is younger than commonly believed. >Now, if you buy that, this raises the intriquing (and disturbing) >suggestion that rosacea is starting to affect more and more younger >people, and this in turn will lead to an increasing number of rosacea >sufferers since (depressingly) we have more years left to be counted >as rosaceans. (Sorry to appear so pessimistic, merely trying to make >a statistical point ...) I already firmly believe that the often >quoted number of 13M rosaceans in the US is a significant >underestimate. Of course, a lot of it depends what it takes to be >counted as a rosacean - I know lots of people who will briefly blush >after a glass of wine, and I think these people are not counted (they >exhibit so-called pre-rosacea symptoms). > >I will be very interested to see the age distribution of the >respondents to 's survey. > >Rick > > > > what is everyone's age here and when were you first diagnosed. I >was > > 18 and now am 21. > > > > Thanks > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Please read the list highlights thoroughly before posting to the whole >group. See http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html > >When replying, please delete all text at the end of your email that isn't >necessary for your message. > >To leave the list send an email to >rosacea-support-unsubscribe > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I was recently diagnosed with cea this past fall and am 28 years old. I have had a permanently flushed face since 24, and severe flushing all my life. The permanent flushing came on slowly, and I didn't really notice until people started making comments about the " sun " I had gotten over the weekend when really I had been at home reading a book. I went to see my doctor three years ago, wondering if I had rosacea, but the doctor thought I was too young. I started to get dry, flaky skin and small veins showing on my cheeks, so I went to a new doc this fall, and after initially questioning a possible rosacea diagnosis due to my age, she agreed and started me on medication. I wonder how many rosacea sufferers my age have had misdiagnosis due to the age factor. >From: Rdl000@... >To: rosacea-support >Subject: Re: Age question >Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 02:54:18 -0000 > >Hi, > >One thing that has always intrigued me about this egroup is that it >is quite clear from people here that rosacea affects younger people >to a much greater extent than is commonly believed. The conventional >wisdom, as stated in nearly every article on rosacea, is that rosacea >typically first appears in people in their 30s to 50s. From reading >over the posts here, it certainly seems to me that there are a >significant number of people in their 20s who are already affected. > >One explanation is that younger people may be more web-savvy, and >hence will immediately go to a search engine to find the answer to >anything they want to understand in detail. This path thus led them >to our egroup. But my sense is that while this 'self-selection >process' may introduce some bias, there is still evidence here that >the age distribution of rosaceans is younger than commonly believed. >Now, if you buy that, this raises the intriquing (and disturbing) >suggestion that rosacea is starting to affect more and more younger >people, and this in turn will lead to an increasing number of rosacea >sufferers since (depressingly) we have more years left to be counted >as rosaceans. (Sorry to appear so pessimistic, merely trying to make >a statistical point ...) I already firmly believe that the often >quoted number of 13M rosaceans in the US is a significant >underestimate. Of course, a lot of it depends what it takes to be >counted as a rosacean - I know lots of people who will briefly blush >after a glass of wine, and I think these people are not counted (they >exhibit so-called pre-rosacea symptoms). > >I will be very interested to see the age distribution of the >respondents to 's survey. > >Rick > > > > what is everyone's age here and when were you first diagnosed. I >was > > 18 and now am 21. > > > > Thanks > > >----------------------------------------------------------------- >Please read the list highlights thoroughly before posting to the whole >group. See http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html > >When replying, please delete all text at the end of your email that isn't >necessary for your message. > >To leave the list send an email to >rosacea-support-unsubscribe > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I was diagnosed at age 25, though I think I had my first flare at age 16. I'm 27 now. --- Schliep wrote: > Hi, > > I am 26 now, and was diagnosed when I was 20. I was > so pissed off, the derm > told me I have rosacea which usually occurs after > the age of 30. I asked > him why the **** I had it then, and he had no > answer. I'm wondering if it > used to occur in older people, and now because of > change in diet, lifestyle, > etc. it is starting to occur in younger people? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole group. See > http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html > > When replying, please delete all text at the end of > your email that isn't necessary for your message. > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribe > __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I was diagnosed at age 25, though I think I had my first flare at age 16. I'm 27 now. --- Schliep wrote: > Hi, > > I am 26 now, and was diagnosed when I was 20. I was > so pissed off, the derm > told me I have rosacea which usually occurs after > the age of 30. I asked > him why the **** I had it then, and he had no > answer. I'm wondering if it > used to occur in older people, and now because of > change in diet, lifestyle, > etc. it is starting to occur in younger people? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole group. See > http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html > > When replying, please delete all text at the end of > your email that isn't necessary for your message. > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribe > __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I was diagnosed at age 25, though I think I had my first flare at age 16. I'm 27 now. --- Schliep wrote: > Hi, > > I am 26 now, and was diagnosed when I was 20. I was > so pissed off, the derm > told me I have rosacea which usually occurs after > the age of 30. I asked > him why the **** I had it then, and he had no > answer. I'm wondering if it > used to occur in older people, and now because of > change in diet, lifestyle, > etc. it is starting to occur in younger people? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at > http://explorer.msn.com > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > Please read the list highlights thoroughly before > posting to the whole group. See > http://rosacea.ii.net/toc.html > > When replying, please delete all text at the end of > your email that isn't necessary for your message. > > To leave the list send an email to > rosacea-support-unsubscribe > __________________________________________________ Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I'm 38, and I probably had rosacea at 14. My skin was clear, and then it just exploded with redness, bumps and inflammation. My local derm thought I had acne and was perplexed that nothing he did (benzoyl peroxide, antibiotics and special acne soaps) worked. In fact, it made it worse. I was referred to the local university med school (one of the top in the US), and had the same dx. They used retin-a, topical antibiotics, stronger benzoyl peroxide, stronger antibiotics and nothing worked. Now, my skin was much worse. I did notice that if I ate certain foods (chocolate, pizza, peanut butter), that my skin would get worse. I told my derm that, and he said that it was just a myth that foods caused acne. I asked him too if I might have rosacea, and he said I was too young. Anyway, I went away to college and stopped all meds (said to heck with derms), avoided those foods, and got better. I had a residual pinkness which I covered with tinted Clearasil and got zits around exam time, but my skin was manageable. To wrap it up, in my early 20s my skin was getting progressively pinker with more bumps. When I was 30 or so, I started using alpha hydroxy acid based cream and for a few months my skin was perfect. Then, I got a horrible, burning red face and was dx by a derm with rosacea. In my case I don't know if I was born with this (I blushed a deep red very often as a baby and child) and if lifestyle (strong acne topical acne meds, working with those bad old black and green computer monitors in college and work) or even a thinning of the ozone layer made it worse. It's definitely not a fun disease to have. Take care! Matija > Hi, > > I am 26 now, and was diagnosed when I was 20. I was so pissed off, the derm > told me I have rosacea which usually occurs after the age of 30. I asked > him why the **** I had it then, and he had no answer. I'm wondering if it > used to occur in older people, and now because of change in diet, lifestyle, > etc. it is starting to occur in younger people? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I'm 38, and I probably had rosacea at 14. My skin was clear, and then it just exploded with redness, bumps and inflammation. My local derm thought I had acne and was perplexed that nothing he did (benzoyl peroxide, antibiotics and special acne soaps) worked. In fact, it made it worse. I was referred to the local university med school (one of the top in the US), and had the same dx. They used retin-a, topical antibiotics, stronger benzoyl peroxide, stronger antibiotics and nothing worked. Now, my skin was much worse. I did notice that if I ate certain foods (chocolate, pizza, peanut butter), that my skin would get worse. I told my derm that, and he said that it was just a myth that foods caused acne. I asked him too if I might have rosacea, and he said I was too young. Anyway, I went away to college and stopped all meds (said to heck with derms), avoided those foods, and got better. I had a residual pinkness which I covered with tinted Clearasil and got zits around exam time, but my skin was manageable. To wrap it up, in my early 20s my skin was getting progressively pinker with more bumps. When I was 30 or so, I started using alpha hydroxy acid based cream and for a few months my skin was perfect. Then, I got a horrible, burning red face and was dx by a derm with rosacea. In my case I don't know if I was born with this (I blushed a deep red very often as a baby and child) and if lifestyle (strong acne topical acne meds, working with those bad old black and green computer monitors in college and work) or even a thinning of the ozone layer made it worse. It's definitely not a fun disease to have. Take care! Matija > Hi, > > I am 26 now, and was diagnosed when I was 20. I was so pissed off, the derm > told me I have rosacea which usually occurs after the age of 30. I asked > him why the **** I had it then, and he had no answer. I'm wondering if it > used to occur in older people, and now because of change in diet, lifestyle, > etc. it is starting to occur in younger people? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I'm 38, and I probably had rosacea at 14. My skin was clear, and then it just exploded with redness, bumps and inflammation. My local derm thought I had acne and was perplexed that nothing he did (benzoyl peroxide, antibiotics and special acne soaps) worked. In fact, it made it worse. I was referred to the local university med school (one of the top in the US), and had the same dx. They used retin-a, topical antibiotics, stronger benzoyl peroxide, stronger antibiotics and nothing worked. Now, my skin was much worse. I did notice that if I ate certain foods (chocolate, pizza, peanut butter), that my skin would get worse. I told my derm that, and he said that it was just a myth that foods caused acne. I asked him too if I might have rosacea, and he said I was too young. Anyway, I went away to college and stopped all meds (said to heck with derms), avoided those foods, and got better. I had a residual pinkness which I covered with tinted Clearasil and got zits around exam time, but my skin was manageable. To wrap it up, in my early 20s my skin was getting progressively pinker with more bumps. When I was 30 or so, I started using alpha hydroxy acid based cream and for a few months my skin was perfect. Then, I got a horrible, burning red face and was dx by a derm with rosacea. In my case I don't know if I was born with this (I blushed a deep red very often as a baby and child) and if lifestyle (strong acne topical acne meds, working with those bad old black and green computer monitors in college and work) or even a thinning of the ozone layer made it worse. It's definitely not a fun disease to have. Take care! Matija > Hi, > > I am 26 now, and was diagnosed when I was 20. I was so pissed off, the derm > told me I have rosacea which usually occurs after the age of 30. I asked > him why the **** I had it then, and he had no answer. I'm wondering if it > used to occur in older people, and now because of change in diet, lifestyle, > etc. it is starting to occur in younger people? > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 31, 2001 Report Share Posted January 31, 2001 I am 39 and was 35 when I was first diagnosed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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