Re: Previous sun exposure

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In a message dated 4-29-00 9:02:23 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

jburock@... writes:

<< I am curious how many of the rosacea-sufferers of the group have had

a history of excess sun exposure during their earlier years, as well

as frequent sunburns/ " sun poisoning " . I tend to believe that

rosacea develops earlier and is more prominent in these individuals.

Sun-induced damage to the capillaries and connective tissue may be

one of initiators of the vascular leakage and hypersensitivity which

accompany rosacea. I experienced severe sunburning as a child a >>

Yes, you could include me in this too....I would try to tan every summer!

And I would get a little color but my cheeks would always turn beet red! I

also got sun poisoning as a teenager in FL...funny I got it only on my

stomach (right below your bikini top) and that is where I have recently

developed chronic prickly heat! I know there is a connection in it somewhere

for me....

Darlene

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I am convinced that excessive sun exposure played a

major role in the development of my rosacea. I have a

fair complexion, and was sunburned numerous times as a

child. Later, I did a good amount of sunbathing as a

teenager and young adult, usually with little or no

sunblock. By the time I was 36, small telangiectic

vessels were starting to show on the surface of my

cheeks. By age 42, vascular flushing of the face began

to occur. While genetics and behavior (spicy foods,

heavy weight training, dry saunas etc) probably

contributed, I believe that sun damage laid the

foundation for my condition.

Jim Clary

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I was born and raised in a beach town in San Diego and especially during the

summer spent the entire day, almost every day, on the beach until sundown. I

would burn terribly at the beginning of summer but then turn tan. We had no

sun screens that I know of back then; in fact as a teenager we used baby oil

to get tanned quicker. My aunt always told me to stay out of the sun, as I

had fair " Irish " skin, but I thought she was very eccentric. Not only did I

get a lot of sun, but was covered with salt water most of the day. Around

the age of 16 I lessened the intense sunbathing, mostly because it was

boring, and moved to the mountains where I was out in the sun hiking, etc.

My face was smooth, with a bit of rosy cheeks but no broken vessels. In my

early 20s I moved to the Northwest and then Alaska and did not much exposure

to direct sun and started taking some precautions but then moved to Hawaii

for two years in my mid-30s and got a few nasty sunburns. The rosacea didn't

really appear until I took road trip through the Nevada desert in July and

our car broke down several times in 110- to 120-degree heat. Despite layers

and layers of sunblock and hats, I burned again and never recovered.

I have 8 siblings. Two have been if not daily almost-daily surfers their

entire lives both in S.Cal and Hawaii. Most of the others were beach goers

(and sailed,etc), but only two of us have rosacea. The surfers do not have

rosacea. The one sibling with rosacea and I are probably the ones who went

out in the sun the least of all of us. I must say, though that four of the

nonrosaceans have light olive complexions.

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<< I am curious how many of the rosacea-sufferers of the group have had

a history of excess sun exposure during their earlier years, as well

as frequent sunburns/ " sun poisoning " . >>

I have dark hair and eyes but very fair skin. I have never tanned, always

burned. I got at least one blistering sunburn every summer of my childhood.

Several of those burns (5 or 6?) involved sun poisoning (fever, nausea,

severe headache, painful eyes).

I got one sunburn when I was 27 that blistered and peeled two times. A year

later, you could still see the stripes on my shoulders where my bathing suit

straps had been, even though I had not been swimming since the burn.

I now realize that rosacea started developing in my early thirties. I was

diagnosed last month. I'm 47.

Carolyn Siesdi

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> I have 8 siblings. Two have been if not daily almost-daily surfers their

> entire lives both in S.Cal and Hawaii. Most of the others were beach goers

> (and sailed,etc), but only two of us have rosacea. The surfers do not have

> rosacea. The one sibling with rosacea and I are probably the ones who went

> out in the sun the least of all of us. I must say, though that four of the

> nonrosaceans have light olive complexions.

>

My brother the surfer also does not have rosacea. (In fact, I am the only one

in my entire family that does!) And

all of my immediate family members are very fair-skinned like me. Interesting!

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I was severely sunburned many times and also got sun poisoning 3 times as a

child and as a teen. I am a redhead with a fair, freckled skin and I burned

even through the white zinc paste that used to be put on my nose and face as

a child. So, in my case, guilty as charged. I now avoid the sun like the

plague, which is easy to do here in foggy San Francisco.

Zann

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I was the same way as a child. Severe sun damage. As a child (elementary

age) I lived in California and we were forever at the beach. I don't

remember my mom using much sunscreen on me if any. My teenage years I lived

at our neighborhood pool and in high school I lived in tanning beds. Talk

about sun damage. I am 28 and just sold my home tanning bed. Sun has been a

part of my life until now of course. It may sound funny but since I got " R "

and started taking better care of my skin(and finally " sort of " getting " R "

under control) my face has really cleared up and smoothed out alot. My

regimine is Oil of Olay for sensitive skin(I know some of you cant use this)

Metrocream and Jojoba Oil. I tend to wonder about sun damage and " R " also.

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As many people here have reported, I got quite a lot

of sun as a child. I was very athletic and spent much

of my free time outdoors engaged in one activity or

another, especially in the summertime. I have always

been fair-skinned (though my freckling is of the

acquired brand rather than the genetic) and would

usually burn after my first summer sun exposure--but

after that, I would tan quite well, more of a golden

color than a deep brown. I definitely remember a few

blistering burns as a young child, but as better

sunblocks became available, my mother was diligent

about applying them on me. Invariably, though, every

year, my nose would peel at least once. I, too, kept

the sun exposure up during my teenage years, trying to

get a tan, but was much better about using

sunscreen--except on one memorable occasion, when I

failed to put susnscreen on my face while spending a

day at the pool. I experienced what I think was my

first rosacea flare after that at age 16--rash, bumps,

inflammation, the whole bit. Took a year to normalize.

After that, I was much more careful about applying

sunscreen to my face, or just keeping it covered.

However, I thought sunscreen was only necessary when

spending a day at the beach or hiking--I guess I

thought driving 3 or 4 hours in bright summer sunlight

or spending a day at an outdoors festival didn't

count. Apparently, they did!

My total sun exposure decreased linearly after high

school and thru college and is probably at its lowest

now (I'm 26). However, I believe that the strength of

the sun on the West Coast is qualitatively different

than that on the East Coast (where I spent the first

24 years of my life). I didn't note the sun as a

trigger until I moved to the SF Bay Area. It

definitely feels " stronger " out here. I think it's due

to numerous factors--lower humidity and less cloud

cover (except for the SF fog, we really don't have the

partly cloudy days in the West like we do in the

East--out here, it's fog or crystal clear skies), and

a theory that a friend of mine suggested, which is

that the sun sets over the water out here, so the

reflection off the water is occurring when the sun is

at its strongest (as opposed to the East Coast, where

you get a weaker rising sun over the water). Don't

know about the validity of that one, but something is

certainly different. I actually thought I had a sun

allergy during my first summer here. I would get red

marks (not always bumps, sometimes just little " dots "

all over my face--looked like the measles or

something). A month later, I was diagnosed with

rosacea.

Thanks for asking...

--- jburock@... wrote:

> Group,

>

> I am curious how many of the rosacea-sufferers of

> the group have had

> a history of excess sun exposure during their

> earlier years, as well

> as frequent sunburns/ " sun poisoning " . I tend to

> believe that

> rosacea develops earlier and is more prominent in

> these individuals.

> Sun-induced damage to the capillaries and connective

> tissue may be

> one of initiators of the vascular leakage and

> hypersensitivity which

> accompany rosacea. I experienced severe sunburning

> as a child and

> again during late teenage years while beach

> lifeguarding several

> summers in a row. At the end of this stent, at age

> 20, I had already

> had the development of telangiectasias on my face.

> Since that time

> my sun exposure has been normalized, however, the

> cascade of events

> has continued with worsening rosacea symptoms until

> recently being

> treated. Have others had this same history of

> over-indulgence of the

> sun and have developed rosacea??? (Those who

> continue to use tanning

> salons despite their diagnosis of rosacea need not

> answer as the

> answer in those cases is obvious)

>

>

> M Burock, MD

>

>

>

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