Rosacea Support Community

Well, I was just diagnosed yesterday, after spending many years explaining away my red cheeks as rosacea, based on visual appearance. About 12 years ago, I had to change facial cleanser & moisturizer due to what I thought were allergic reactions. Basically, they made my face hurt. My main symptom so far is telangectasia on both cheeks and my chin. I also have very dry itchy skin on my forehead.

I also have asthma, dust & mold allergies, hypothyroidism, migraines, and osteoarthritis in multiple locations (not strange for my age). The challenge that I see at this time, is to get my asthma & rosacea under control without aggravating anything else or each other.

Current daily meds include Advair, Claritin, Mobic, Synthroid, Depakote (for migraine prevention), calcium supplements, vitamin supplements, Maxide, & potassium. The last 2 are because my doctor thinks I have HTN. Okay, so it's high in her office, but I have several years of home readings that never make it above 110/70!...

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Here it is. Finally I'm going to document my struggles to keep the skin on my face looking normal. I've been keeping notes and have some photos I've taken so I'm going to clean them up and backdate my blog posts so you can all see and read my trials. Some of you may be familiar with "My Action Plan" forum post where I declared war on Demodex mites. For the first time I'm years I managed to get my Rosacea, Seborrheic Dermatitis and Psoriasis under control to the point that it really wasn't noticeable and I looked normal again.
Then disaster struck in late October as things suddenly flared up like crazy. It was like I'd got things back to the way things were years ago before my skin got bad, then it got bad again all over. After months of suffering and going through the same diagnosis cycle all over again
-> Some kind of reaction, Hydrocortisone treatment
-> Looks like Rosacea, metrogel treatment
-> Looks like Psoriasis, Hydrocortisone and UV treatment
Next would likely...

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which one of these mineral makeup companies covers hyperpigmentation better? mineral silk or larenim?thanks newbie

UPDATE (Feb 17, 2010):
I think I'm going to start doing this every three weeks or even once a month from now on because my skin has stayed smooth for well over two weeks now.


Artist and Crabby Cathy have written several posts about the benefits of using a super soft microfiber cloth to exfoliate without irritating the skin.

This is what I've been doing, once a week, with splendid results:

You need a super soft microfiber cloth (mine are yellow and the mix is 80% polyester and 20% polyamide - just be sure to use one that's velvety soft).

Place a couple of teaspoons of raw honey in a dish.

Wet a corner of the microfiber cloth with lukewarm water and wring it out a bit so it isn't dripping.

Rinse your face with lukewarm water, do not dry.

Dip the damp microfiber cloth in the raw honey and apply to your face in gentle, circular motions. Continue dipping in the honey...

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Years ago I was diagnosed with Rosacea by a dermatologist. He prescribed a lotion to put on my face. It never really made it much better. When the prescription ran out I just used suntan lotion. Sometimes it helps sometimes it doesn't. I have been seeing my family doctor for a great amount of hair loss. He has referred me to that dermatologist. He just wrote me a prescription for rigaine. So I went back to my doctor and told him I was not happy with what he had told me. I will see another dermatologist in about 1 week. Hair loss does not run in my family. So now I question whether this hair loss could be because of Rosacea. Has anyone ever had this problem? I would appreciate your help in this.