Rosacea Support Community

I was diagonsed with rosacea fairly recently and am experencing another bout just two weeks after finishing a course of antibiotics, feeling a bit fed up this morning, have read some of the blogs, nice to feel I am not alone and can discuss the problem with other sufferers, people who understand what it is all about and how it makes you feel. I have trawled several sights selling products they claim help, but have not yet purchased any, mainly because of the cost. If anyone out there has tried anything or can recommend anything that has worked for them which does not cost an arm and a leg, I would be very grateful if you could pass that information on.

At the moment I feel like I am swimming against the tide and getting nowhere. All my GP has said is that they dont know what causes it and there is no cure, but it should be better in the summer months. Hope some of you will contact me with suggestions for self help.

Pepsi.

I can't believe it, but today my nose definitely looked less red. With makeup on, the redness is barely visible. I don't know whether this is due to the IPL or the Synchrorose lotion I've been using, or a combination. I'm withholding judgement at the moment, but am feeling hopeful.

It's five days since I had my first IPL treatment for thread veins and permanent redness around my nose. Neither my GP nor the dermatologist at Sk:n who's been treating me thinks I have rosacea, as the affected area is quite localised, but I do have some of the same symptoms.

I found the treatment itself pretty much painless. It felt a bit like being splashed with hot oil. Straight afterwards, my nose was tingling a bit and looked slightly purple. The tingling soon went away and dark bruises started to form, although there were patches on my nose which seemed not to be responding at all. Some of the thread veins became swollen and purple. This persisted for about three days before it started to go down.

Now, most of the bruises are completely gone and the rest are fading. Some of veins are still swollen. Some of the veins have actually completely vanished already, which is great. However, where the bruises have faded the general redness seems much the same as before. Perhaps it will fade...

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My lil girl is 3. Shes got rosacea so bad her lil cheeks are scaring. Also dr. Said under the red shiny tough lookin scar tissue or her cheecks, theirs an infection. Hes not much help. Im worried for her

At the end of January 2010, I started flushing badly. My face was beet red, hot and was swelling. Decided to take a picture of my face and was shocked to see how red I was. So I went on webmd and started researching flushing and came across rosacea. As I read on I realized it was me! And then realized it explained all my eye problems I had been experiencing all previous summer long. My eyes were dry, eyelids swollen, always felt like there was a eyelash in there. Even saw an eye doctor and got antibiotics that didn't help. But after I took the picture I went to a dermatologist who confirmed rosacea. This has been the longest lasting period of flushing I've had to date. Looking back I can remember a few times I flushed, but it only lasted a short time. So now begins trying to find what works for me. I was on tetracycline for 3 weeks, no results. Then (Oracea) doxcycline 40mg for 3 weeks, no results. So he pushed it up to Adoxa 150mg for 3 weeks, says he sees some results so continue for...

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