Comments on: Favourite Over The Counter treatments http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html Where the rosacea community meets to support each other Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:13:25 +0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Nancy http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-33248 Nancy Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:09:16 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-33248 Penaten cream for babies diaper rash works well for Rosacea - just dab it on very lightly and it covers up the redness, then apply light makeup. Penaten cream for babies diaper rash works well for Rosacea – just dab it on very lightly and it covers up the redness, then apply light makeup.

]]> By: Matt http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-32662 Matt Thu, 04 Feb 2010 13:30:55 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-32662 I've had decent results with Prosacea, it seems to help calm things down when I'm having a breakout but the smell of it keeps me from using it a lot. Still, it's worth trying out and having on hand for breakouts. I’ve had decent results with Prosacea, it seems to help calm things down when I’m having a breakout but the smell of it keeps me from using it a lot. Still, it’s worth trying out and having on hand for breakouts.

]]> By: marymary http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-31729 marymary Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:31:12 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-31729 Ok, I gave up on the tums, but, i have to say without a doubt the #1 thing that has helped has been pulse dye laser treatments - with the outbreaks and the flushing. these treatments destroy the capilaries on the surface of the skin so gradually you become less red, and there is also no place for the pimples to form. I had horrible horrible flushing problems, and that definately took care of most of that - it still happens, but not as bad. Also, the places on my cheek that still are pretty red i have had lasered again and again, but it is about the size of a dime now, not to bad. Get the pdl laser treatment - it is the best. I live in massachusetts and go to the Harvard Vanguard Wellesley office, and could not find this particular laser offered anywhere but at a dermatologist. I spend about $500. twice a year - but well well worth it. I have had cheper ipl and pdl treatments done, helpful but not as effective. Get the pulse dye laser treatment - you will be much happier! Ok, I gave up on the tums, but, i have to say without a doubt the #1 thing that has helped has been pulse dye laser treatments – with the outbreaks and the flushing. these treatments destroy the capilaries on the surface of the skin so gradually you become less red, and there is also no place for the pimples to form. I had horrible horrible flushing problems, and that definately took care of most of that – it still happens, but not as bad. Also, the places on my cheek that still are pretty red i have had lasered again and again, but it is about the size of a dime now, not to bad. Get the pdl laser treatment – it is the best. I live in massachusetts and go to the Harvard Vanguard Wellesley office, and could not find this particular laser offered anywhere but at a dermatologist. I spend about $500. twice a year – but well well worth it. I have had cheper ipl and pdl treatments done, helpful but not as effective. Get the pulse dye laser treatment – you will be much happier!

]]> By: David http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-31590 David Tue, 01 Dec 2009 17:44:33 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-31590 I am a 41 y/o male suffering from rosacea symptoms for ~ 2 yrs now. I also suffer from gastritis/acid indigestion (strangely for 2 yrs also). Stress has precipitated both throughout a 2 year divorce. I have never had symptoms of either before the divorce action. My doctor gave me metrogel for my skin and prilosec for my stomach. The prilosec works pretty well but no success for the rosacea with the gel. I also have some social anxiety which increases the flushing. I exercise daily and am not willing to give this up but it to increases the flushing. Any suggestions? I am a 41 y/o male suffering from rosacea symptoms for ~ 2 yrs now. I also suffer from gastritis/acid indigestion (strangely for 2 yrs also). Stress has precipitated both throughout a 2 year divorce. I have never had symptoms of either before the divorce action. My doctor gave me metrogel for my skin and prilosec for my stomach. The prilosec works pretty well but no success for the rosacea with the gel. I also have some social anxiety which increases the flushing. I exercise daily and am not willing to give this up but it to increases the flushing. Any suggestions?

]]> By: marymary http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-30084 marymary Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:19:17 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-30084 Oh, one more thing i almost forgot, bare minerals makeup of the hokey infomercial is a LIFESAVER!! you can't even see it and its a powder so men could get away with it and helps redness. i purchased it at sephora and my sister did at nordstroms. Oh, one more thing i almost forgot, bare minerals makeup of the hokey infomercial is a LIFESAVER!!
you can’t even see it and its a powder so men could get away with it and helps redness. i purchased it at sephora and my sister did at nordstroms.

]]> By: marymary http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-30083 marymary Sat, 12 Sep 2009 19:15:37 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-30083 Hi everyone, I have just started taking 6 tums a day, and i have to say my skin looks better. After reading online about acidity, i wnt to whole foods and purchased strips to test urine -very acidic. after adjusting water to proper ph and two days of tums retested urine and it came back ideal.facial bumps have definately gone down but not flushing. may try baby asprin. also, i am on metrogel-better than metrolotion, and have had great success with pdl laser treatments but very $$.(400-500) also tried ipl laser cheaper (250) but not as effective. if i could afford it, i would get pdl done every 4 months. i have to say if you look really bad as i did before the 1st treatment-spring for it even if you have to go into debt as i did. I am sure a cure will be found soon so many people have this. Try the tums, cheap, good for you anyway and nothing to loose. Hi everyone,
I have just started taking 6 tums a day, and i have to say my skin looks better. After reading online about acidity, i wnt to whole foods and purchased strips to test urine -very acidic. after adjusting water to proper ph and two days of tums retested urine and it came back ideal.facial bumps have definately gone down but not flushing. may try baby asprin. also, i am on metrogel-better than metrolotion, and have had great success with pdl laser treatments but very $$.(400-500) also tried ipl laser cheaper (250) but not as effective. if i could afford it, i would get pdl done every 4 months. i have to say if you look really bad as i did before the 1st treatment-spring for it even if you have to go into debt as i did. I am sure a cure will be found soon so many people have this. Try the tums, cheap, good for you anyway and nothing to loose.

]]> By: M.Carmen http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-29931 M.Carmen Sun, 30 Aug 2009 15:40:14 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-29931 I have doing my own investigation on Rosacea and Demodex, it makes a lot of sense. I have suffered for many years with not only the terrible look and redness,inflamation,hives,unable to socialize myself at times because did not want to be rejected or critized. I have found a few things that can help many of the millions of wonderful people out there. .. it work for me. I have stop to eat any of the multigrain breads, yolk, soy bean related products, spicy foods, acids foods like (tomatoes, no spaghetti sauces, vinager, salad dressings, licor, sodas, chocolates, almonds, peanuts of any kind, cottage cheese, etc, etc,etc. All my meals must be grown naturally, wash them good, steam your veggies like broccoli and carrots, I love my spinach and organic lettuce, must have avocados and boiled your eggs... I make sure to eat only the egg white, spread light mozarella cheese adding grilled chicken or a grilled white fish...no spices and light on the salt and barely, barely, barely natural garlic. Add certain vitamins like B6, B12, biuld up my Immune System. I continue to get results every day with my skin. My skin is being wash with a Aveda Outer Peace Cleanser for oily skin and acne and rise always with cold water. I use the Aveda Pads to decloged pores, I use as close to 100% alcohol after I wash my face and rub with a piece of cotton all over face and neck. I finish with Metrogel cream or Rozex (metrodinazol). Exercising the tecniques for stress relive have made my life much happier. Until then...I will continue this regimen because I do not want to be called at the beauty shop "The beauty and the beast". My skin is so smooth now. All the simptoms I had in the past are dimish and 85% of the "Beast" is gone. I will keep it up. I do not want to suffer again. I have doing my own investigation on Rosacea and Demodex, it makes a lot of sense. I have suffered for many years with not only the terrible look and redness,inflamation,hives,unable to socialize myself at times because did not want to be rejected or critized. I have found a few things that can help many of the millions of wonderful people out there. .. it work for me. I have stop to eat any of the multigrain breads, yolk, soy bean related products, spicy foods, acids foods like (tomatoes, no spaghetti sauces, vinager, salad dressings, licor, sodas, chocolates, almonds, peanuts of any kind, cottage cheese, etc, etc,etc. All my meals must be grown naturally, wash them good, steam your veggies like broccoli and carrots, I love my spinach and organic lettuce, must have avocados and boiled your eggs… I make sure to eat only the egg white, spread light mozarella cheese adding grilled chicken or a grilled white fish…no spices and light on the salt and barely, barely, barely natural garlic. Add certain vitamins like B6, B12, biuld up my Immune System. I continue to get results every day with my skin.
My skin is being wash with a Aveda Outer Peace Cleanser for oily skin and acne and rise always with cold water. I use the Aveda Pads to decloged pores, I use as close to 100% alcohol after I wash my face and rub with a piece of cotton all over face and neck. I finish with Metrogel cream or Rozex (metrodinazol). Exercising the tecniques for stress relive have made my life much happier. Until then…I will continue this regimen because I do not want to be called at the beauty shop “The beauty and the beast”. My skin is so smooth now. All the simptoms I had in the past are dimish and 85% of the “Beast” is gone. I will keep it up.
I do not want to suffer again.

]]> By: Ben Guay http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-29549 Ben Guay Thu, 06 Aug 2009 22:48:24 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-29549 Hi, how are you? I am over 55 and I flush quite frequently and I try to keep out of warm places but that is not possible. I was wondering is there anything I could do to easy the face flushing. Suffering bad from red face Hi, how are you? I am over 55 and I flush quite frequently and I try to keep out of warm places but that is not possible. I was wondering is there anything I could do to easy the face flushing.
Suffering bad from red face

]]> By: Costas http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-28840 Costas Thu, 09 Jul 2009 19:24:50 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-28840 I suffer from Rosacea for the last 15 years or so and in addition I have a very bad keloid from an old gall bladder operation, in my chest. For the last 10 years or so I have been experimenting with oregano oil for both and I can see some promising results. For rosacea (mainly in my face (around the nose) I use one drop of oregano oil which I place on my finger and then using a sterile glass rod (I use the tip of a small glass eyedropper which I keep in 99% alcohol) I pick up tiny amounts of the oil (from my finger) and press it lightly on the rosacea papules. It burns for a few seconds and I am especially careful to keep far from my eyes. After a few applications (and a few days) the treated papules disappear or become better. They may return sooner or later in the same or another location. Read more under keloid below. My keloid probably has a cyst under the stitches and from time to time it erupts with ugly visual effects. I went to 10 plastic surgeons and each applied a different technique which only made my keloid worst. Then after reading a lot about oregano oil I started applying it directly on the skin in the stitched area, and massaging it very hard. Soon the inflammation disappears and I am back to normal. Unfortunately it comes back in a few months. I then started taking oregano oil also internally started from 1 drop under the tongue and progressed to 3, 1 to 2 times per day. If I use it on a daily basis both by keloid inflammation and my rosacea are getting much better. Oil of oregano is a strong nature antibiotic, so I am very much concerned about taking high doses and I end up not using it every day. I am a male in my early 70s and I cannot recommend to anyone, the use of oregano oil without spending a significant amount of time on the net to explore all the pluses and minuses. I am using oil of oregano available from a Canadian company at: http://www.wildoiloforegano.com/ They have plenty of information, but please explore the Internet much deeper. Be very careful on the thymol content of the oil. It must be very low, or it could be dangerous. In any case if you try it, you are on your own and you must realize that you are experimenting. At my age I can afford to do that, judge your own case. I suffer from Rosacea for the last 15 years or so and in addition I have a very bad keloid from an old gall bladder operation, in my chest.
For the last 10 years or so I have been experimenting with oregano oil for both and I can see some promising results.
For rosacea (mainly in my face (around the nose) I use one drop of oregano oil which I place on my finger and then using a sterile glass rod (I use the tip of a small glass eyedropper which I keep in 99% alcohol) I pick up tiny amounts of the oil (from my finger) and press it lightly on the rosacea papules. It burns for a few seconds and I am especially careful to keep far from my eyes. After a few applications (and a few days) the treated papules disappear or become better. They may return sooner or later in the same or another location. Read more under keloid below.

My keloid probably has a cyst under the stitches and from time to time it erupts with ugly visual effects. I went to 10 plastic surgeons and each applied a different technique which only made my keloid worst. Then after reading a lot about oregano oil I started applying it directly on the skin in the stitched area, and massaging it very hard. Soon the inflammation disappears and I am back to normal. Unfortunately it comes back in a few months. I then started taking oregano oil also internally started from 1 drop under the tongue and progressed to 3, 1 to 2 times per day. If I use it on a daily basis both by keloid inflammation and my rosacea are getting much better. Oil of oregano is a strong nature antibiotic, so I am very much concerned about taking high doses and I end up not using it every day.
I am a male in my early 70s and I cannot recommend to anyone, the use of oregano oil without spending a significant amount of time on the net to explore all the pluses and minuses. I am using oil of oregano available from a Canadian company at: http://www.wildoiloforegano.com/ They have plenty of information, but please explore the Internet much deeper. Be very careful on the thymol content of the oil. It must be very low, or it could be dangerous. In any case if you try it, you are on your own and you must realize that you are experimenting. At my age I can afford to do that, judge your own case.

]]> By: susan http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html/comment-page-1#comment-28495 susan Tue, 23 Jun 2009 20:42:00 +0000 http://rosacea-support.org/favourite-over-the-counter-treatments.html#comment-28495 Great article. Have got some options to try! Thank you! Great article. Have got some options to try!
Thank you!

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