I feel the same way you do about the Yeast problem. I to got rid of most of the sugar and also did a wheat free gluten free diet. It is not easy but it sincerely helps.
Years before I did this, I was always terrible congrested, Used nasal sprays sudafed seldane from a Dr. these were the only things that helped me breath. After also reading the Blood Type Book Eat Right For Your Type meaning your BLOOD TYPE, which I am an O-negative. This book said that O’s don’t tolerate wheat and dairy products. I could hardly believe what I was reading, but decided to try it. With in two days I started breathing better without all the nasal sprays etc. It also helped with the redness and swelling. I have not seen a Derma Dr. for over 15 years, But now half to because of Dr. Linda Sy’s products that I used are not available.
After reading your comment about Borax and Peroxide might give that a try

I don’t know if this would help but after your borax treatments and the skin gets really dry try just a little of Calendula Oinment it is really greasy but it helps to heal the skin and calm it down

Im checking out Ted’s website
Maureen

the tuti fruti mix you put on ur face could also be food for the yeast, as well as the mites. they eat the same thing I guess so its hard to tell which one is the culprit.

So, after trying a variety of home/herbal/natural treatments I found Ted’s website dealing with Borax.

After one week of borax/peroxide treatments (twice daily, and I leave it on my face for approx. five minutes) my face is noticeably clearer. Not perfect by a long shot, but when I flush it looks more like a healthy pink than red. Of course, I still have the broken capillaries, and my skin is drier and I seem to be getting a few minor eruptions, BUT, seriously, it IS working. At least, so far. I’ve suffered so much that I don’t dare completely believe it’s working, but I am cautiously optimistic.

One other point that might be useful — about four days after I began the borax/peroxide treatment, I visited a health food shop that specializes in gluten free products. You see, I eliminated 95 percent of sugar from my diet about two months ago. Next step is gluten (believe it or not much hard to eliminate than sugar). My theory is that the inflammation involved with rosacea is at least somewhat related to yeast. Sugar is what feeds yeast and makes it grow. As I cut out sugar and started with the borax solution, my face started to clear a little bit. By eliminating the yeast and gluten, I may see more improvement.
However, while I was at the shop, I honed in on another herbal rosacea treatment. I bought it because, hey, people with this condition are desperate and will try anything. Bear in mind that my face had cleared up about 50 percent at this point. I went home and applied a small amount of the oil, which contained sweet almond and other nutty,fruity ingredients.

Within minutes my face was flaming red. Ted’s website suggests that the mites feed off of such lotions, creams, oils, so they multiply like crazy. And I had been using a regular regime of Burt’s Bee’s products because they were all natural! But they are also loaded with fruit and nut extracts.

*If* indeed there were/are colonies of mites living on my poor, beleaguered face — I had treating them to a nightly banquet! I had noticed each evening, with sadness, that my face would get worse after I put on the night cream (which smells good enough to eat).

The larger point, though, is that the Borax was cleaning it all up, and the moment I “fed” my face with the “natural, tutti-fruiti” oil — the red face was back.

I am not a scientist but have a fairly good set of critical thinking skills. It seems to me that a persuasive argument may be made in favor of the mite theory.

I’m back to borax and peroxide. So far I have only applied it topically, but tomorrow will begin ingesting it as well, in a much smaller dose and minus the peroxide. I believe the website stated 1/8th teaspoon in 1 liter of distilled water.

Good luck everyone. I know everybody is different, but hey, if you’re like me, go ahead and try it. I have very fair, delicate skin and am in my 40s and the borax did not melt my face off. Quite the contrary!

In the meantime, I would advise caution when using harsh topicals that contain pyrethrins etc. as they can cause bad reactions to sensitive rosacea skin.