fanny wrote:I am so sorry that you are going through this. I am heartened by the fact that you are seeing a derm that has rosacea himself. What has he prescribed for you? Any medicine is going to take some time before it shows benefits. Lots of people on this board have had great success with finacea, which helps the pand ps and also the facial redness, also an oral antibiotic course can help with the inflammation.
There is a new topical that is just got FDA approval that is called mirvaso, see if you can get samples from your derm.
Please do not despair, is there anyone you can talk to?
Keep your head up!
Take care
Fanny
LoisAnne wrote:In the past we have had young people post on this forum and I hope that some of them are still reading and will write to give you encouragement and let you know that you are not alone with your fight. My heart aches for those who are young and are dealing with Rosacea, it is bad at any age but to be a teenager and have it must be especially hard. However, things will get better. You must remember that.
You did not say what medications the doctors has you on but I hope he has given you an antibiotic to begin with. That seems to be helpful to most people. There are also topicals that help. Metrogel and Finacea are the most common. I don't think that many OTC remedies are helpful and I would avoid jumping from one to another of them because you may be doing more harm than good. You must give the medicine time to work, it can take months, I think. I know that you get impatient but I remember that it was a long time before I could see that using metrogel and financa was really helping.
As of now, there is no cure for Rosacea, but it can be controlled. Good luck.![]()
LoisAnne
Redfacegirl wrote:I want to give up. I'm 15 years old and I have rosacea. The rosacea started in December 9 months ago. The worst 9 months of my entire life. The worst part is rosacea has took everything away from me and I'm still a teenager. I realize how much worse it could be but is it to much to ask to not have my skin feel like its on fire? I have a hard time looking in the mirror because all I see is red. Red cheeks, red chin, red forehead, red nose. I hate seeing people who have beautiful skin. I would love to look and feel beautiful. I wish I was able to be outside but the sun makes my skin so much worse. I've been to three dermatologists and the doctor I'm seeing right now has rosacea himself. I know about 4 people who have rosacea but they are all over 40 years old. I cry about everyday and I still can't believe this has happened to me. I joined this so I could talk to people who knows how it feels and how rosacea can take away everything from you. I've tried over 15 products and so many home remedies and everytime something doesn't work I get crushed and disappointed all over again. This month I realized how important the diet for rosacea is so I'm only eating fruits and vegetables. For 7 months I was so depressed by my face I started binge eating and I was eating all the foods that make rosacea worse and I hate myself for that. I don't know if I can make it through my whole life dealing with this. Thank you to whoever read this.