Hello everybody and welcome to your world. My name is Dom and today I was diagnosed by a rather ratty Dutch doctor.
Apparently I have Rosacea as well as Seborrheic dermatitis - lucky me! Should go nicely with my rapidly balding head:)
So anyways here's the thing. Before I was diagnosed by a proper bona fide dermatologist, my house doctor / gp had a go. They prescribed my some kind of hydrocortisone cream and lotion. The lotion was called Locoid. The topical cream was called Cutivate Zalf - It has Fluticasonpropionaat in it basically. Not sure what it is exactly but my dermatologist said they were both very bad, evil even and have made my Rosacea worse.
Ok so thats the back story. Now he has prescribed me minocycline 100mg tablets for 60 days AND metronidazol actavis 1% cream twice a day.
He's also said I should use Denorex RX coal tar based shampoo for my scalp which is very bad - big yellow patches of greasy scales (guess thats the seb derm?)
and also Ketoconazole gel.
My question is how should I take all this stuff? Last time the hydrocortizone made the Rosacea worse. I dont want to take treatments that conflict and worsen one or other condition.
And do I start taking the pills and cream immediately?
Also do I need to bring down the Rosacea a bit before I start treating the Seb derm?
I also read somewhere that the metronidazole gel is actually good at treating the Seb derm too and could be used as a replacement for the Keoconazole.
Anyone heard the same?
Sorry for all the questions and too much detail right now. And if Ive placed it in the wrong place - please be kind and point me in the right direction.
Right now Im stumbling around in the dark. Up until today Id never even heard of Rosacea!
Thanks for your help
dom