Hi everyone. I've recently registered with the forum and, as the only person I know who suffers from rosacea, I have already found reading posts on the site quite reassuring.
As a child I recall heat or the slightest physical exertion resulted in my taking on the colour of a beetroot. In my teens I suffered with cystic acne / acne vulgaris which was treated with use of a UV lamp and ineffective lotions prescribed by Manchester Skin Hospital. Now retired, self-consciousness about appearance has been an issue for a very long time! Over many years, the acne vulgaris decreased - although the scars remain. Thankfully that largely petered out some years ago but, in my 40's, I was diagnosed with rosacea. Oxytetracycline helped enormously and I continued using this for several years. Yes - I know that's wrong but my general practitioner left the practice and his ex-partners just kept signing my repeat prescription requests! Finally one of them twigged and stopped the prescription - and the rosacea deteriorated again.
Optic (some say ocular) rosacea was diagnose a few years ago but really does respond well to the eyelid hygiene which I now practice daily - I don't want to experience that again! Recently I read about a product "Dermalex repair for rosacea" and started using it a few weeks ago - big mistake. Redness increased, Papules and scaling increased enormously and my face became really sore. Also, I found the smell extremely unpleasant (although my wife insisted she could not smell it). I've since reverted back to a routine of washing my face twice daily with minimal use of cleanser followed by application of E45 cream and occasionally spot application of a tiny amount of an anti-inflammatory cream - my skin is better than it has been for a long time.
In my mid 60's now, I would never have expected to be obsessed with moisturisers or reading small print on cleansing products (to avoid SLS). On the up side - as a mental health practitioner, before I retired, I once saw a very shy, self-conscious young man who avoided people because of his acne. He took one look at me and said "If you can do this job and not be bothered about looking like that, then I should have nothing to worry about" - quickest recovery I ever achieved!
Spokeshave
A newbie just saying hello
As a child I recall heat or the slightest physical exertion resulted in my taking on the colour of a beetroot. In my teens I suffered with cystic acne / acne vulgaris which was treated with use of a UV lamp and ineffective lotions prescribed by Manchester Skin Hospital. Now retired, self-consciousness about appearance has been an issue for a very long time! Over many years, the acne vulgaris decreased - although the scars remain. Thankfully that largely petered out some years ago but, in my 40's, I was diagnosed with rosacea. Oxytetracycline helped enormously and I continued using this for several years. Yes - I know that's wrong but my general practitioner left the practice and his ex-partners just kept signing my repeat prescription requests! Finally one of them twigged and stopped the prescription - and the rosacea deteriorated again.
Optic (some say ocular) rosacea was diagnose a few years ago but really does respond well to the eyelid hygiene which I now practice daily - I don't want to experience that again! Recently I read about a product "Dermalex repair for rosacea" and started using it a few weeks ago - big mistake. Redness increased, Papules and scaling increased enormously and my face became really sore. Also, I found the smell extremely unpleasant (although my wife insisted she could not smell it). I've since reverted back to a routine of washing my face twice daily with minimal use of cleanser followed by application of E45 cream and occasionally spot application of a tiny amount of an anti-inflammatory cream - my skin is better than it has been for a long time.
In my mid 60's now, I would never have expected to be obsessed with moisturisers or reading small print on cleansing products (to avoid SLS). On the up side - as a mental health practitioner, before I retired, I once saw a very shy, self-conscious young man who avoided people because of his acne. He took one look at me and said "If you can do this job and not be bothered about looking like that, then I should have nothing to worry about" - quickest recovery I ever achieved!
Spokeshave
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