Rosecea question

[mamadeb]

People with rosecea:

Does your face ever feel like it's been sunburnt? Because that's how mine feels right now - tight and tingling. Including my ears.

The metrogel, my rosecea med, made it feel better, which is more than I can say of my other "remedies", although I'm thinking of getting Benadryl creme. Double dose of Zyrtec didn't help, nor did moisturizer.

I've been completely neglecting the Metrogel - I had to call my dermatologist to get a new prescription.

And I can't keep my hands off my face - I scratch itches, I pick, I peel.

Does this sound familiar to anyone?

Or should I call my dermatologist, whom I just saw a couple months ago, for an appointment?

Comments

[destina.livejournal.com]

I used to go through that quite a bit in the onset of rosacea. Nowadays, only if something touches my face that I react to - cleansers, or harsh soap, or citrus, or a really acidic laundry detergent. Usually putting a cool linen towel on my face would soothe the symptoms. I use two creams, Metrogel in the morning and a Sodium Sulfecetamide (10%)/Sulfur (5%) cream in the evening before bed, and it took maybe three months, but it got my rosacea slowly under control. It's been, I don't know, probably five years since I finally went to the dermatologist.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

Oh, my goodness - *acid*.

The Bare Escentuals comes with a slightly acidic lotion as a first step. This was the first week I've used it more than one day in a row, or put it on at night.

This makes *sense*. Okay, the metrogel, and cool liquid.

Thank you!

[destina.livejournal.com]

*nod* You're welcome; I hope that helps, a little. I so feel for you. *g* I avoid putting anything on my face that isn't for extremely sensitive skin. I usually wash with Dove and cool water - never even warm water. much less hot - and I never use cleansers or astringents. Moisturizer, I use Eucerin, which is fragrance-free and formulated to avoid irritating skin. And I try to avoid direct sun, and hot spicy or heavily acidic foods. It's a pain, but mostly it works out ok for me.

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

I'm at work right now, so I'm patting my face with a damp paper towel. It helps. I've had rosecea for years, but it's just been the same - reddened skin on my cheeks, nose and chin and acne-like bumps. Other than appearance, it never bothered me. I also almost never did anything with it - a rare dose of moisturizer and that's about it. Turns out, that was the right thing to do.

Eucerin. I'll keep that in mind.

[andeincascade.livejournal.com]

Deb, I lurk in your journal but this is something I can talk about. I've had this happen and it feels awful. It usually happens when I neglect the treatment regime or am too casual about sun exposure but sometimes it just happens. I am allergic to Benadryl so I can't say if that should have helped. I would ask what are you using for cleansing and moisturizing. Finding a gentle water based cleanser and moisturizer has done as much for me as the Metrogel, maybe more. Oh and avoiding the steroid creams helped a lot too. My first dermatologist to treat this was big on topical cortisone; I can't tell you how horribly it exacerbated the problem. Good luck and I am happy to talk about this with you any time.

Ande

[mamadeb.livejournal.com]

First of all, Happy Birthday.

Second - I'm very bad with that sort of thing. I just wash my face in the shower and call it enough. Make-up is a very new thing for me. I only really got it for my mom's wedding, and I'm using it because I don't want to waste the money I spent.

When I think to moisturize, I use a hypoallergenic oil-free moisturizer - I have oily and very sensitive skin anyway.

What do you use to cleanse and moisturize, if I may ask?

Cortisone has never worked for me for anything.

Cool towel is working, if only because I'm patting it on my face instead of rubbing my fingers.

[andeincascade.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for the birthday wishes!

Like you, I don't use makeup. With my skin it's just not worth it. I save makeup for special occasions only, like weddings or when I think cameras might be lurking. I find that even when I don't think my face is too bad the rosecea manages to manifest itself on film.

Both of my skincare products come from h20plus: Marine Cleansing Gel and their Face Oasis gel moisturizer. For me even the creamy-type oil-free hypoallergenic moisturizers are too much. I was introduced into the cleanser by a friend after three years of unrelenting redness and skin pain. I tried it and it was as if my face gave a deep sigh of relief. You have a store in Manhattan and I'd recommend going there rather than ordering online; they usually have samples and the last thing you need is another expensive product you can't use.

I do the cool water thing if I have a flare up too. It's usually the only recourse when I'm at work. Anything to keep your fingers off of it! I hope you get some relief soon.