Acne Rosacea: Re: [rosacea] New Member Flushing Myself From Lurk Mode :)

Saturday, December 09, 2006

Re: [rosacea] New Member Flushing Myself From Lurk Mode :)

Hi Anya and welcome to the discussions. You've been through quite a bit as we all have. I love your receipe and would love to try it out. What is "16 + bioactive" and where do I find it? Everything else in your receipe I recognise. Can I ask you, your apple cider vinegar and water rinse, does it burn at all? I am thinking it would but I imagine you would not put it on your burning, itching, flushing skin if it did. Others have mentioned this too. I am wondering what made you think to try this. Right now, you sound like where I am at. Burning, flushing, itching skin. So I am very curious to know a little more. And if I cannot find manuka honey, do you think any one will do? Probably not, as I have read amazing things about manuka honey but I can't find it in stores, only on-line. I suppose if I have to get it that way I will; just not my preferred way to purchase. Thank you for deciding to join in the sharing of information. I understa nd you feelings
completely as we all most likely do. No one can understand the frustration of having so weird a disease unless they have it themselves. It's so hard to get your loved ones to get it. My husband will say (not meanly), "it's winter, everyone's skin is dry." There is no way to explain the level of dryness we are experiencing. I hope you feel better.

Take care,
Elena

zranastashya <zranastashya@yahoo.com> wrote:
Hi to everyone,

I was diagnosed about a month ago with Rosacea, and it was no gradual build
up for me; just bang and I went from clear skin to burning, itching and
flushing.

At first my Doctor thought it was an allergic dermatits and placed me on
low-dose hydrocortisone cream. I used it sparingly for a few days and then
went back due to read blotches on my chin still not clearing.......the
burning and itching were reduced, but not the appearance.

I am going to confess I refused the antibiotics he tried to give me as the
only one left to take for infections is Tetracycline, and I am frightened of
getting desensitized to them.

I have read and read, like all you of......and have as many creams as a
pharmacy. Nothing really works.......I just need a new face........or
skin.....!!!!

I do seem to have a flushing pattern on time....and for me it is around
10.30pm at night......and showers seem to really aggravate this. Taking
morning showers made NO difference; I still flush and burn.

Jojoba oil? Ahhhhhhh........I got a rash on my inner arm.....I never apply
anything to my face now without an allergy test......and I reacted to this
oil which is totally pure.

I have tried all cleansers, anti-fungals......you name it; I have tried it.
Nothing works, and this is a really depressing illness that doctors seem to
know little about.

I have so far found one thing that is soothing for my skin, and that is
washing in pure water; if makeup has been used for work etc [I use cover fx
normal foundation now] then I clean my skin with a cream called ego, and
regardless of make up or no make up, I moisten my face after with cotton
balls soaked in apple cider vinegar; 1 cap to a cup of pure water. I let
that dry naturally.

My one soothing preparation is quite complex, and seems to leave me with no
need for moisture.......and that is simply one tablespoon olive oil [light
virgin], one tablespoon pure coconut oil, one tablespoon of maunka honey
16+bioactive, and a few dops of vitamin E. I then add a heaped tablespoon
of oats; and just put this all over my face and neck......gently....very
gently massaging the oils into my skin.....

I only do this twice a week; and my skin is certainly smoother and not as
dry as it was before I was doing this..........no cure...but so far the best
I could come up with....and it does give a nice radiant glow for a make up
base for special occassions....of which I don't much feel like attending of
late.

I still flush, but my "outbreaks'; like acne, but not acne. have greatly
reduced since only washing in water and then the apple cider vinegar.

So, this is where I am at. I'm like the rest of you; just trying to muddle
through....and some days are very, very depressing.

This is just my "hello" message, and a little about my thoughts of this
facial nightmare......I even dream of skin.... :))

I so look forward to posting and exchanging messages with all of you
here........after reading so many of your struggles I feel sad that any one
has this disorder.

Take Care,
Anya

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