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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Friday, August 10, 2007 - 9:18 pm
I don't know if anyone else in the clubhouse has Rocesea or redness and chapness from sensative skin on their face. I have been diagonised with Rocesea a few months ago and I have been learning how to treat it and all that fun stuff. I thought I could share what I learned if anyone else has these problems and would like to hear what others have learned and treatments and such. 
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 10:19 am
These tips isn't just for Rocasea sufferes, but also for sensative skin sufferers too. I have been doing research and both are kind of hand in hand. Besides using the medicine wash and lotion for my Rocesea, I had to find out other things that would work to help the treatments. These are the things that I have found so far: I found washing my face in cool water helps a lot. We aren't suppose to drink anything hot, or be in hot water or even eat hot soup kind of stuff. The heat causes the blood vessels to expand and get irritated in the face. So washing in cool water helps keeps the inflammation down and my face really responds to it better. I found washing my face with Neutrogena Gentle Face Scrub helps as a daily scrub, but I just use my fingers not a scrub pad, as it might be to irritating for my skin. I also found if I take the Neutrogena Advanced solutions and just use the micro cream with the applicator it works best for me too. I dampen my face, and use my finger to put micro cream on and scrub with water, cream and fingers, I get the exfoliating I need without irritating my skin and caushing the flair ups too. The two new things that has made a difference lately that I newly discovered is to use a sunscreen with a 50 to 60 uv protection on it. You might have a hard time finding what doesn't cause your skin to itch and burn. So far I found NO AD 60 to not irritate my skin and also Coppertone Childrens 50 to also not be irritating. I can get a special sunscreen only sold in dermatoligists office for $28.00 if need be, but so far these two don't bother my skin like others. The BIGGEST DISCOVERY! is the Eucerin Redness Relief brands (they are for Rocasea and Sensative skin problems). My FAVORITE And OMG what a difference it made in my skin just in one day was the Redness Relief Night Cream. I used it in morning and evening the first day and my skin is not scaly and flaky or itchy and dry anymore. No matter what moisturiser I used it would flake and scale like a snake and it was always feeling like it was suffocating and couldn't breathe. JUST IN ONE DAY my skin is so soft and not scaly or flaky and it feels like it can breathe. So I found this to be my favorite product that I have to MUST HAVE and my gentle facial scrub second and my sunscreen is my 3rd and the micro cream as my fouth must have. These items along with my toothbrush will be in my can't live without items LOL. I also tried the sample of the Eucerin daily perfecting lotion with the green tint to it. It really does cancle out the redness in your face. You use it sparingly and the green doesn't show through and it does cancle out the red and it isn't a beacon anymore. Also my derm's nurse she has Rocesea and she said what facial make up works for her that doesn't cause itching and burning is the Bare Essentials Minerals makeup. She has tried over the counter minerals and every brand of facial make up and they caused the burning and itching, but the Bare Essentials didn't burn at all. She uses the Eucerin Redness Relief Brands as well. And she is the one who tipped me about the suncreen being important.
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Texannie
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07-16-2001
| Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 11:28 am
I have rosacea. Manual scrubs are terrible for it. I would be careful with your scrub. I use the Eurcerin was too. I have had good luck with a combo of antibiotics and fincea.
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Schoolmarm
Member
02-18-2001
| Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 11:53 am
I used to throw up daily with the antibiotics, which were the only thing that really worked for me. That Rosula meds smells like pee! I've been doing kind of ok with Benzyl peroxide (I think that is what it is...) but NOT everyday. Noxema as a mask at night also helps. A gentle "scrub" is one or two aspirin tablets mashed up with 1/4 t. lemon juice. Use as a mask about once or twice per week. I just tell everyone that I'm sunburned....but that doesn't work in the winter!
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Saturday, August 11, 2007 - 5:11 pm
Thank you Texannie and Schoolmarm for your posts and input. I do manual scrub really gentley. If I try to use a wash cloth or a facial scrubber, I usually do damage that way. I found that if I just use my fingers lightly I get better results. That hasn't flair it up. They have me on Sodium Sulfacetamide (Clenia brand) Foaming Wash and Desonide Lotion (steroid) for the perscription wash and lotion and they put me on antibiotics too. I was using and doing all those things and I was still flaky, scaly and cracking with the redness, burning and itching no matter what I did. Since I used the Eucerin Night cream, I don't have the burning, itching, flaky, and scaly to my face anymore. I can actually feel my face breathing. I don't use the foaming wash or the steroid lotion every day. I am suppose to use it twice a day every day, but it just seems like to much. Now with the little new things I added everyone has commented on how much my face is different and how healthier it is looking too. Everyone thought I had sunburn too. But when I was in the Navy and had to run my face would turn bright read and blotchy, they always flipped out and thought I was going to pass out on them. Well I didn't know what it was until 3 months ago lol. So now when I belly dance my face turns beat red and blotchy, and now that I know what it is, my belly dance sisters don't freak out on me. When I perform in public I hope the make up covers some of it up lol. The 21st will be the first test to see how it will go. My Derms nurse, she said she uses the Eucrerin face wash and she puts a little sugar to it to use as exfoliant on her face. Well let me tell you, what ever she does, her skin is beautiful and you CAN'T tell she has Rocesea at all. Thank you for your ideas and input too. I will have to try these suggestions. I was also told by the nurse to put honey on my face once a week for a 10 to 15 mins, the natural antibiotic in it kills bacteria she said. I haven't tried that yet either.
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 7:50 am
I have made a mask using aspirin, it worked sort of ok for me. you can google 'aspirin mask' and get the recipe. might try the sugar with the eucerin. i have had great success with Estee Lauders Idealist serum for a non manual exfoiliation. It's pricey but lasts a long time. if i take the antibiotics on an empty stomach, i get bad sick so i make sure to have food in my stomach first..then all is well. might try the honey. any kind?
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Dolphinschild
Member
06-22-2006
| Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 9:30 am
The honey I use is Organic local farm honey and she said she eats that too. So I would say honey you get from the health food section at a store or from a health food store. They are less processed. I remember she said put it on your face and leave it on as long as possable, up to 20 mins if your face can handle it. She said because of how our face burns when we put stuff on it, so she said try to handle it for 10 to 15 mins. Also if you can get a local honey and take a tablespoon every day, it helps with your allergies too, such as hayfever allergies. Mine has improved a lot. Thanks for the aspirn google suggestion and Estee Lauder tip too. 
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Texannie
Member
07-16-2001
| Sunday, August 12, 2007 - 9:31 am
i have heard that about local honey and allergies.
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