Rosacea, rosacea, bother this rosacea.: Feeling optimistic!

Tuesday 2 December 2014

Feeling optimistic!

December 1, 2014

A confidence boost for me! So far, I have had calm mornings in a row.

Usually I wake up with quite inflamed looking cheeks. This tends to dissipate a little over the next hour or two. I tend to avoid looking in the mirror but today I had to keep checking to see if I was imagining an improvement.

White skin seems to be appearing within the red areas.

I continued my routine in the morning and again in the evening with the three products from Thursday Plantation and photographed my cheeks after the evening routing.

Tea Tree Facewash for Acne 150ml
Tea Tree Antiseptic Ointment 30g
Tea Tree Oil Antiseptic (100% pure)

Facewash first. I wet my face over the basin and then spread two pumps worth over my face and into my brows (avoiding the eyes) and left it a minute or two before rinsing it off.

After rinsing, I blotted my face with two sheets of paper towel.

Generously applied the Antiseptic Ointment to my face.

Finally, I dotted some of my pimply bumps with the pure TTO.

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About Kate

Firstly, I am in no way affiliated with any of the products I mention in my posts.

I'm a long term rosacea sufferer but wasn't diagnosed until around 4 years ago (aged 46).

Having had reactions to Minocycline 50mg and Erythromycin 400mg, my dermatologist then recommended that I try a course of low dose Roaccutane. I wanted to explore other options before I made that commitment.

This is a photographic journal which I shared with my dermatologist.

My advice to anyone who has found my page:

Ignore my earlier posts and go straight to using a dedicated scabies treatment - either Lyclear or Quellada. Use it every evening and eventually the demodex mites will be eradicated.

If you can afford to, use SooLantra. I would imagine the preparation is very gentle on the skin although I have not had the opportunity to try a sample.

Only once the mites have been eradicated will it be worth assessing the damage to your skin and determining a course of repair as in IPL (Intense Pulsed Light).

The science is here to support it and dermatologists the world over now agree that the pimple and pustule rosacea is caused by demodex mite infestation (or over-colonization) so don't be afraid to broach this subject with a dermatologist. It is interesting to note that ophthalmologists came to this conclusion a lot earlier linking blepharitis and occular rosacea to demodex mites.

Don't fall prey to companies (or individuals) with outlandish claims of a magic cure. There are a lot of people making a lot of money because of rosacea. If it sounds too good to be true, avoid it! When I was experimenting in my earlier posts, I was enticed to try a bit of pseudo-science (apple cider vinegar, hydrogen peroxide, undiluted tea tree oil etc) and I am the first to admit that the feeling of desperation can override usually good common sense.

Finally, be kind to yourself and be gentle on your skin. Don't be sad about the damage, the skin has a remarkable ability to repair if you gently (and patiently) help it along.