Rosacea treatment

[SteveG01]

I have been searching on line as I have red blotching around my nose, forehead and hairline.. can anyone tell me what would treat this??

Many thanks in advance

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Hi have you got a diagnosis of rosacea? If not you need to see your doctor for a firm diagnosis. Your doctor can also advise you on treatments available.

One of my sisters suffers from this and uses a foundation called 'Bare Minerals' though it is quite expensive. You need one with a green base to counteract the redness. She stays out of the sun as much as possible and makes sure she puts lotion on. She also avoids excessive alcohol and spicy food which she says can make it worse. I hope this helps. x

[Chucksmum]

Try the FODMAP diet, keeps my Rosacea under control unless I eat something that doesn't agree with me.

[Violetta62]

Hi Steve,

I wrote this message for another sufferer, so I'm copying and pasting, I hope you don't mind.

I'm really sorry to hear about your suffering, I've been through it twice, that's how I found this site.

I didn't know it was Rosacea, the first time I had it the specialist told me it was acne, this time I self diagnosed it by looking up my symptoms on Google and looking at the images. Everyone I spoke to about it told me to try many different things and I jumped from one thing to another but it kept getting worse. I searched online and found that it could be caused by Demodex and found a Chinese doctor who had helped many people. I ordered the cream and soap and I have to say that it's gone. I have photos of what it was like in March, 2016'ish I can take some now to show you, I have some from In between too. I'm not saying it was easy, it seemed to take a long time to start working and some days it seemed really good and others not so. But I'm really glad I stuck at it. I also ordered some creams from Zenmed, I was going to take them on holiday with me but they arrived too late and it was almost gone by the time I got back, so I never got round to trying it. I've tried to copy and paste some photos but it won't let me, message me if you want to see them.

I want you to know that there is hope, try not to let it make you stressed.

Below is the information I read and the cream and soap.

Good luck and let me know how you get on with whatever you decide to do.

Violetta x

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[RosaceaBob]

What I can never understand is there has been research and trials on a cure for Rosacea that proved it actually worked. It's a bit like HJeliobacter, Doctors don't know about the real cause and the trials.

Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth in Rosacea: Clinical Effectiveness of Its Eradication

Andrea Parodi, Stefania Paolino, Alfredo Greco, Francesco Drago, Carlo Mansi, Alfredo Rebora, Aurora Parodi, Vincenzo Savarino

published online 06 May 2008.

Abstract Full Text PDF Images References

Background & Aims: To better understand the role of small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) in rosacea, we aimed to assess the presence of SIBO in patients with rosacea and the clinical effectiveness of its eradication. Methods: We enrolled 113 consecutive rosacea ambulatory patients (31 M/82 F; mean age, 52 ± 15 years) and 60 healthy controls who were sex- and age-matched. Patients and controls underwent lactulose and glucose breath tests (BTs) to assess the presence of SIBO. Patients positive for SIBO were randomized to receive rifaximin therapy (1200 mg/day for 10 days) or placebo. A group of patients with negative BTs were also treated with rifaximin. Eradication was assessed 1 month after the end of therapy. Two dermatologists, unblinded on therapy, evaluated rosacea patients before and after treatment on the basis of an objective scale. Results: The prevalence of SIBO was higher in patients than controls (52/113 vs 3/60, P < .001). After eradication, cutaneous lesions cleared in 20 of 28 and greatly improved in 6 of 28 patients, whereas patients treated with placebo remained unchanged (18/20) or worsened (2/20) (P < .001). Placebo patients were subsequently switched to rifaximin therapy, and SIBO was eradicated in 17 of 20 cases. Fifteen had a complete resolution of rosacea. After antibiotic therapy, 13 of 16 patients with negative BTs for SIBO remained unchanged, and this result differed from SIBO-positive cases (P < .001). Conclusions: This study demonstrated that rosacea patients have a significantly higher SIBO prevalence than controls. Moreover, eradication of SIBO induced an almost complete regression of their cutaneous lesions and maintained this excellent result for at least 9 months.

Abbreviations used in this paper: BT, breath test, GA, global assessment, G-BT, glucose breath test, GSS, global symptomatic score, Hp, Helicobacter pylori, LH-BT, lactulose breath test, NASH, nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, OCTT, orocecal transit time, SIBO, small intestinal bacterial overgrowth, UBT, urea breath test

[scottishwilsonraphel]

I don't know if you have thought about this but it has truly worked for me at least:

I attended my doctor's surgery where they diagnosed a combination of Rosacea and Acne, gave me some antibiotics and said it should clear up. They did....for a little while and at a cost too, for my gut had been obliterated by the antibiotics. Each time I stopped treatment my gut recovered but the skin condition returned and worsened. Over the course of 6 years I have had various different long term antibiotic treatments, umpteen visits to the dermatologist and all have left me no closer to finding the answer and I was still left with red patches, albeit slightly better than when I first started treatment. The point is nothing the doctors prescribed was or has really worked for me.

I started to become pretty desperate and needed to find an alternative to never ending antibiotics. I was never a self conscious person growing up but all of a sudden I wouldn't like pictures of myself as they always highlighted the severe redness I was afflicted with. As a result of trawling forums on the issue I came across people with Rosacea and Acne saying that they had some successes with tea tree oil and so this sparked the real beginnings of change for me. The more I read up on the benefits to my skin of carrier oils and essential oils the more I became excited at the prospect of finding something that might just help. I started to add a few drops of essential oil to moisturising cream to apply at night and in the morning but I of course got my girlfriend to go out and get it for me. Obviously I couldn't be seen doing such an unmanly thing as buying moisturiser.

Eventually I learned that other men with similar skin conditions grew beards which meant the naturally occurring sebum (the natural oil) on the skin was utilised to nourish the beard and so reduced over production on the face and led to reduced inflammation and redness. Reading this inspired me to learn more about this and that is when I came across beard oils and balms and the benefits to the health of beard hair and skin.

I must say that since growing a beard I have noticed a massively significant reduction in redness, soreness, itchiness and flakiness. All the things those with skin conditions know all too well.

You can find more on this here; greatscotsmalegroomingco.co...

Hope it helps!