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sophie · 16th March 2009, 07:01 AM

I have been reading this forum for over a year, and got inspired to register, cause of all the Pyratine bashing over the last week. I actually like the stuff. Its no miracle cure but I am certainly going to try the XR.

I started using Pyratine last sept or oct, and loved my skin more after only a week or two. There has been a SMALL reduction in P&Ps [I still have them]. Likewise a SMALL reduction in redness [I'm still red]. The BIG difference was in the overall smoothness of my skin. Its still rougher than your average persons, but I'm quite sure that its the smoothest its been since pre-puberty [I'm now 33]. Funnily enough, I wonder whether my spider veins are now more defined now cause my skin is clearer. The other downside is that prolonged use hasn't made my skin any better i.e. the almost immediate improvement has remained but not increased.

This is all very subjective, but i wouldn't like everyone to be put off the product, because its made me feel a lot more confident about my skin.

On the price: $150 over several months, is significantly cheaper than a derm plus prescriptions.

Another thing to consider: I'm quite unversed in the whole rosecea thing, so there may be better products out there! Before reading this forum I didn't even know that i had rosecea, so this is the 1st thing i have tried. [Though my GPs nurse who was a fellow sufferer, diagnosed me, and give me a whole lot of samples about 10 yrs back, the samples made me super red and irritated, and so i threw them out and never thought about it again. As a teenager I had a terrible exp with Retin-A, in which i was taken to hospital wih extreme sun-burn. I took antibiotics on and off in my early 20s. But have remained a bit scared of putting anything on my face except aqueous cream and zinc sunscreen, and even more scared of derms.]

16th March 2009, 07:01 AM	#37
sophie Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 1	Someone who likes Pyratine I have been reading this forum for over a year, and got inspired to register, cause of all the Pyratine bashing over the last week. I actually like the stuff. Its no miracle cure but I am certainly going to try the XR. I started using Pyratine last sept or oct, and loved my skin more after only a week or two. There has been a SMALL reduction in P&Ps [I still have them]. Likewise a SMALL reduction in redness [I'm still red]. The BIG difference was in the overall smoothness of my skin. Its still rougher than your average persons, but I'm quite sure that its the smoothest its been since pre-puberty [I'm now 33]. Funnily enough, I wonder whether my spider veins are now more defined now cause my skin is clearer. The other downside is that prolonged use hasn't made my skin any better i.e. the almost immediate improvement has remained but not increased. This is all very subjective, but i wouldn't like everyone to be put off the product, because its made me feel a lot more confident about my skin. On the price: $150 over several months, is significantly cheaper than a derm plus prescriptions. Another thing to consider: I'm quite unversed in the whole rosecea thing, so there may be better products out there! Before reading this forum I didn't even know that i had rosecea, so this is the 1st thing i have tried. [Though my GPs nurse who was a fellow sufferer, diagnosed me, and give me a whole lot of samples about 10 yrs back, the samples made me super red and irritated, and so i threw them out and never thought about it again. As a teenager I had a terrible exp with Retin-A, in which i was taken to hospital wih extreme sun-burn. I took antibiotics on and off in my early 20s. But have remained a bit scared of putting anything on my face except aqueous cream and zinc sunscreen, and even more scared of derms.]