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I was diagnosed with Rosacea a week ago and its been hard. I have the redness/pinkness, burning (comes and goes) and tiny red lines. No pimples, etc yet. I also seem to be sensitive to lights and my computer screen. The tiny red lines however aren't always where my Rosacea is located. Mornings I am normal, during the day I am pinkish/reddish all over my face and neck with some burning/warming. Evenings I am usually pretty good with some redness. When I am 'normal' , meaning face is pretty white, I can get red on my forehead (middle 2/3rds), nose, part of upper cheek and chin if I laugh or cry or get mad, etc.
i was originally diagnosed by my 1st dermatologist as having dermititis as I was red and burning. IT all started at the time I was having my basement and kitchen remodeled. So lots of dust, chemicals, tiles being ripped up, etc. I was put on Prednisone (30mg for 4 days, 20mg for 4 days and 10mg for 4 days) and told to put Cortaid on my face. Well the Prednisone didnt work and Im not sure he gave me a stong enough dosage. Also, I have read that using the Cortaids of the world is horrible for your face. Well I used it for 4-5 weeks like it was my face lotion. I put it all over my face and neck. I stopped using the Cortain on March 2nd. When I went back to tell him the Presdinone didnt work and that i was getting these tiny red lines everywhere he told me he couldnt help me anymore. He said it was due to sun damaged skin and that something irritated it/dried it out and thus my red/burning face and tiny red lines. He said the burning would go away in a few months and the redness would get better but probably not go entirely back to my base color. I was like are you kidding me?
Questions: Can 4-5 weeks of using Cortaid cause my skin to worsen and cause the tiny red lines on my face, forehead and chin? My dermatologist didnt think that was enought time to make it worse. Im not so sure.
If the Cortaid did make my skin worse, how long until I would see an improvement? I have read up to a few months.
To Continue....I went to see a 2nd dermatologist and she said after a few minutes I had Rosacea from the symptoms I was telling her. She thinks it is Subtype 1. She didnt think it was what the 1st dermatologist said it was. I do believe I have Rosacea due to my symptoms but still wonder if the Cortaid really screwed up my skin. It seems thinner and I am getting a lot of lines on my face. The 2nd dermatologist has me on oral and topical antibiotics and I started taking them a week ago.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. I have enjoyed reading all the posts and threads. Also, anyone with subtype 1 rosacea? DId you see any improvement from the antibiotics? If so, how long did it take? Anything you would recommend /suggest I look into?
Sorry more questions... :-) I am interested in SIBO. Stomach issues run in my family. I am curious if anyone of the people treated for SIBO had subtype 1 rosacea and did the redness go away after they were treated for SIBO? I am thinking of getting tested. I am getting tested for auto-immune (Anti Nuclear Antibody test) and Sed Test for inflammation.
And my last question.. i promise! :-) I have read Rosacea can go into remission for years. Is this true? Has anyone experience this?
Sorry for the long post but I look forward to hearing back from everyone!
THANK YOU!
i was originally diagnosed by my 1st dermatologist as having dermititis as I was red and burning. IT all started at the time I was having my basement and kitchen remodeled. So lots of dust, chemicals, tiles being ripped up, etc. I was put on Prednisone (30mg for 4 days, 20mg for 4 days and 10mg for 4 days) and told to put Cortaid on my face. Well the Prednisone didnt work and Im not sure he gave me a stong enough dosage. Also, I have read that using the Cortaids of the world is horrible for your face. Well I used it for 4-5 weeks like it was my face lotion. I put it all over my face and neck. I stopped using the Cortain on March 2nd. When I went back to tell him the Presdinone didnt work and that i was getting these tiny red lines everywhere he told me he couldnt help me anymore. He said it was due to sun damaged skin and that something irritated it/dried it out and thus my red/burning face and tiny red lines. He said the burning would go away in a few months and the redness would get better but probably not go entirely back to my base color. I was like are you kidding me?
Questions: Can 4-5 weeks of using Cortaid cause my skin to worsen and cause the tiny red lines on my face, forehead and chin? My dermatologist didnt think that was enought time to make it worse. Im not so sure.
If the Cortaid did make my skin worse, how long until I would see an improvement? I have read up to a few months.
To Continue....I went to see a 2nd dermatologist and she said after a few minutes I had Rosacea from the symptoms I was telling her. She thinks it is Subtype 1. She didnt think it was what the 1st dermatologist said it was. I do believe I have Rosacea due to my symptoms but still wonder if the Cortaid really screwed up my skin. It seems thinner and I am getting a lot of lines on my face. The 2nd dermatologist has me on oral and topical antibiotics and I started taking them a week ago.
Any thoughts on this would be greatly appreciated. I have enjoyed reading all the posts and threads. Also, anyone with subtype 1 rosacea? DId you see any improvement from the antibiotics? If so, how long did it take? Anything you would recommend /suggest I look into?
Sorry more questions... :-) I am interested in SIBO. Stomach issues run in my family. I am curious if anyone of the people treated for SIBO had subtype 1 rosacea and did the redness go away after they were treated for SIBO? I am thinking of getting tested. I am getting tested for auto-immune (Anti Nuclear Antibody test) and Sed Test for inflammation.
And my last question.. i promise! :-) I have read Rosacea can go into remission for years. Is this true? Has anyone experience this?
Sorry for the long post but I look forward to hearing back from everyone!
THANK YOU!
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