Soolantra

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Originally Posted by Angela1979

Thanks for the response rosycheeks7 and MariaSt. By the time I am writing this, I have indeed read this whole thread. It is just that I am not sure whether the way my skin reacts to the cream is because the mites are dying or because I am sensitive to an ingredient in the cream. When I react badly to a topical, I also get these itchy hives.
I will stick with Soolantra though, and sit out the flare up without doxy because it takes three months before my skin shows improvement with Efracea. Metrocream never worked for me (it actually caused an allergic reaction). I'll keep you updated on my progress.

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I hope it gets better soon. If it's itchy it could be an allergic reaction. But still I would suggest to hang in there. I'm on my fifth day of Soolantra now and it's strange: the bumps that I already had before are definitely going away faster, but at the same time I got a few new red bumps. I'm not looking forward to the worsening of the rosacea, like so many have experienced. But I suppose I have no choice. My doctor does not want to prescribe antibiotics at this stage.

Itchiness is also a symptom of demodex. If you want to rule out an allergic reaction, then do a patch test on your arm (apply Soolantra on a small area of your arm and leave it there for 24h, if you are allergic to it, then you'll develop a rash there).

Good luck with Soolantra, rosycheeks7. I hope it works for you!
MariaSt, good idea to do a patch test, I will do that.

Today my face looks a little better and feels less itchy. I am starting to feel more optimistic...

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Angela1979, how is your skin doing now? Still less itchy? How long exactly do you use Soolantra now?
I'm on day 7 and nothing is really changing, beside the fact that my skin is dryer while normally I have oily skin. I've also read in this thread that some people use anti dandruff shampoo. Why is this better if you have rosacea?

In simple words, our hair follicles have a lot of bacteria, which also contaminate our facial skin. The anti-dandruff shampoos reduce their number.

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Originally Posted by MariaSt

In simple words, our hair follicles have a lot of bacteria, which also contaminate our facial skin. The anti-dandruff shampoos reduce their number.

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Thank you MariaSt. I will try such shampoo bcoz I have the impression that normal shampoo irritates the skin of my forehead.

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Originally Posted by Alex1134

I'd attribute it completely to Soolantra. If I stop my supplements I get blotchy red patches, but no P&Ps. If I eat something that has sugar, dairy, or gluten I might still lightly flush, but not as bad or as long. I think I even had a glass of wine, without issue. With that said, I do feel like the supplements and diet may be why I've had more success than some. But finding the right cleanser and routine is probably also a big part of it. I don't use any moisturizer or put anything else on my face other than the Cetaphil cleanser at night. It took me a long time to figure out the right routine for my skin. I'm sure this is different for everybody.

I'll keep posting updates. Soolantra is kind of expensive, but I think it's worth it. Before I was constantly worried about my skin, now I don't think about it as much.

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Hi Alex,
Can you please give an update on how your skin is doing now? I think your post is quite interesting bcoz you are one of the few who didn't experience worsening before it got better. I'm on Soolantra for 7 days now, don't notice any difference yet.
Thanks in advance.

An update: today is day 20.
Yesterday I tried 24 hours without antihistamines, which was a bad idea. I got a few new big itchy bumps and as soon as I took the antihistamines, the itching diminished. So I'll keep up with the headaches I sometimes get in the evening as a side effect of the antihistamines.
Overall there still is no significant change in how my skin looks. I am not looking forward to the three weeks mark where it might get even worse because of the die-off of the mites...
Oh by the way, the test patch on my arm didn't show an allergic reaction to Soolantra.

Thanks Angela for your update. Since you don't have an allergic reaction, maybe the die-off is taking long time. I've read posts where people experience the die-off for several weeks and people where the die-off is already finished after a couple of days. I see no difference yet and if there will be changes in my skin, it will be difficult to see what is caused by Soolantra and what not, because before Soolantra my rosacea already had its ups and downs (depending on hormones and stress etc).

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Originally Posted by lawrencefalk

Death to the Demodex mites!!!

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I've been reading about demodex and trying to treat/manage, and trying to spread the word, since the end of last march. I believe that the reason people don't often believe in them (a doctor told me there's nothing living in my skin, it's just my anxiety, wasn't going to write me a referral until I asked her to put that in writing for me, boorah), is because they've successfully kept us confused with lots of names for the same stuff, which is just different states of or buildups of demodex remains.

The term I'm looking into right now, and looking for information on to help me convince others of th major issue with our healthcare with, is white blood cells. White blood cells no doubt exist, but are they really what they sound like? And are they really blood cells? I've been told by doctors that bruises are white bloods cellsgsthering and working to heal me, but if that's the case then I have been wiping away some of mine. I don't think that's normal,but with demodex it seems like any health issue is.

Ive also heard them called protein cells.

I know that demodex are not considered airborne pathogens, but can become so; are they the most common by pathogens by chance? Got into a debate of sorts with someone who doesn't work in the medical field, but is very intelligent when he does research. The government asked him to try and come up with a way to reduce infections caused while in hospitals, but they were apparently talking about airborne, so he didn't consider demodex to,be part of what they wanted from him. So, if demodex are pathogens transferred by touch (that cepan become airborne), what are the airborne ones?

Kidney stones are super old bits of demodex remains, and appendicoliths and fissures and hemoods are demodex remains. I figured this out when the appendolith pic i found looked like the same sunstancw I have been excreting from my skin. Which lead me reading an article from Harvard about issues caused by too much calcium, but not calcium we got from food or drink, which lead me to breast calcification and kindey stones. I haven't had kidney stones, but they're no fun to pull out through pools, my neck is terriblely full of them. If I saw a doctor who wanted to help this would be called cancer because they make me sore. Anyways...

Calcium build ups, calcified deposits, collagen, INFLAMATION,!!!!