Soolantra

I've also had positive results with Soolantra. I'm on week 6 and I am very happy with my progress. I had a flare up in week 2 but from then on, my face has vastly improved.

The before photo was taken about a week before starting Soolantra and shows my face at its worst - hot, red, itchy and stinging and very lumpy and bumpy. I've been left with some scarring and broken capillaries which I'm working on.

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In addition to the Soolantra, I've been trying all sorts of things after reading this forum. As I did so many things at once and alongside the Soolantra, it's impossible to tell what has had any meaningful effect. However, I believe a couple of things really worked for me:

- adding Sudocrem (on top of the Soolantra) to the very red spots. I think this helped them to heal faster. The amount of Sudocrem needed went down every night.

- daily aspirin facemask in the morning. I think this really cleared out my pores - possibly removing the mites and eggs with it. I also felt it helped the Soolantra penetrate deeper.

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Originally Posted by sks42

Interestingly, about 2 weeks before I started Soolantra I decided to lower my bodies level of histamine. I did flare-up when exposed to certain triggers, like the sun, wind, and certain foods. Many of those trigger foods were listed as high histamine so I just decided to experiment. The theory is that certain people are more responsive to histamine in their bodies. Their skin will over-react to irritants because their histamine levels are at a max load for what their particular bodies can handle. (as a note, I do not experience allergies or anything) Lowering histamine levels will not lower demodex population, but it may keep your skin calmer because your body isn't on high alert to toxins. After about a week and a half my skin cleared up SO much. Truly! But, it came at a cost because I was very strict with avoiding all the histamine type foods. That meant giving up leftovers, soy, avocados, bananas, etc..etc... I didn't want to avoid those things so I tried Soolantra. It kind of sounds like your skin may over-respond to something also, even though your skin doesn't express it exactly like mine did.

Also, on a Soolantra note: my insurance does not cover it and it is EXPENSIVE, but, if you go to the website of it's manufacturer you can sign up for a customer loyalty card that you can print and give to your pharmacy. The card helps if you have insurance or not. If your insurance declines coverage, the prescription will fall under the loyalty card and will cost a LOT less (mine was $75 for the large tube) and if you do not have insurance at all then the loyalty card will cover you and could be free or as low as $25. Just FYI to people.

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Thanks for the tips, sks42. I will look into the histamine thing. I am already vegan, so limiting avocados, beans, nuts and seeds will be a real challenge. But, it's worth a try to see if I'm reacting to those foods.

When you say you would "flare-up" what does that mean? Would you flush? Burning on the skin? More pustules?

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Thanks for the tips, sks42. I will look into the histamine thing. I am already vegan, so limiting avocados, beans, nuts and seeds will be a real challenge. But, it's worth a try to see if I'm reacting to those foods.

When you say you would "flare-up" what does that mean? Would you flush? Burning on the skin? More pustules?

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A "flare-up" for me was increased pustules and redness around those pustules. So, maybe my baseline skin would have 5 or 6 very small pustules and wasn't too irritated around those pustules. The skin would be a bit pink in the break-out areas, but not too much. After I was in the sun for a couple of hours one day I woke up the next three days with around 20 pustules. They were more irritated and red looking. Windy days would make me have increased pustules with more redness surrounding them. Before I knew that histamine may be an issue with me I remember having a week where I ate tons of guacamole, and canned tuna, and bananas (mainly because those are some of my favorite things) and that week my skin broke out with 15 or so pustules everyday. When i had the week and a half of limiting high histamine foods I ended that week with 1 pustule and no irritation. I used the SIGHI-Leaflet Histmaine Elimination Diet as my guideline. I just ate tons of the food in the well-tolerated section and my skin responded so quickly. I do not do that at all now that I'm on Soolantra, but it would probably be smart if I did:)

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Originally Posted by sks42

A "flare-up" for me was increased pustules and redness around those pustules. So, maybe my baseline skin would have 5 or 6 very small pustules and wasn't too irritated around those pustules. The skin would be a bit pink in the break-out areas, but not too much. After I was in the sun for a couple of hours one day I woke up the next three days with around 20 pustules. They were more irritated and red looking. Windy days would make me have increased pustules with more redness surrounding them. Before I knew that histamine may be an issue with me I remember having a week where I ate tons of guacamole, and canned tuna, and bananas (mainly because those are some of my favorite things) and that week my skin broke out with 15 or so pustules everyday. When i had the week and a half of limiting high histamine foods I ended that week with 1 pustule and no irritation. I used the SIGHI-Leaflet Histmaine Elimination Diet as my guideline. I just ate tons of the food in the well-tolerated section and my skin responded so quickly. I do not do that at all now that I'm on Soolantra, but it would probably be smart if I did:)

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Thanks for your input. :) I have been wondering about the histamine thing so it's another thing I can rule out!

Does anyone know if Soolantra is available in New Zealand? I tried looking it up, but no luck, I see it's available in Australia though.

Hi I'm 17 and have had red inflamed skin on my cheeks and nose for quite a while(about 2 years) I had acne with it but the accutane took the acne away but I still flush and have redness on my cheeks and nose. I am going to start soolantra in about a week and will update any progress. I am really excited and will let you know how it goes!

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Hi I'm 17 and have had red inflamed skin on my cheeks and nose for quite a while(about 2 years) I had acne with it but the accutane took the acne away but I still flush and have redness on my cheeks and nose. I am going to start soolantra in about a week and will update any progress. I am really excited and will let you know how it goes!

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Yes, keep us posted RG24. Fingers crossed it works for you!!yes:

Hi Guys. This is my 25th day. I did not have any itching or flare ups. (i'm starting to get concerned since the flare-ups is a symptom that it is actually working). Comparing my photos since day one, I see that the overall face skin is smoother, but I still have loads of points on my forehead and chin. It seems more calm, but I still can see and feel the red points. Sometimes a white head, and a reddish inflamation as a background (boths cheeks, forehead and chin). let's continue on this road..

Just a little update, been using soolantra every night for the past 83 days, i am very pleased with the results so far i can now leave the house with no make up on and not be paranoid that everyone is staring at my spotty face! I will continue to ise it for 4 months then wean myself of it.

Here is what is done for me:

*Reduced all pimples face is probably 90 percent clear of them.
*stopped the itching
*reduced flare ups (only had one since been using it but didnt last long)
*skin is so smooth and soft (before it was dry and flakey)

I would recommend anyone to try this it does take a bit of time to work and i did get the 3 week and 6 week die off flare but after the 6 weeks things got so much better. Im so glad i tried this it has given me my confidence back and im hoping that ive got it under some sort of control now 😃

Doxycycline (GenRx) 50 mg modified release (or 40mg modified release outside Australia)
Soolantra

My friend asked me to put up these before and after photos showing the results he got from using the above daily. I don't have rosacea, so can't answer any questions, sorry.

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