Had backed of everything for a little skin rest, now back on the old regime started getting red splotches small but coming quick. These mites are relentless.
Had backed of everything for a little skin rest, now back on the old regime started getting red splotches small but coming quick. These mites are relentless.
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Resting my skin proved to be the wrong thing to do. Back under control now. Here is an article about Ivermectin http://www.aafp.org/afp/2003/0915/p1089.html
If it can kill scabies it should kill the Demodex. My experience is that after you kill off a bunch you will get an eruption of pimples from the dead mites releasing bacteria. My theory. It will clear in a week or so. I have not used Ivermectin yet just tto and the disc which is very effective for me. Just has to be done on a regular basis.
Hi Ted,
I too am presently 'resting' my skin, after applying daily topicals for over two years. I hope I won't come to regret trying this, as you seem to have done!
I very much agree with your observation about flare up's after killing demodex. In my experience, this can be as much as a few weeks later.
When you say 'the disc', are you referring to rosacea ltd?
One fear I do have (and, admittedly, this is getting way ahead of myself here!) is that, when/if ivermectin is ever licensed for use in rosacea treatment, Dr's will prescribe it extremely liberally, to anyone presenting with rosacea, without any prior investigation into whether demodex might be the likely culprit. Ie, my fear in the medium term is medical over-use, which may negatively affect the section of sufferers for whom this treatment could be an absolute revelation.
The resurgence was not like before I started treatment but would have been there soon. Yes the Ltd IV disc is what I use with Jojoba oil and TTO. I have reservation with insecticides causing a resistant variety of Demodex. Any mite that survives will tend to be resistant and breed some more. I would say that when used that everything that kills them be used at the same time to try and wipe them out, scorched earth. My treatment keeps me in remission for now and I am happy.
Been a while since I posted. Not much change still in remission from the horrible time. Now it is minor flares occasionally. Have shaved my beard to get some sun and to more easily treat my face in hopes of pushing these mites into some type of truce. I am thinking that they can never be totally removed, only controled. Wish spring would get here because the sun helps me. Winter is my hardest time with this. Best winter in several years so I am happy with were it stands. After 7 months plus using the Ltd IV disc I can say it is worth a try. I use it more than they recommend with no ill effects.