nimbuszero
28th April 2007, 03:09 AM
So I do have rosacea, although I don't get much in the way of persistent redness other than my ears and a little on my cheeks. My main concern is treating the bumps and whatever else is all over my nose and to some extent, my cheeks. I'm not really sure how to go about this. I don't know if I have the start of rhinophyma or what, I do have the orange peel texture all over my nose though.
What do people recommend? I know some people will say accutane, but if I can smooth out with lasers first then do accutane, that would be great. I just can't see accutane taking that large raised portion away from the red side of my nose all by itself. Any helpful advice would be great, I'm getting fairly desperate here as the bumps seem to be popping up at an alarming rate, and I'm terrified of going to the derm anytime soon, as 80mg daily accutane a few years ago is likely the root of all of this.
Thank you
Justin
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea1.jpg
side of the nose, very bumpy, not sure what these are exactly, though i suspect early rhinophyma symptoms of some kind.
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea2.jpg
full face, not great light but, my face doesn't get red, just slightly pink and burns badly
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea3.jpg
ear flushing, generally happens once a day at least
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea4.jpg
cheek and nose again, you can see the ruddy complexion
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea5.jpg
other side of my nose. you can see sort of near the tip an extending raised area. if feels like a dome shaped lump, and the elongated effect seems to be from the dome stretching the surrounding skin
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea6.jpg
another shot of the stretchy lump on my nose. my nose burns and has some tenaglastacia, but the tip doesn't swell at all.
What do people recommend? I know some people will say accutane, but if I can smooth out with lasers first then do accutane, that would be great. I just can't see accutane taking that large raised portion away from the red side of my nose all by itself. Any helpful advice would be great, I'm getting fairly desperate here as the bumps seem to be popping up at an alarming rate, and I'm terrified of going to the derm anytime soon, as 80mg daily accutane a few years ago is likely the root of all of this.
Thank you
Justin
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea1.jpg
side of the nose, very bumpy, not sure what these are exactly, though i suspect early rhinophyma symptoms of some kind.
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea2.jpg
full face, not great light but, my face doesn't get red, just slightly pink and burns badly
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea3.jpg
ear flushing, generally happens once a day at least
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea4.jpg
cheek and nose again, you can see the ruddy complexion
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea5.jpg
other side of my nose. you can see sort of near the tip an extending raised area. if feels like a dome shaped lump, and the elongated effect seems to be from the dome stretching the surrounding skin
http://www.geocities.com/jg_zero/rosacea6.jpg
another shot of the stretchy lump on my nose. my nose burns and has some tenaglastacia, but the tip doesn't swell at all.