Northern Ireland

[ally24]

Hi anyone here from Northern Ireland?

If you are where are you receiving your treatments and are you happy with how they are going?

I am attending the White Light Skin Clinic. Skin is not good Im hoping this will pass!

Does clinic in Northern Ireland use the Lumenis One IPL?

Cannot find this information anywhere

[ally24]

Anyone else here from Northern Ireland?

[steve austin]

nope, sorry not from NI but as an aside, I had always wondered why it was that Rosacea affects people with celtic genes the most yet none of the posters here are actually from ireland. Maybe the irish skin is like guiness, its good in ireland, but doesn't travel well.

[Pizzatricolor]

Hello there,
I am from Derry. I have had Rosacea for about 4 yrs. It started during pregnancy. I tried Metrogel but it was no good. The doctor just wanted to give me antibiotics but I wasn't keen. Recently I saw the Afternoon show on RTE, Jan DeVries was on an he recommended using 3 tinctures: Viola Tricolor, Devils Claw and Agnus Castus (for women I guess). I tried Viola Tricolor for 4 weeks and noticed after about a week I had no pustules, the skin was alot softer and alot less red and wasn't sore. I ran out last week and I am back to Pizza face this week. So it has definately worked for me and I have just opened another bottle. I got it a health food shop. It is made by Bioforce if you are interested. I spoke to a local herbalist who assures it can be taken for a long period with no side effects. Also, she said stick to one tincture if this seems to do the trick - the lees the better. I use Neem cream and Aveeno moisturisers also.I wouldn't try laser as a friend of mine had it and it was a waste of time. Check out the Afternoon Show site under health/herbs - I think. Hope this helps. I am also thinking of having food sensitivity testing done where you send a blood sample and ur immunoglobin is tested against a range of food stuffs but its expensive. Cambridge labs or something is the name. Cheers

[J-Mill]

Hello there,
I am from Derry. I have had Rosacea for about 4 yrs. It started during pregnancy. I tried Metrogel but it was no good. The doctor just wanted to give me antibiotics but I wasn't keen. Recently I saw the Afternoon show on RTE, Jan DeVries was on an he recommended using 3 tinctures: Viola Tricolor, Devils Claw and Agnus Castus (for women I guess). I tried Viola Tricolor for 4 weeks and noticed after about a week I had no pustules, the skin was alot softer and alot less red and wasn't sore. I ran out last week and I am back to Pizza face this week. So it has definately worked for me and I have just opened another bottle. I got it a health food shop. It is made by Bioforce if you are interested. I spoke to a local herbalist who assures it can be taken for a long period with no side effects. Also, she said stick to one tincture if this seems to do the trick - the lees the better. I use Neem cream and Aveeno moisturisers also.I wouldn't try laser as a friend of mine had it and it was a waste of time. Check out the Afternoon Show site under health/herbs - I think. Hope this helps. I am also thinking of having food sensitivity testing done where you send a blood sample and ur immunoglobin is tested against a range of food stuffs but its expensive. Cambridge labs or something is the name. Cheers

Why use something like laser that has been studied and shown to have a high success rate through scientifically controlled studies when you can take something someone on tv told you about, that has no studies.

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[allibear]

A bit late but I'm from NI toohi:

@ally24. The only thing I would be cautious about at the White Light Skin Clinic is that they are not trained specialist doctors. I myself have not embarked on IPL because I simply couldn't afford it but I did read up on it and for a condition like Rosacea it is recommended that you actually go to a doctor for these treatments that specialises with the skin condition but that would obviously be much more expensive.

Maybe someone who has had experience with IPL treatments would know what is best from a safety point of view.

@Pizzatricolor. If you want food allergy testing done your Dr. can make a referrel for you on the NHS. You'll wait about 6 months for the appointment but it's free. I got an appointment in for one before Christmas but cancelled it as I was fed up running to hospital appointments at the time, (they didn't know what was wrong with me then). Maybe I should have went ahead with it anyway but although I have many food sensitivities I doubt if it would show I had any allergies which is what immunglobin testing is for. It's just that I have a wrecked digestive system due to gallstones and a lot of the harder to digest foods will tell a tale of woo. eg wheat at the moment will trail my insides to bits, (I'm extra sensitive post surgery if I eat bread it has to be white, my stomach crushes me to death with a wholegrainlaugh:), but I have had all the blood tests and biopsies done for celiac disease and I don't even have a slightly elevated result on the bloods.

[Patricia Devlin]

Anyone else here from Northern Ireland?

hi: Greetings from Northern Ireland. I have my own laser clinic I am at present researching info on the Isolaz Acne treatment, did you get the treatment done, if so how were the results, look forward to hearing from you

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