Hey everyone, I am new, and slowly accepting it.....or am i.

[-ToadStooL-]

Yes, I guess I am cursed. Blast!

It is great to find a forum finally, although it hits you a bit harder in the butt when you can see your own 'symptoms' reflected back at you in someone else's pic.

I am grateful however for those pics, you are all wonderfully brave, and I respect you for having the courage, I dont have.(Since every morning I despartly attempt my camouflaging routine.

I am pleased to find some great information I have not prevously discovered or considered, and eager to begin my dissection.

I suppose I am rather fortunate that I am still young, and suffer mild to occasionally severe 'attacks'.

I am planning on having a V-Beam facial treatment very soon, somewhat panicked about it, considering I tend to scar very easily. Of course money lost, with nothing gained is indeed upsetting. Two conditions I hope to be spared.

If anyone has any good, or bad views or results from having V-Beam treatment, please let me know. I have made quite a few bad descions in my life, and I am hoping this wont be one of them.

And also anything I can do, or not do, or take(herbals) or not take which may aid a succesfully beneficial treatment??

Thank you in advance.

There is no place like home.

[IowaDavid]

Please read up on red light therapy. No topicals, no pharmaceuticals, you can DIY, and it appears to have an anti-inflammatory and thus a flushing suppresion action on rosacea vasculature. It's the best thing I've found for a treatment.

Be very careful with your skincare--that can turn on you after several months of benign use.

Pick your laser doctor carefully, and make them earn your business: Don't just fall into whatever clinic is "nice".

Good luck. Read a whole bunch and don't treat this disorder lightly. I don't know how old you are, but getting it early in life tends to lead to having an aggressive form. Educating yourself early on can head-off problematic symptoms later on.


David