Applying Medications and Lotions to Face

[Jeremy V]

Good morning,

When you apply your Ketaconazole, Miconazole, Cetaphil, CeraVe, or any other medications and moisturizers to your face do you apply a thin layer and let your skin absorb or rub into skin until it has totally disappeared?

My experience with continuously rubbing medications and lotions on my face has been negative. My face turns bright red and I get little bumps all over my face when I sit in front of the mirror for 15-20 minutes trying to rub off all the dry skin or trying to make sure all the lotion has been rubbed into my skin.

Which is why I am wondering if I am doing it the proper way, or if the better way is to apply a light layer and let the medications and moisturizers do their job by letting them absorb without rubbing them in all the way.

Any thoughts?

[Ghost]

Good morning,

When you apply your Ketaconazole, Miconazole, Cetaphil, CeraVe, or any other medications and moisturizers to your face do you apply a thin layer and let your skin absorb or rub into skin until it has totally disappeared?

My experience with continuously rubbing medications and lotions on my face has been negative. My face turns bright red and I get little bumps all over my face when I sit in front of the mirror for 15-20 minutes trying to rub off all the dry skin or trying to make sure all the lotion has been rubbed into my skin.

Which is why I am wondering if I am doing it the proper way, or if the better way is to apply a light layer and let the medications and moisturizers do their job by letting them absorb without rubbing them in all the way.

Any thoughts?

Jeremy, I think of rosacea skin as wounded skin. Rubbing it would just irritate. I think it's best to gently apply your products and allow them to absorb. After you wash your face blot it with a fresh tissue (unless you have a freshly-laundered towel each time). The anti-viral tissues that are out now are very good. There's nothing actually on them, they are just more substantial than regular tissues. Then let your skin dry a bit before you apply product.

I use (as needed) home made topicals, ivermectin, moisturizer and spf (not all at once, these are just the things I have). I do as above with all of them.

G