nose swelling

cbebe28 · 27th September 2009, 07:51 PM

I have been taking quercetin bromelain for 2 months and no difference in my nose! actually it's getting worse, the shape is not only bigger but now has a different shape and it is swollen all day! what should I do? i am soooooo depressed<chantal

Melissa W · 27th September 2009, 09:20 PM

Chantal,
I am sorry it is getting worse.

Has anything else changed ie diet, lifestyle etc?
I cannot remember what you have and have not tried but red light help some people regarding this symptom. Of course, like anything with rosacea though it may not help but if you haven't tried it that would be my suggestion.

Have you checked out the vitamin D thread? You may find it helpful. It shouldn't hurt to increase your vit D3 supplementation as long as you go slowly and it may just give you some relief.

http://www.rosaceagroup.org/The_Rosa...ad.php?t=17085

Hang in there!

Melissa

Melissa W · 27th September 2009, 09:22 PM

ps laser might be helpful as well. Check out the Q and A's and see what is recommended. When I had severe ear flushing just lasering my face provided relief for those symptoms so it might also help nose flushing and swelling.

queta · 30th September 2009, 04:16 AM

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Originally Posted by cbebe28

I have been taking quercetin bromelain for 2 months and no difference in my nose! actually it's getting worse, the shape is not only bigger but now has a different shape and it is swollen all day! what should I do? i am soooooo depressed<chantal

Hi
So sorry it's gotten worse. I guess I'd stop the quer/brom if it seems to be getting worse. Do you take antihistamines, by the way? Some people find those help a little. Also, what is your digestion like? Some people with nose swelling report that their digestion and nose swelling are related. I know that mine is, but my situation may be different from yours. Have you ever tried antibiotics? I know a few people on here were against taking antibiotics but once they tried them they were pleasantly surprised that their noses stopped swelling.
Regards
Queta

Stefieny · 18th October 2009, 01:31 AM

Hi Cbebe28,

I have nose swelling/phymatous rosacea on my nose and I am currently taking Oracea. I experienced some side effects after a few weeks and I stopped for 10 days. I am now on Oracea again and the side effects (pressure all over my head) are less frequent now. I don't know if Oracea will reverse my nose to its original size yet, but it does control the growth. Not sure if you want to mention it to your derm.

Also, try not to feel too depress about it. I cried a lot when I first had it and I noticed it only aggregavated my rosacea and my nose turned all red when I cried. Try not to think too much about it and feel better..

Michael_V · 19th October 2009, 02:02 AM

So sorry to hear you are worsening.

I am certainly no expert, but I believe Accutane has been used successfully to control phymatous rosacea. As far as I know, laser and/or cosmetic surgery are the only things that can reverse it.

maria_moi · 3rd November 2009, 10:04 AM

Hey! Has anyone ever heard that the point in treating rosacea is to peel off you skin gradually, to make it exfoliate, to peel off layers, to make it thinner..so you could come to the healthy part of the skin. And then, that new, healthy skin will grow and struggle by itself, and (with a little luck) be rosacea-free?

I’m asking you this , because my derm has told me that story and he is applaying that on me. I’m a 27 year old female, and I’m not even 100%sure wheather I have rosacea or not. But my main problem is my nose: it is constantly red, swallen, with huge pores..dicusting.

Whole my life I had a sensitive skin, but never ever I had problems like this. 2 years ago it all started. Now I have flushes, redness..but the worst thing is my nose. Before, it was swallen, red, inflamated..from time to time, but now it is like that 90%of the time. It doesn’t reverse. It’s constantly red and inflamed and swallen (and I swear I think that it’s growing..it is definitely bigger). I have a large pores that (at this point) doesn’t shrink back.

I’m desperate! And it doesn’t have to do anything with the weather or unpleasant situations. I wake up with it, I go to bed with it, it’s always present.. Sure, it is worse when it is very hot..but that doesn’t mean that when I’m home alone in un unstressfull enviroment (I’m reading a book), it will not be reddish.

I’m already eating healty, avoiding something I know can be a trigger (warm/extremely cold enviroment, direct sun..).

I can’t stop thinking about it(even if I want it to) because the constant burning in my face,my nose remindes me to it. And I’m sick of people tellling me thing like “it’s nothing”, “it will go away” or “there are thing that are worse than that”..for me these are just empty words and they don’t help me in any way.

The point is..I’m so tired of this. For these past 2 years my life has changed so much..my self-confidence is down in the basement. I barely talk to anyone. I just want this all to end.

(Sorry for posible errors or confusions in writing. English is not my native.)

badhairday · 4th November 2009, 02:26 AM

IPL really helped with my nose flushing, the size of my pores and swelling. I know it does
doesn't help everyone but it might be worth a shot.

Jen

maria_moi · 5th November 2009, 05:00 PM

Really? IPL helped you? And have you had some remission or not?

I would like to try that, but right now my derm is putting me on that treatment I have written about in the previous post.
He is totally against any drugs or steroids or lasers or hormon therapies. He only prescribes some creams made by his recipes (I know they contain Dapson..), that make my skin exfoliate, and peel-off..they are pretty agresive. Like I said, the point is to peel off the skin, to make it so thin, and to come to the healthy part of the skin.

I don’t know what to think? I’m not sure if that is the right way. At this point my skin is horrible. It is so iritated and red, with flakes. I cannot cover that with makeup because it only looks worse. And the other (and biggest) problem is my nose. So red, huge, with those terrible pores and constant burning.

And those cremes are so agresive..I’m afraid to use them, but on the other side I’m afraid to stop using them. That dermatologist is really well known in my country and very apreciated. It is said that he has excellent results in treating these kind of skin problems.
So that is why I’m sticking to what he says. Plus, he was literally the only person who understood what kind of problem do I have. Everybody else were just telling me that “it is all in my head”, “nose cannot grow”, “it’s not so bad”..etc

I don’t know.. I have some good days, and I have a lot of bad days. Right now, I’m experiencing really bad days. I’m going through such a bad period. It is so depressing. When will this end? I’m beginning to think that it will never end and that I will have to live with this till the rest of my life..and I’m not sure how to do that..