The art of trigger avoidance

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Hi guys,

we never talk much about trigger avoidance strategies but only about specific triggers to avoid. I know that deeply depressed are advised not to be too estatic when they improve and get better. They should not invite all the friends for a party the day they feel great again, instead they should cool it a bit for half a year till their brains have gotten fully balanced again. I guess its the same for rosacea, that you really need to keep on being submissive for 6 months after you experience what appear to be full remission. Dont listen to others telling you that you are healthy and nothing is wrong with you. Well, you probably do have some low grade inflammation just waiting on the next skin care product on the market. Dr. Soldo might be right about rosacea getting more aggressive during the last couple of years, and in particular being aggressive for people hanging out here. Really, never giving the skin a break but ever looking for some new magical skin care product might be counterproductive for most.
I sense that when you get into full remission a whole other set of products are needed, then its OK with thicker creams, like cold creams and you may only need something like Cetephil bar soap to wash your face with - a bit like the old days where you didnt need to wash away imbalances on the epidermis and didnt have to think about occlusive skin care products. In some respect, many recommended rosacea topicals and skin care products are more harsh than what you used to apply.

Thanks for other comments, I have made my own views very clear here but nice to hear others views and experiences. It seems like laser treatments require quite a lot of trigger avoidance both before and after, so worth hearing something about that