Today I use Rozex Gel 1% which looks fair for maintenance but does not eliminate the redness, sometime I use Elidel for 102 days, I am affraid to use Elidel because I heard 2 docs telling it can cause cancer, but Elidel evidently remove the redness from the face.
Any advice from the lovely people here in this forum will be deeply appericiated.
hi, i'm just repling to Rosacea Treatment i was just wondering how long did it take for the redness to disappear?
Same problem here, doctor send me to a dermatologist, He put me on Doxycycline hycate and a face gel called Sulfacetamide. Was working great but the Doxycycline seemed to give me stomach issues. When i go back i'm going to ask about metrogel, that seemed to work better after my first tx. Best to you.
I have Rosacea and seborrheic dermatitis also. But Elidel is for Eczema not Rosacea. Maybe he was using it off label for you? It does have some long term potential side effects. I would get another opinion. You may be getting rebound from going off of it. I am not sure if this drug does that. Cortisone definitely does. I use azaleic acid topical. It has worked for me for a long time. It is a prescription. You can also try low dose Doxycycline.
It's most probably rosacea which at one point was thought to be brought on by Demodex mites. That theory is not now not widely held as they have that many in the general population also have Deomodex mites but do not have rosacea.
In any event, many of us -- including myself -- have developed rosacea from the treatment drugs, probably the interferon.
2 years ago I used some abrasive pads from oil olay and also a make up to remove the oil from your skin after using the make up for 3 days and the pads a few times, I developed a huge rash on my face with something that looks like pimples. For the first time in my life after 32 years of age I had to visit a dermatologist and they gave me oral cortisone and also pandel cream for my face. It didnt't itch but it burns after those treatments everything would still come back.
It seems as though my condition has improved somewhat, but not completely and I am wondering whether or not I should try the Elidel now since I want to get this resolved faster! So I want to know if Elidel is really safe for the penis skin, since on the instructions it says not to get in eyes,vagina, mouth or rectum. Okay, so what happens if some gets down into my urethra since the area I am treating is right on my meatus (skin at pee-hole opening)?
thank you both I do remember getting the UVB narrowband before while I was taking the Elidel, for some reason I had stopped taking the Elidel and now I'm taking it again but I haven't had the UVB lately, I will ask them to use both of them again b/c my skin cleared up a lil bit when they did both.
Hi Dr.!
Thanks very much for your answer. After applying Dermatix for 2 weeks and saw no result, I decided to see a dermatologist. He prescribed me:
1. Carmed cream
2. Hydrocortisone 2.5%
3. Adeps Lanae
I've been applying them for only 2 days now, but I'm kinda wondering whether he gave me the wrong drugs. To my very limited knowledge (please correct me if I'm wrong), Hydrocortisone is used for eczema, so I was afraid he mistook my skin condition for eczema.
Okay, I know what Elidel is and that it is a non-steroidal treatment to dermatitis. However, I want to know if it thins the skin at all, to any extent? I read on the internet from multiple websites, that TCI's do not cause skin thinning or the side effects associated with steroid ointments, which is why it's usually used. However, one website stated that Elidel does not thin the skin "as much as" steroid creams do! So which is it for sure?
Thank you for your response. My dermatologist has taken me off elidel completely last week and doubled up my Doxy to 100mg twice a day. She did say that my rash could get worse at first but eventually the Doxy should work. I am only using Cetaphil for my face. My rash certainly returned as she advised. I'm have trouble understanding why the Elidel worked so well to clear it up but as soon as I stop it, everything returns? (seems was a temporary fix).
I noticed that my rosacea worsened after my first round of treatment, and has increased somewhat this time round as well. There is no other cause for my rosacea as since I had my laser treatment last time I have been hyper vigilant with using sun protection and hats, and have avoided being in the sun totally since starting treatment this time round. Needless to say, I don't drink alcohol and haven't done for years.
Search for natural ingredients for treatment of each condition starting with dermatitsis, whenever u see significant improvement then you are able to identify ur condition!!.
Natural treatment may causr stinging, irrtation ....etc, however this is definitely will go away afterseveral days up to couple of weeks unlike chemical drugs which can cause problema that lasts for months!!
By the way, sea salt (beach) then exposure to sun have shown excellent results in treating many conditions.
P.
I was prescribed locoid lipocream for mild dermatitis on my face. I was on it for 34 days and now am tapering off of it. I have not used the cream for 2 days but last night my face was a little flushed. I do not have rosacea, but is redness after stopping a topical steroid cream normal?
I plan to use it every 3 days, then every 4, every 5 and then stop. Does that sound like a good tapering schedule or should I just stop cold turkey?
I previously used Elidel 1% twice daily for two weeks on sensitive skin. I know what Elidel is and that it's an alternative to steroid creams for treatment of dermatitis & that is why I tried it. When I saw NO results after two weeks, I figured it wasn't going to help so discontinued using it. I want to know if that was too long to use without seeing any improvement (could it have done any harm)?
After researching it and finding out that it has a black box warning, I also asked for a prescription for EpiCeram which I am currently using and have used for almost a month now. My condition seems to be slightly improving very slowly, so I just wondered if Elidel would be any more effective than EpiCeram and clear my problem faster? Also, how long should I expect it to take for each of these topicals to work if applying them twice a day?
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