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Anyone with Rosacea tried efracea?

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Lilac_S
Lilac_S

I'd like some real stories to consider what it may or may not do if poss. I'm so fed up of feeling embarrassed about spotty skin. At 44! I didn't have spots as a teen sad

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  • rosiecoia
    rosiecoia Lilac_S

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    Hi there I'm 44 and doc said iv got it had it nearly 3 months scanned the bet and all the forums and was still list non wot to try so I got dermilex and I think it's good bit pricey and cetaphil for washing my face
    • Lilac_S
      Lilac_S rosiecoia

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      Hi. I've had it for a year and doc gave me a cream at first that was useless. Then 3 months antibiotics. They worked and it went for 3 months. Now it's back worse than before. The new antibiotics were prescribed today but lots of awful sounding side effects sad ps dermilex made mind worse. Expensive mistake!
  • sleew
    sleew Lilac_S

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    My story...I always blushed easily but at about age 50 I started getting a beet red face when hot, embarrassed or stressed.  Very embarassing.  Then my face broke out and I looked terrible.  My niece swore that going gluten free literally cured her rosacea.  I tried everything else first, nothing worked and I was desparate so I went gluten free.  I still flush easily but it never gets super red, and I haven't had a break out in over a year.  My skin is back to normal.  I wash my face with a sulfur based, prescription soap once a day (or just use Selsun Blue in the shower as it has sulfur in it).  I put a very light coat of calamine lotion on my face when it is flushed (doesn't happen much anymore).  Back when I used to get super red and my face felt like it was on fire, I would slather on the calamine lotion and it immediately took away the heat and the red...a life saver.  So....was it the gluten?  If it wasn't I don't know what it was, and  it is a small price to pay to be able to hold my head high in public again.  (I also have way more energy than I used to so it's a win-win.)  I hope this helps.  I remember how helpless I felt and it is such a relief to have my face back.  Good luck to you!
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