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23 Sep 2009
Hey, I'm thinking of getting some mineral powder makeup, possibly concealer but definitely foundation. I was just wondering if anyone could reccommend any good brands? I've been looking at the bare escentuals collection and I'm leaning towards that. Anyone had any experiences with it?

I should say that I'm mainly looking to cover redness with the foundation - possible rosacea. Oh and I'm a guy. I don't really have a problem with wearing makeup but at the same time I dont want anybody to know if that makes sense. I dont want it to be obvious. Any tips?
17 Sep 2009
Ok, so I went to my doctor today, convinced I have rosacea. The problem was I went pretty much straight after waking up, when my skin isn't that red. He said no, not rosacea, basically get out of here you time wasting idiot, your skin is fine.
It's a few hours later now and I can feel my skin, across my nose and cheeks gradually getting redder and redder. In an hour or so more it's gonna be bright red.
I don't know what to do.
I'm on the nhs, I've been waiting months for a derm appointment but there isn't much hope there and now my doctor's think I'm imagining my symptoms. Even though I have the hot flushes, flushes which seem to be triggered by anxiety, heat etc. And I have what I believe to be the constant redness. Am I going crazy? I swear I can see this redness but nobody else seems to be able too.
I feel like screaming!! I'm convinced I have rosacea and they won't give me anything to treat it with. He wouldnt even give me anything for my anxiety/depression. Said he was wary of prescribing after only seeing me once. What the hell happened to the medical profession? When did they sudenly become all ethical, all reluctant to hand out pills? I was of the opinion that was all they did.
So what to do? How best to treat redness without a prescription? Can anybody help?
13 Sep 2009
I've never really had to look in this forum before, I used to just have acne, no facial redness. Now I have both. Lucky me.

I first noticed the redness a few weeks ago, it started as these weird facial flushing moments, my face would get bright red and I'd get all stressed out. Then the more I worry about getting red the redder I got. Viscous cycle.

That was a few weeks ago. Now its worse. I'm still getting the facial flushing, now actually more often, but also my face is red constantly too. Most of the time it isnt bright red, just red, but it gets red after I start flushing and getting hot and bothered. And pretty much everything triggers these bouts of flushing. Im not sure if I can take this to be honest.

So what is this? Is it Rosacea? The redness is mainly across my cheeks and nose, also in the folds that run from nose to mouth. That's a constant redness. When I flush my whole face goes red. I'm taking tetralysal 300 (lymecycline), which Ive been taking for about 8 months. I used to be taking Isotrex gel too but that irritated my skin so I stopped. Now all I use is the antibiotics and a supposedly gentle face wash, though it still makes my face feel tight and uncomfortable. I have very sensitive skin.

Does anyone have any ideas that could help me?

My GP, who I've seen quite a few times thinks its anxiety related. It might be I guess, it could explain the facial flushing but that doesn't explain the constant redness. Round where I live is terrible for dermatologists. I was supposed to be seeing one in may, I was hoping for accuatne, but that got cancelled and they havent made another appointment for me yet. Its a joke.

So this is the only place really I can get help. Please tell me somebody can help me. I was struggling badly enough with just acne. With both... I honestly dont think I can take it. I already have no life because of acne, but at least I had a vague hope of a life in the future post accutane. This redness is just taking my hope away. Im 25, Ive had enough.
22 Aug 2009
I wasn't really sure where to put this but this seemed as good a place as any. Maybe if nobody can help I'll try the facial redness forum but I dont think that is really what I've got. Obviously I've problems with my skin and acne (which is why Im even on this site) but I dont think this is a related problem.

The skin around my nostrils and in the folds of my skin which run from nose to mouth, kind of a little triangle, is red and inflamed. It might be shaving related because after shaving its worse. Normally the problem annoys me so much that I just grow a beard which seems to help a bit. Now though i want to give the clean shaven look a go and Im getting frustrated. Ive tried cooling anti shave balms but that didnt really help. Does anyone have any ideas about products that might help? Ideally something that wont break me out.

Thanks.
19 Jul 2009
Im taking about 400 milligrams a day of tetralysal and in-between my teeth the enamel is turning yellow. A few years ago I was taking it for over a year and my lower teeth became discloured. Now after starting again, after about four months, my upper teeth are going yellow as well. Is there anyway to prevent this? Or even better is there anyway (a cheap way ideally) to get rid of the exisiting yellow? Ive always had pretty good teeth and I really dont want bad skin and bad teeth. Can anyone help?

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