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[imjstpeachy]

I had moderate acne that was always just acne...no redness other than my actual zits. Then in November, I decided to go to a dermatologist, and she prescribed me retin-a, doxycycline, and duac. My face reacted to the prescriptions by getting red and dry, but I assumed that it would get used to it and calm down. After a month and a half of redness, the derm switched me to differin. I noticed my acne getting a little worse, so I switched back to retin-a. I've noticed that the redness is coming back again, though. So today I was looking around the site and read a little about rosacea and flushing and I realized that I flush quite a bit, so i looked in the mirror closely and noticed a few small broken capillaries. But I thought about it, and I realized that what's wierd is that I have only started flushing and turning red since starting retin-a. Before that, I don't think that I flushed/blushed, but since starting my prescrips, I've gotten comments about my blushing. So I'm wondering...does this sound like retin-a is a trigger for rosacea for me? or is my skin just reacting to the retin-a/prescriptions (not rosacea, but different reaction)? Also, if I stop the topicals, will the flushing and other rosacea symptoms stop too, or are they here to stay, even if I stop using them?

As far as I know, there's not really a family history of rosacea...but I am a white female (17), so apparently that predisposes me to possibly having rosacea.

Thanks so much for any help!

[john151]

THIS THREAD IS WORTHLESS WITHOUT PICS.

in a nicer tone, everyone here suffers, no one here judges, so post up some pics, you'll get a much better diagnosis. If you're worried about your identity then put it in MS PAINT and put boxes over your eyes.