Hi!
I came on this site to see if anyone else who has been treated for acne rosacea has something similar to what I have! I've gone to two doctors and they've all told me I have some form of acne or rosacea but can never be sure. Antibiotics or creams for acne don't work for me in fact they make it worse which leads me to believe it is rosacea. What do you think? Any advice helps .. 
This doesn't appear to be rosacea in my opinion. Rosacea usually includes acne in the form of pustules and papules. This looks like a form of folliculitis. There's two different types of folliculitis, bacterial and fungal. Fungal is often misdiagnosed and is often triggered by the use of oral antibiotics. Research both and come to the conclusion of weather or not you believe it to be bacterial or fungal. If you believe it's fungal, you'll need to research malassezia folliculitis. Type in "malassezia folliculitis skincare science" in google and read the extensive information that site provides. You can also ask your dermatologist to do a skin analysis. What skincare products are you currently using?
Hi WestCoast82,
Thank you so much for the advice! I will definitely look into that and bring it up with my dermatologist. As of right now, I am treating it as rosacea and only using a sulfur ointment that has minimized the redness extensively and moisturizing my face morning and night. I'm not on any antibiotics but I do feel like in this past week I've had more "triggers" because now I can see clear flesh like bumps rising and I'm not sure if these are pimples or what you would consider papules.
Anyways, I will update if I come across any new info!
Thanks again,
Littlered16,
I know you posted this sometime last year, but what I have is almost exactly what you have in those pictures. Have you found anything that works?? I havent gone to a dermatologist yet, but I wanted to see if anyone else had the same issues or of anyone has found a solution first!
Thanks!!
Hi Littlered16,
I am very keen to hear whether you found out what this condition was and if so, how to treat it. I have something that looks very similar and my dermatologist too was unsure whether it is rosacea and the treatment thus far just seems to be clearing up the redness a bit.
Best,
Kit.
HelloI would like to know if you could solve your acne problem? Now I havingthe same type of acne and they also tell me that it is rosaceabut I get worse with the treatment, please if you could answer me. Thank you
On 1/5/2019 at 4:39 PM, KitFerg said:Hi Littlered16,
I am very keen to hear whether you found out what this condition was and if so, how to treat it. I have something that looks very similar and my dermatologist too was unsure whether it is rosacea and the treatment thus far just seems to be clearing up the redness a bit.
Best,
Kit.
Hello, Im having the same problem, could you solve It?
