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Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

I have just scanned over your posts myleastfavorite. I can offer some help.... Yes the beta blockers will help a great deal, not just for flushing from exercise but flushing from numerous stimuli. I s...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

one thing i wanna mention about PLAQUENIL is the stomach discomfort. It's weird, but like "if it were up to me", it wouldn't be a problem at all. like the actual sensations themselves are not that p...

In forum Rosacea & facial redness

15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

my primary doctor said she would not take vitamin levels for me. she said to see like a HOMEOPATH.   she did do some bloodwork for thyroid and other stuff.   has anyone tried BETA BLO...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

thanks for the reply marc o. i appreciate your comment about the beach not needing to literally be a beach.   the reality is that our bodies are permanently changed and they will dictate parts o...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

yeah i have to change my earlier position and say that, between the plaquenil and the brimonidine eye drops that i topically apply to my face, my flushing has improved.   the brimo drops seem m...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

Myleastfavorite   I have been on it almost for a month too,has not kicked in for flushing/redness yet but honestly its only been a about a month and these drugs are weird and kick in randomly &nb...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

hey does anybody here remember/know the name/email of the inventor of accutane? i remember someone in this thread mentioning that they were actually being treated by him. i think he was in new jerse...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

ok. so the plaquenil MIGHT be helping. i am currently in bed TOASTY under my covers. and i usually get flushing when i do this. but right now i dont seem to have much flushing.   but of cou...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

lol i just emailed every dermatologist at the hospital near me about my situation. i dont care anymoreeeeee!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they can all think im crazy!!!!!

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

Damn, thats a long time ago An it hasn't improved?     nope. not at all.   i honestly dont know what im gonna do. i just sent emails to random dermatologists begging for their he...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

anybody else taking plaquenil notice dry mouth or red eyes? i ALREADY have both of these, and maybe im just paranoid, but they feel a little bit worse.

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

just curious are there any other gay guys out there suffering from post-accutane stuff?   if so, PM me. would be nice to talk to another one.   anyway. ive been on plaquenil for one mont...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

just curious are there any other gay guys out there suffering from post-accutane stuff?   if so, PM me. would be nice to talk to another one.   anyway. ive been on plaquenil for one mont...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

Hi Soul 78,   I wake up with the swollen looking, wrinkly, old toes (and on my genitalia). Its a sign of dehydration. Ive been off accutane for well i guess about two years and it doesn't impro...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

What do you all think are the biggest "triggers" for flushing?   Besides temperature...which may be the biggest one, but the most obvious...   The other day I had chocolate cake...and I had ...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

Oli, why did you pursue Plaquenil instead of Quinacrine?   That is encouraging that you were able to get positive effects from such a low dose of Plaquenil. Were you at 200mg when the flushing s...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

myleastfavoritemistake,   Has your flushing improved at all over these 6 years? In regards to you being more susceptible to flushing I agree. I believe that all of us that are post tane flusher...

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15 years ago
Post Accutane/Minocycline Facial Flushing

Hey everyone.   I took accutane 6 years ago.   I have flushing/redness to this day. My dad's fam has a lot of rosacea, so it was probably a latent potential that accutane really unleashed o...

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15 years ago
Negative Accutane Experiences

I have rosacea after taking accutane. I do have rosacea on one side of my family (paternal), but the onset of symptoms did not happen until exactly after accutane.   and the wikipedia entry fo...

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16 years ago
I Want my SEBUM Back

What's the difference between Moisture and Sebum?   I admit I am new to all this, so I don't know dermatology very well.   I never had dry skin before Accutane...and the rest of my body's ...

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16 years ago
I Want my SEBUM Back

So I am posting about this issue on the Mind/Muscle forums...and I post this on the thread there. So I am adding it here, b/c there are a couple more details relevant to this thread, too. And I don'...

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16 years ago
I Want my SEBUM Back

OP, I have this problem.   I took Accutane 5 years ago. My forehead and cheeks are still dry, leathery, rough, like wood. My pores look huge and "dried up." The hair along my "hairline" (neck,...

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16 years ago