Skin Problems - Acne maybe?

[Jasmain]

Okay, for the last year I've been dealing with some strange pimple like things showing up on my skin, different places, but all over my body scattered. The doctors have put me on a bunch of different antibiotics, no help. Now I'm getting these tiny white pimply bumps on my face, under the skin... not much seems to be helping them at all. The doc said rosacia looking, and put me on a cream to treat them.. anyone got rosacia here? Isn't it usually red, or makes your skin red or something? I'm at a loss, and I am SO tired of doctors just handing me stuff that doesn't work! Anyone else ever have something like this going on?

[sadie147]

Re: Skin Problems - Acne maybe?

Yup I have rosecea, both the red symptoms and 'acne rosecea'. It's small white bumps like you described..though I only get it on my face. It's not something you have all the time, but get breaksouts of it...caused by various things. Out of curiousity, I thought I saw a post that you had left Atkins for a bit? Was that when it hit you? My rosecea has only broken out once since I started Atkins..and it was when I've had sugar. It used to break out regularily. Maybe this is what triggered it for you?

I used to have a prescription, called metrogel, but I didn't find it helped much..and I had to use it daily, whether I had a breakout or not.

They say it can also be triggered by certain foods like spicy ones, alcohol, dairy etc depending on the person. Also be careful what you wash your face with, I like to use a really mild cleanser called Spectrojel. If I use those alcohol sanitizer gels on my hands then touch my face...It can aggrevate it as well.

Here's one site I just found with info..you should do a few searches. http://www.about-rosacea.com/rosecea_mspell.htm

Also ask at the drug store about possible soaps and creams that are over the counter. I know that Neostrata makes a very good one, and recently I heard a radio ad for a rosacea soap as well.

Good luck!

[Jasmain]

Re: Skin Problems - Acne maybe?

thank you, it must be the little white pimple type one on my face. they also gave me that metrogel! wow, small world! Thank you for the info, I'm looking into some other things to use on my face!

[sadie147]

Re: Skin Problems - Acne maybe?

if you cant seem to find the cause...it's a good idea to try cutting out things that may be triggering it..for a week. ie try cutting dairy for a week, if that's not it readd it then cut out caffeine etc. it's really hard i find to find the trigger..mine just happened to be sugar so it was a fluke that i noticed it when i started atkins.

[Jasmain]

Re: Skin Problems - Acne maybe?

Okay, well, let me say.. since I obviously got thrown for a loop when I left my husband, lost my son to marine bootcamp and real life got a bit hectic, I'd say it's probably from the HORRIBLE stuff I did to my body before I got my huge hiney back on track again, so I'm hoping since Atkins will normally cut out 99% of what could have triggered it, I'm hoping that being BACK on track will naturally take care of this then! You're the best, thank you so MUCH for the information, it definitely never crossed my mind that all the junk could be doing it. I'd be willing to BET that's what it WAS.