seb derm/rosacea and oral antifungal (Sporanox)
Tuesday, March 1st, 2005Hi everybody,
I´m still in search of a ´solution´ for my skin… Antibiotics gave
me a thick, accumulating layer of yellow, greasy skin around my mouth
and on the cheeks. Honestly: every single week I can take a cotton
path and take off a thick layer of yellow stuff. Underneath my skin
is irritated and red then and if I get rid of the sebum stuff I get
more red pustules again.. And within a short time it´s back. I
noticed that the skin on my outer cheeks (jawbone area and outside
half of my face) doesn’t have this and actually CAN handle lots of
moisturizers. Only the problem area doesn´t accept anything.
In Dr. Nase´s book he mentiones that it´s wise to get rid of this seb
derm (as I suppose it is) first, because it sensitises the skin even
more. Ketoconazolcreams etc. are too harsh. I recently tried a self
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