Hello,
I just wanted to let you know that, in order to look at the poll results, I
clicked the "Did not try it - the Rosacea Diet is too difficult" because I have
not tried it yet. But that is because I was going on a long vacation and I know
that is a recipe for disaster with a new diet. For the record, I do not think it
is too difficult if it works.

I came across this group while researching an alkaline diet for another problem
I am having, and I was hopeful that it would help my red face also. Mine has not
progressed to breaking out over the last 12 years or so, but I do have one eye
that has just a touch of something: red, hurts, weepy along the lid fold, comes
& goes for no reason I can find. The doctors 12 years ago could not pinpoint a
diagnosis. At that time I was not only red but my eyes were swelling shut
occasionally. Cortisone shots were the treatment they used then so I just try to
ride it out now with Neem oil. Back then I had every test they could think of,
including Porphyria, but I balked when the doctor said the next step was a
biopsy while it was actually occurring.

I currently live in another state and have another job, so it could be that
there was an environmental trigger or stress causing the swelling. They tested
me for so many things, but not one of them ever suggested rosacea, and I had
never heard of it at the time. Now I am just red, but my eyes do not swell shut
anymore. The redness never goes away, so I do not consider it "flushing"
although I do get redder if it is really hot. I do not think it is Lupus and the
doctors never offer anything meaningful. The horrible thing is that even
hypoallergenic makeup triggers this, so I only cover it up for very special
occasions.

Sorry for the long post; I just wanted to introduce myself to the group before I
became an old-timer. I really enjoy reading everyone's posts.