Dave,
Which laser helped the most with acne rosacea end of it?What does
thermage do for the rosacea?Thanks so much Dave.
Susan
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From: "dave_112477" <dawsondr@...>
To: <rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Sunday, July 18, 2004 7:51 PM
Subject: [rosacea] Re: Dr Ritchie


> Yes,
> I have been to see Dr. Ritchie 4x's in the past 4 months or so. My
> latest tx was 7 weeks ago. I must say that I am quite impressed
> with the results of treatment so far. I had rosacea on the neck,
> face and ears. You can do a search for my previous posts.
>
> Everytime I was in there, Dr Ritchie and his staff usually spent two
> hours on me. I had Thermage done the first tx along with IPL, YAG
> and blue light therapy. 3 more tx's of IPL/YAG combo (using two pass
> protocol for IPL) and blue/red light therapy followed. I think they
> did a 4 pass protocol on me during one of the tx's as well. All
> tx's were pretty aggressive and often uncomfortable, but never any
> bruises or negative side effects. I highly recommend him for
> anyone who is serious about getting their condition under control.
> I still have a ways to go, but I can honestly say that things are
> definitely much better than they were 3 months ago.
>
> My only problem is that I now live in Ottawa so that makes it a 16
> hour drive one way to see the man. But I will either fly or drive
> to continue my tx's because it is money well spent. I've wasted my
> money with other practioners, so I'll continue to go where I know I
> can get results.
>
> Good luck .
>
> P.S. these tx's have virtually eliminated my flushing to alcohol.
> I can still get a mild flush, but I no longer go beet red when
> drinking.
>
> Dave
>
>
>
> --- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, "susancooney"
> <susan.cooney@c...> wrote:
> > Has anyone been to Dr.Ritchie in Knoxville Tn. lately?
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