I have shoulder length hair and almost always wear a ponytail
because I notice when I try to wear it down my cheeks get irritated
in spots. I'm convinced it's caused by the hair products that I
use. My face always goes a little nuts when I wash my hair so I try
not to do it in excess. I'm lucky to have non-oily hair so I can
get away with washing it only once or twice a week.

An update: Things are going really well for me in terms of my skin
but then again it should look good considering all the money I've
spent on Plexion, Noritate and laser treatments! A woman actually
told me recently that my skin looks absolutely perfect, like
porcelain. As many of you who have read my posts over the last year
can imagine, I was floored---and totally insanely overjoyed! It
took me a few moments to gather my senses and say "Thank you so
much!" This is what many rosaceans only dream of hearing and it
made me realize that I'm still really too critical of and obsessed
about my skin due to all that I have been through with rosacea. It
has been a long slow process but my skin has healed and continues to
heal and look better every day. I can actually use acne medications
like salicyclic acid or benzyl peroxide on pimples without waking up
with splotchy, red patches all over my face. I also sparingly use
Retina-A products every now and again when my skin is in need of
exfoliation and have no problems there either. I think the
important thing to remember is that it takes a lot of time (and
trial and error) to find what will work for you. Don't be quick to
give up on a product if you're not seeing fantastic immediate
improvement. If it's not making you worse, give it some time. It
took a lot of damage to hurt your skin and it will take a lot of TLC
to make it all better. It took me about 2-3 months to see REAL
improvement from using Noritate. In total it has taken me about 1.5
to 2 years to get to the point I'm at now. It hasn't been easy.
Battling rosacea is very hard and SO frustrating. I felt like no
one understood. This board helped me tremendously as did Dr. Nase's
book (plus a lot of my own research and trying different products
and prescriptions). It's always great to know you're not alone and
it's ever better when things start looking better



--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, Nancy Wellhousen
<nancywell@y...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> About 10 days ago I decided to see if whacking off my hair would
help my
> flushing, based on the theory that the heat could escape more
readily. My hair
> was about mid-length and late one night I got the scissors and
went at it.
> [Think Edward Scissorhands]
>
> It wasn't a great cut BUT I'm not flushing as badly. [I didn't
change anything
> else in my routine.]
>
> I can walk the two blocks to work and not turn into a tomato-
head. I can drink
> cold water and eat non-trigger foods without turning bright red.
I can drink
> wine with only slight blushing [as opposed to looking like I was
ready to
> explode.]
>
> The cut is VERY short. I guess the experiment now is to see how
long it can
> grow before I start flushing again.
>
> Nancy W
>
>
>
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