From: gnas_@_.edu Date: Sat Mar 13, 1999 3:49 am Subject: [rosacea] Re: Dr. Nase, occular symptoms Hello Dawn, I am not ignoring your post -- I just need some time to organize my thoughts and type them out. I should post something about ocular symptoms and treatment early next week. About the retin-A -- how can I say this so that it does not come across too aggressively............ well here goes.................. It is strongly recommended that rosacea sufferers: First and foremost -- do nothing to irritate their skin. This is the exact nature of retin-A. I know that it does a wonderful job on the bumps, but I strongly recommend that we find something else that works as well on the bumps without the potential side effects of irritation and increased blood vessel growth. Geoffrey ======== Dr. Geoffrey Nase Original Article: http://www.egroups.com/list/rosacea-support/?start=2284 > Dr. Nase: > > Boy what a debt of gratitude we all owe you! Such great information and always so clearly stated! Now that I've sucked up a little perhaps you can help me with my eyes. Although I can keep my skin fairly well under control most times, my eyes are getting steadily worse. My doxycycline doesn't seem to effect them much. I'm trying to identify triggers and I'm using some eye cleansing pads that seem to help a good deal---I gently scrub the eyelid margins every morning with the little sudsy gauze pad and that keeps the bumps off the lid margins for the most part. My right eye is so bad that during a flare the skin under it gets raw and scaly. My eyes are always runny & bloodshot, my lashes (once long and pretty) are stubby, sparse, and come out before they're fully grown. So far I've figured out that heat--sitting too near a heater--is a major trigger for my eyes. > > My only other question is about your comments on Retin-A. It helps my bumpies SO MUCH. I've used it off and on for ten years. Do you feel there is enough risk of it causing or worsening the little red vessles in my cheeks that I should give it up? > > Bless you for your help, > > dawn glover > > > Dawn Glover >