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Valued Contributor
Posts: 833
Registered: ‎05-17-2010

Re: Was told today I have rosacea; I thought I had elder acne.

I have gone to a dermatologist for years.  I use Aczone for the acne, and Finacea for the  rosacea.  Recently, I had a number of cysts and she perscribed Oracea to take orally.  Everything is stable.  I plan to stop the Oracea in a month or so.

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Posts: 516
Registered: ‎03-21-2017

Re: Was told today I have rosacea; I thought I had elder acne.

I was diagnosed with rosacea about 35 years ago.  I had IPL (intense pulsed light) on it over 10 years ago.  It was a miracle!  It has recently started flaring up again and am planning on doing it again. Expensive, but definitely worth it as the effects lasted so long. I was also prescribed the antibiotics, etc, but they only helped temporarily, and it always came back pretty quickly.