Do You Really Want to Use Drugs for Rosacea?

[Guest guest]

For Mercola to try and connect rosacea with a psycholgical problem is ridiculous

( of course that is one of the items that he is selling) in my opinion, but the

diet changes are good and I think that the person should make sure that they

cover all of the bases nutrionally with especially large amounts of vitamin C

and the other antioxidents. Also I would make sure that only good oils are used

in the food preparation.

 

Frank

 

 

 

http://mercola.com/2003/apr/2/rosacea.htm

 

Do You Really Want to Use Drugs for Rosacea?

 

Rosacea, a common disorder of the facial skin, affects about 14 million

Americans. However, 78 percent of Americans have no knowledge of this disease,

according to a survey.

 

Not only do most Americans not recognize the disorder, but they also don’t know

how to treat it. Rosacea causes red-faced, acne-like effects, which can result

in psychological and social problems if left untreated.

 

Many patients use topical creams as a treatment. According to a study, Nix

(Permethrin 5%) cream, which is traditionally used to treat lice, was found to

be an alternative to the topical treatment of rosacea, as researchers found Nix

to be superior to Metrogel 0.75% gel.

 

Journal Family Practice March 2003;52(3):183-4

 

 

 

Dr. Mercola's Comment

 

If you haven’t heard of rosacea before, don’t feel bad--most people haven’t.

Rosacea is the term that has been given to an acne-type condition that is most

predominant in women and on their cheeks.

 

Notice how the rash is in a “butterfly distribution” with the body of the

butterfly centered over the nose. Most milder cases are only on the cheeks.

 

Nearly all traditional approaches involve the use of antibiotics. The safer ones

restrict themselves to topical applications. Metrogel would be the standard that

most doctors use for this problem.

 

The researchers conducting the above study somehow got the brilliant idea to use

Nix topically to treat this. Amazingly this worked. However, it is not something

I would have ever advised or suggested. Why?

 

Nix is designed to kill higher-level organisms like lice, which more closely

resemble humans than do bacteria. As a result, Nix is toxic, as some sites show,

especially if used everyday.

 

So if you have rosacea please listen up. I don’t guarantee many things, but this

one I will:

 

Drugs are not the answer, especially topical Nix.

 

Fortunately, rosacea is typically quite an easy problem to treat. More than half

the time it responds to the elimination of grains, primarily wheat, and sugars

from the diet.

 

Fine-tuning involves eating for your metabolic type and addressing the emotional

stresses in your life, as these will cause impairment in the immune system that

will make rosacea more difficult to control. My new book, Dr. Mercola’s TOTAL

HEALTH Cookbook and Program, gives you everything you need to know to boost your

immune system to fight conditions like rosacea and more, and even gives you a

basic test to determine your individual metabolic type.

 

In terms of the emotional side of things, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT)

works remarkably well in resolving emotional challenges. I use this

psychological acupressure technique routinely in my practice and find that it

works better than any other traditional or alternative method I have tried.

 

For step-by-step instructions on how to perform this effective technique view my

free EFT manual.

 

It is very rare when the rosacea of patients I treat doesn’t rapidly resolve. I

am confident that the above recommendations are valid and will resolve the

problem for most people who struggle with this cosmetic challenge.

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

( Thanks David for keeping me honest. Guess I need to read these things a little

more closely. Frank )

 

Hi Frank, rosacea, like psoriasis and other skin disorders can most

certainly result in psychological and social problems such as various

social phobias. People with bad skin or highly visible birthmarks often

experience outright discrimination and hostility in daily life. Note

Mercola wrote " can result in " , not " can be caused by " .

 

Cheers,

 

David

 

At 09:43 PM 5/1/2004, you wrote:

 

>For Mercola to try and connect rosacea with a psycholgical problem is

>ridiculous ( of course that is one of the items that he is selling) in my

>opinion, but the diet changes are good and I think that the person should

>make sure that they cover all of the bases nutrionally with especially

>large amounts of vitamin C and the other antioxidents. Also I would make

>sure that only good oils are used in the food preparation.

>

>Mercola:...

>Not only do most Americans not recognize the disorder, but they also don't

>know how to treat it. Rosacea causes red-faced, acne-like effects, which

>can result in psychological and social problems if left untreated.

>...