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Updates

In February 2022 we sectioned off about three quarters of our website to members only and only allow guests to view a portion of our website. At the end of March we switched to a subscription based website for members only and allow 95%e of our website to members only who subscribe at least $2/month donation ($1/month for three or more months). Guests were allowed to post for free in our guest forum if until the end of June 2022. Now guest cannot post period unless they subscribe. Watch Season 2 Episode 3 that explains all this. 

Since November 2023, due to a generous donation from one of our members, we have opened up the member forum to guests to view and only allow subscriber members to post. 

My current regimen is using Azelaic Acid generic topical regularly, avoid sugar/carbohydate as much as possible, use the ZZ cream on a regular basis (once a week), stopped drinking alcohol, take loads of vitamins/minerals, drink lots of sugar free seltzer, eating high protein/fat, and continue taking carvedilol. 

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My most recent regimen is taking vitamins, minerals, supplements, and homeopathy treatment prescribed from an acupuncturist in Rome, GA, Howard Elrod. I also use Azelaic Acid Gel, 15%, about three to six times a month. Occasionally I  also use the ZZ cream. My rosacea is controlled, but when I go off my Rosacea Diet, it flares up. 

Just an update on my regimen. The vitamin, minerals, supplements and homeopathic treatment the acupuncturist/nutritionist in Rome, GA prescribed for me as mentioned in my post dated November 27, 2023 I have continued and my health has improved. I can list the treatments I am using for overall health if anyone wants to know. I used Azelaic Acid 15% gel for my rosacea. While I still have occasional white heads and rosacea mainly on my cheeks or nose, it is controlled fairly well. When I eat some sugar I notice it flares up again, but once in a while I cheat on my Rosacea Diet for some ice cream or soft serve since that is my weakness or craving. 

The reason I am not posting as much as I have done in the past is that I had a major life change in May 2022 which affected my mental and emotional stability. It has taken a couple of years to recover. One thing that has helped me is going back to work full time. Now I am emotionally and mentally stable. As anyone knows, stress can aggravate rosacea, and now my rosacea is fairly controlled, but, of course, not healed. That is why rosaceans still search on the internet for solutions that may help control their rosacea. I still find it so odd that rosaceans do not want to come together in a non profit organization and engage in their own research and have a positive impact on the medical community by banding together in numbers to influence the pharmaceutical and skin industry. All rosaceans want to do is rant and rave about rosacea in social media rather than do anything unitedly. It is so sad 😞 . For over twenty years the RRDi has tried, and all we have to show for it is one journal edition and a website full of free rosacea data. Not sure if we can keep it going in 2025 unless we get another generous donor who appreciates what the mission of the RRDi is all about.