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    More Women than Men Have Rosacea?
    In a significant number of medical papers on rosacea, the general consensus has been that more women have rosacea than men, particularly in certain variants of rosacea. Typical examples of medical authorities who report that more women than men have rosacea are shown below. We also have investigated and report what clinical papers mention which sex has what issue (rosacea variant or phenotype) more than the other. 

    For more information (requires subscription)

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    As the treasurer of the RRDi, I have joined arbonne and have setup a consultant account which if RRDi members join under this account all the proceeds made getting our members to join Arbonne and use their skin products and protein drinks for rosacea, or any of their products will help keep our non profit organization going. You could say arbonne is one of our affiliate sponsors. If you join and purchase a welcome kit ($49) or a preferred client ($29) purchase any of the arbonne products or services the RRDi benefits. arbonne is a member of the DSA CODE OF ETHICS

    As soon as we have learned you have joined, we will waive the subscription fees and make you an active member. Contact us if you join arbonne through our independent consultant link which we will confirm. We will then send you your login account as an active member of the RRDi. 

    Welcome Kit
    By the way, when you join arbonne and get your welcome kit ($49) you get discount prices and if you get others to join arbonne through your account you benefit and so does the RRDi. This is a direct selling program according to the DSA CODE OF ETHICS.  Find the reply to this topic button to answer any concerns or questions about arbonne or joining arbonne. Thanks. The RRDi joined in June 2022 and we recommend you consider joining arbonne under our Independent Consultant recommendation. 

    Preferred Client
    If you just want to be a preferred client ($29) which also helps the RRDi. Then when you purchase any arbonne products you get a discount. 

    My Regimen
    What works for me is the following which improves my rosacea and cleanses my body, lost five pounds of weight in one month and I am now on my second month: 

    FeelFit Pea Protein Shake Simply1 - Vanilla Flavor 30 servings SKU 2060 US

    BeWell Superfood Greens 30 servings SKU 6232 US

    CleanTox Herbal Detox Tea 20 tea bags SKU 2076 US

    Take the Protein shake two scoops with any liquid you desire along with one scoop of the BeWell Superfood Greens in the am and drink one tea bag of the Cleantox before bed. You can eat as much food as you want, I found I wasn't as hungry with this regimen so I ate less. I try to walk 2.6 miles each day and do thirty pull ups. My rosacea has improved. I will be showing photos next month in my blog. arbonne is quality products, natural, and has many skin products you may consider. I have lost five pounds in thirty days with this cleanse program and my rosacea is controlled. Post in this thread if you join and your results. 

    arbonne has many other products to choose from for your skin and nutrition. All are plant based and natural. 

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    Rhealba® Oat, the DERMAtological OAT, "is found at the heart of A-DERMA, an exceptional active ingredient that rebalances, soothes and repairs fragile skin." [1]

    There are clinical papers published in prestigious dermatological journals and have investigated Rhealba® Oat. [2] These clinical papers investigating this 'exceptional active ingredient' are sponsored by the Pierre Fabre group according to PubMed. [3] For example, the following  paper in investigating this subject concluded, "Overall, the study product was very well tolerated and may be beneficial for subjects with rosacea as an adjunct to superficial dermatological procedures or oral/topical therapies, in line with the current recommendations for rosacea management." [4]

    These types of clinical papers are typical of skin industry supported rosacea research that is going on which rosacea non profit organizations like the National Rosacea Society, the American Acne and Rosacea Society, and the Acne and Rosacea Society of Canada support. [5]

    The RRDi is the lone watchdog (or the Snoopes) of skin industry sponsored clinical papers published in such prestigious dermatological journals that puts pressure on the medical community, particularly dermatologists, to treat rosacea. The skin industry does not support the RRDi because we do not sponsor any research since we receive no donations from the skin industry and we have barely enough donations to keep our website going till the end of December 2022. [6]

    One of the mission statements the RRDi has published for the public is the following: 

    Goal # 4: To allow rosacea sufferers to guide where and how the money is spent on rosacea research and be the first non profit organization to allow rosaceans to be members of the corporation. Until June 7, 2004, the date of incorporation, there had been no other non profit organization that allowed input from rosacea sufferers. [7]

    If you suffer from rosacea, do you want some novel rosacea research that is independently sponsored by rosaceans or do you want to continue to support skin industry sponsored rosacea research that puts positive pressure on dermatologists who read these prestigious dermatological journals? By replying to this post you could show you want change to the current rosacea research being sponsored by the skin industry. 

    Our goal is to reach 10,000 subscribers to the RRDi who donate $1/month, so we as the only 501 c 3 non profit patient advocacy group can fulfill the following mission statement:

    Goal # 5: To attain a level such that the RRDi can directly impact medical articles published on the subject, information disseminated to physicians and rosacea sufferers and apply positive pressure on the medical community. [7]

    Help us achieve our goals. Subscribe

    End Notes

    [1] Rhealba® Oat,  A-DermaPierre Fabre group

    [2] PubMed Central

    [3] Pierre Fabre group

    [4] PubMed RSS Feed - -A cream containing the sap of oat plantlets and mandarin extract soothes the symptoms of rosacea and improves the quality of life of patients

    [5] Links

    [6] The RRDi received a total of $6000 in the past twenty years from one company, Galderma, for three education grants which we have publicly disclosed, but Galderma refuses to donate or sponsor the RRDi since we spent that money. 

    [7] Mission Statement

  4. We used to allow guests to post feedback without registering an account in this forum but now require guests to subscribe to post. Scroll below about Active vs Inactive members

    Voting Member
    The RRDi has now over 1000 charter members who have graciously joined providing contact information so that they can vote in our decision making of who serves on the board of directors every five years. If you want voting member status we require more than just an email address to vote. We understand that many of you do not want to provide such information so that is why we have setup the non voting member group discussed below. 

    Non Voting Member Who Registered an Account 
    We have in the past opened up our membership to anyone who provided an email address without giving us all the contact information. These non voting members who do not provide full contact information (only providing an email address) are not be able to vote for who serves on the board of directors, l had viewing and posting privileges in the forums with access to the member areas of our website. We hoped to increase our membership since many were reluctant to join if they have to provide contact information. This way, only those who really want to vote will graciously provide such information if they want to, or, opt to be a member and be totally anonymous, with only providing an email address.  

    By only providing an email address we are also allowing those to use their Apple or Facebook accounts to register an account with our forum, as well as Microsoft, and Google accounts. If you have any issues with registering an account, please use our support form or contact form and describe the issue so we can improve our registration process to make it as easy and user friendly as possible. By using one of the following sign in accounts below (Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, Google) it should be easy peasy (if not let us know). We are still working with Twitter and Linked in about this but you can use Apple, Facebook, Microsoft or Google login credentials with the RRDi and it should be the easiest registration.  

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    Changing to a VOTING MEMBER
    If you join with just an email address you are a member, however you are NOT a VOTING MEMBER. If you are a non voting member and want to become a voting member read the paragraph above on Voting Member, that explains providing contact information allows you to vote. If you do indeed provide us with your contact information, i.e., first and last name, mailing address, phone, alternate email address in your PROFILE, and want to be considered a VOTING MEMBER then contact us and explain so we can change your account setting to a voting member. The easy way is simply to subscribe.

    Changing to an ACTIVE MEMBER
    If you logged into your account and are not able to have access to parts of our website, you have become an INACTIVE MEMBER. All that is required now is to SUBSCRIBE

  5. We are pleased to announce that members can now post REVIEWS in our affiliate store. Here is a screen shot of a review:

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    In the screen shot above the review can be viewed if you click on the tab PRODUCT REVIEWS and MEMBERS can RESPOND TO THIS REVIEW. So if you find an item in our store and you have used the item and want to review it all you do is, (1) Find the item in the store, (2) login with your RRDi account (only requires registering with an email address), (3) Scroll down to the product information tab and next to this tab find the PRODUCT REVIEWS tab and click on it. (4} Find the WRITE A REVIEW black button and click on it (5) Write your review in the comment box

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    You may have some thoughts on the subjects of anonymity, transparency and posting on the internet. This post is our explanation of how we understand these three subjects and if you have any thoughts on this, you are welcome to hit the REPLY TO THIS TOPIC button and add your thoughts (requires subscription to post). If you receive an error message for any link on our website, it probably is because you are a guest and are not allowed to enter the member areas of our website. (requires subscription to view or post)

    RRDi

    The RRDi is transparent when it comes to how we spend our donations with our financial page. We have the Guidestar Seal of Platinum Transparancy

    Privacy Policy

    Our privacy policy is second to none and we challenge anyone to find any loop holes or tell us how we can improve it. 

    Private Member Forum 

    We have implemented measures so that only members can view the member forum using the Invision Community platform which is the most secure and private rosacea forum on the internet.  If you use Sign in with Apple, you can hide your email address totally, the ultimate in privacy registration. However, Windows, Linux, and Android users are welcome and can basically have the same anonymity by reading how to do this and taking extra steps recommended to have the same security and privacy in the most private and secure rosacea forum group on planet earth. 
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    Guests

    Guests used to able to create a cryptic display name and post in our Guest Forum on our website for free in areas open to guests without registering an email address until the end of June 2022. Effective since then guests are not allowed to post anymore without donating for a subscribtion and gain total access to our website. Guests can only view a small percentage of our free information on rosacea. Members who subscribe gain full access. 

    Voting Members

    Voting members are required to give us first and last name, address, phone number and an alternate email address. If you are concerned about your privacy when joining the RRDi as a voting member, you can rest assured our privacy policy is solid and we would never disclose your contact information with anyone without your permission. 

    Anonymity vs Transparency

    Where do you stand on this issue? If you haven't given this much thought you may want to read the article published on MashableTransparency vs. Anonymity: Where Do You Stand? [INFOGRAPHIC & POLL]. Of course, everyone wants both anonymity and transparency, however, as the Mashable article points out usually you favor one over the other, so there is a balance to consider. The RRDi tries to balance anonymity and transparency, so, depending on where you stand on this issue you have choices. 

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    Transparency

    One of the core principles of the RRDi is transparency, which can be seen reading our charter. The RRDi has received the Platinum seal rating from Guidestar on Transparency.  Not all non profit organizations for rosacea have this seal. For example, our charter states, "Sources of funding to the institute will be publicized including the name of the donor unless the donor requests anonymity. Expenses of the institute will be publicized down to the last cent, showing where all the spending went and for what purpose." Rule Number Two states, "To be a legal corporate member a name, mailing address, two email addresses, and a statement of whether the member is a rosacean or not a rosacean is required."  While the RRDi doesn't have the volunteer editorial staff to accomplish what Snopes offers, we are doing our best to imitate what Snopes does (Snopes' staff motive is they are paid which we wish we could pay our editorial staff as much money as Snopes offers their staff, but alas, we are all volunteers and simply don't have the funds to pay our staff).  

    Over 1000 members agreed to these two rules when joining by registration which allows the individual as a legal non profit corporate voting member of the RRDi.  

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    Anonymity

    Many are under the impression when joining the RRDi as a voting member that giving out their contact information is an intrusion on their privacy (which is far from the truth since our privacy policy is solid). Also, it appears that many rosaceans have moved on to social media such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Reddit, etc., which seems to be less anonymous (frequently blog posters display their real name), and favors more transparency, so who can figure out why the yahoo groups and forum style posting (with cryptic [usually humorous] display names) are less used now in favor of transparent social media? Are you aware that when you join a private social media rosacea group and post, any other member of the group can now view your profile? How private is that? That depends on what your profile shows, now doesn't it? Members of the RRDi can only view what you ALLOW to be viewed in your public profile. Only the RRDi staff can view your email address. The public never sees your email address in your profile, unless you somehow allow this. 

    Usually most rosaceans want anonymity (read below how you can hide your true identity when joining the RRDi in the subheading, CHANGE YOUR PROFILE, and learn how to Change Your Display Name to a cryptic display name), but at the same time want transparency with the non profit organization they join while totally remaining anonymous as a member. There is a fine balance between anonymity and transparency and the RRDi allows you to have both if you join as a member and has given this a great deal of thought.  We hope you agree this is how a non profit organization with members should have choices regarding their anonymity as well as having transparency when it comes to the organization they join. 

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    Posting

    How You Can Remain Anonymous while Posting in the RRDi Member Forum?

    Follow these directions

    As mentioned above about Sign in with Apple, you can remain totally anonymous and completely private using your Apple ID when registering and hide behind a cryptic display name and also hide your email address totally.  

    Change Your Profile

    You can completely remain anonymous when you post in our member forum. You can change your display name to something cryptic or clever. Only the staff at the RRDi has your membership information. The RRDi will NEVER display or disclose to anyone your profile and contact information without your permission. Our Privacy Policy is solid. And if you join only with your email address, the staff has no idea who you are. Your email address is your only ID, so, how much more anonymous can you get? 

    Change Your Display Name

    The steps to change your display name are the following: 

    1. Login to your member account by looking for Existing User? Sign in (Top Right Corner of your screen)

    (if you are having issues logging in please contact us, giving your first and last name, your email address used when registering your account as a voting member and we will assist you in being able to login to your member account. If you registered only with your email address just contact us with your email address and we will be happy to assist )

    2. Once logged in you will see your display name in the top right corner. Click on the toggle and select ACCOUNT SETTINGS. In the left column of the account settings page look for DISPLAY NAME. In the column to the right of display name type in the field box under CHANGE DISPLAY NAME (to the left of the field box it says NEW DISPLAY NAME) change to whatever new display name you want to remain anonymous. 

    3. Click the SAVE button. Voila!  You are now anonymous. No one knows who you are. 

    Hide Your Online Status

    You may also want to hide your online status

    Sign in with Apple

    The ultimate privacy is using Sign in with Apple.

    Private Tapatalk Member Forum

    We have now sponsored a private Rosaceans Tapatalk member forum which you can join for those who prefer Tapatalk. For more information

    Guests NOT Allowed to Post (requires subscription to post)

    We in the past have allowed guests to post here without registering. Effective at the end of June 2022 we have not allowed guests this privilege anymore and guests must subscribe to post which makes a guest a member.  

    Reply to this Topic

    There is a reply to this topic button somewhere on the device you are reading this post.  (requires subscription to post)

    Mahalo

    We also now have a mobile app for your device (currently this project has been paused). Why not join now since you have a better understanding of our privacy policy? If you still have questions or concerned, please read the last paragraph about REPLY TO THIS TOPIC.

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    Volunteer Benefits
    Volunteering has benefits not only in helping others but for the volunteer. 
    Watch the three videos on this page!

    An Active Member is one who has posted within the last thirty days and has full access to the RRDi website. An Inactive Member is one who has not posted in the last thirty days and is therefore restricted to guest privileges of access to the site until such time as the member becomes active again with either a subscription or as an active volunteer. Only subscribers or active members may post. 

    Any SUBSCRIBED member or active volunteer may post within thirty days. Volunteer Active Members may waive the subscription fee. If you want to have your membership as a volunteer active member and have the subscription fee waived use the fill out this form

    Volunteering Reduction
    From 1998 through 2005 there was an incredible volunteer spirit that drove the formation of the RRDi. Since 2005 the force that motivated so many to bring together rosacea sufferers into a grassroots non profit organization has dwindled to just a flickering wick. Why is it that rosaceans (rosacea sufferers) don't volunteer anymore?  Rosaceans have moved on to rosacea social media platforms

    Andy Seth, an entrepreneur, has a blog post, The Way We Think About Volunteering Is Dead Wrong, states, "research shows that the happiest volunteers are those who give 2 hours per week. That’s it. 2 hours."  

    Two Hours a Week
    If the RRDi could get any rosacean to volunteer 2 hours a weeks, that would be greatly appreciated. Most rosaceans want free information and visit our website but do not post. If you post on our website at least one post a month we waive the subscription fee. If you want to show your support to the RRDi and do not want to post, you can simply subscribe and boost our membership. Are there volunteers who actually volunteer two hours a week? There must be, otherwise the study is bogus. If we could get any RRDi member to just post their thought or experience with rosacea for 15 minutes a week that would be incredible.

    Volunteer to Post for 15 minutes
    We have dotted the RRDi forum with requests to RRDi members to simply post anything and over 1600 plus members as of this date are simply miniscule when it comes to posting. Getting our members to post is a challenge. If you have some insight how to get our members to post, we are all ears. You can reply to this post and comment to your heart's content. Of course, that is the issue, the RRDi members' hearts are not content to post. Why is that?  Feedback suggests that the Invision Community platform which we have been using since 2004 is not easy to use and rosaceans prefer social media platforms. Our answer to this is simple, watch this short video asking for volunteers to post on the RRDi social media accounts

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    Live Long and Prosper
    The research Mr. Seth referred to may have been the study commented on by the American Psychological Association that reports, "Volunteers lived longer than people who didn't volunteer if they reported altruistic values or a desire for social connections as the main reasons for wanting to volunteer, according to the study." This same study, Andrea Fuhrel-Forbis, the co-author concludes: 

    "It is reasonable for people to volunteer in part because of benefits to the self; however, our research implies that should these benefits to the self become the main motive for volunteering, they may not see those benefits." 

    Helper's High
    One of the benefits is what is called 'helper's high' which has been scientifically confirmed. [1] Of course, if a RRDi member who has rosacea helps another rosacea sufferer that would be the basis for receiving the 'helper's high.' Rosaceans helping rosaceans. 

    In trying to understand why volunteering amongst rosaceans has continued on this downward course, and googling this for an answer, The Guardian has an article about this subject and concluded, "But while the benefits of volunteering are clear, there is worrying evidence that the people who could benefit most from giving their time are precisely those least likely to be involved."

    The Current State of Volunteering
    Volunteer Match (which the RRDi has joined) has an article on this subject and states that the Bureau of Labor Statistics Report shows "that volunteer rates have been steadily declining for over a decade," [2] and comments, "There’s an endless supply of reasons that could explain why volunteer rates are falling. Last year, upon seeing the results, VolunteerMatch President Greg Baldwin argued that volunteer rates are falling because we as a nation don’t invest enough resources in the nonprofit sector. Without resources, nonprofits simply don’t have the capacity to effectively engage volunteers. Someone in the comments of that post argued that the falling rates can be attributed to the fact that more people are overworked with less time on their hands. Others say people are simply lazier than they used to be. I personally think it could be attributed to a shifting trend away from community involvement, due to the emergence of online communities, young people moving more often, and other factors." [3]

    In the above article mentioned [3] there are a number of comments and I think Ron from Florida's [April 16, 2016] comment is insightful: 
    "When I was younger, volunteering and giving back was part of life. It was something that we did and didn’t think twice about it. I don’t see that same philosophy these days. It’s to the point that schools here require some level of community service to complete your graduation requirements."

    Stem Learning reports, "It is suggested that stagnating volunteer numbers and in some areas, reducing numbers of volunteers, along with cuts made by local authorities falling disproportionately upon the volunteering sector funding, suggests a potential fall in people volunteering per se. Furthermore the 2015/16 Community Life survey, highlighted 14.2 million people formally volunteered at least once a month in 2014/15 and although rates are mostly unchanged, it appears irregular volunteering appear to show a 5% drop!"

    Carey Nieuwhof lists 6 REASONS YOU'RE LOSING HIGH CAPACITY VOLUNTEERS. I don't see how those six reasons are related to the RRDi, but I am all ears to anyone who can point out to me what the RRDi isn't doing or doing with regard to Carey's six reasons that we could improve. Our page on volunteering covers most of what Carey is discussing. 

    Without a doubt this explains the situation. Any thoughts on this subject would be much appreciated. 

    Online Volunteering
    Dr. Natalie Hruska says that the studies indicating a drop in volunteering over the past decade "do not factor in kinds of volunteerism today, like virtual volunteering" and writes there is "a necessity to redefine what volunteerism is and how we understand it today." [4]

    Volunteering Statistics
    "About 25 percent of Americans volunteered in 2015, according to federal data, compared to a global average of just 10 percent." [5]

    "The volunteering rate has declined slightly from 27 percent in 2002 despite the efforts of many American leaders..." [5]

    A Long and Winding Road

    Volunteering for the RRDi to help fellow rosaceans is a long and winding road that leads to your door, which is without a doubt, the most difficult door to open. Can you open that door and join us to find the cure for rosacea?  

    Volunteering for a Non Profit Organization

    You may want to read up on these subjects:

     

     

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    Reply to this Topic

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    End Notes

    [1] Helper's High: The Benefits (and Risks) of Altruism, Psychology Today

    [2] According to the 2015 report, 24.9% of the U.S. population over the age of 16 volunteered at least once in the past year. In 2011, this percentage was 26.8%, and in 2005 it was 28.8%. 

    "The volunteer rate declined by 0.4 percentage point to 24.9 percent for the year ending in September 2015..."
    VOLUNTEERING IN THE UNITED STATES — 2015, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Thursday, February 25, 2016

    [3] The U.S. Volunteer Rate Is Still Dropping. Why?, Tess Srebro | March 25, 2016 | Industry Research | Engaging Volunteers, Volunteer Match

    [4] Dr. Natalie Hruska, April 12, 2016 POST to the article in end note 2. Dr. Hruska had a YouTube video that discussed online volunteering but it is no longer available. Dr. Hruska has written a book on this subject, Managing the First Global Technology: Reflections on a relevant application of the Internet, in Kindle or Paperback

    [5] How to get more Americans to volunteer, The Conversation

    Civil society organization workforce as a share of the economically active population, by country, 1995-2000, John Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies

  8. 100 Active Subscribers Need to keep the RRDi going.

    If you can donate two dollars a month (minimum is one dollar if your subscribe for three or more months) by subscribing to the RRDi for one year as an active member this should be enough to keep the RRDi going. Please seriously consider this. Thanks. 

    If you can only donate for one month we request $2 since that helps with the PayPal or Stripe fee we incur when you join. 

  9. "Microneedling, also known as collagen induction therapy, is a common dermal therapy that utilizes devices that penetrate the dermis to a uniform depth, creating a controlled skin injury. This injury induces rapidly healing micropunctures with subsequent stimulation of collagen and elastin fiber production, resulting in skin remodeling and rejuvenation.9 Microneedling was originally performed with handheld rollers for treating acne scars, stretch marks, wrinkles and facial rejuvenation; however, microneedling devices have more recently been combined with the delivery of radiofrequency energy to heat underlying layers of skin and enhance dermal remodeling and improved clinical outcomes."

    J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2022 May; 15(5): 12–18.
    An Open-label Study Assessing the Efficacy and Tolerability of a Post-treatment Skincare Protocol Following Radiofrequency Microneedling for Facial Rejuvenation
    Elizabeth Grieshaber, MD,  Alison Glorioso, CMA

  10. A report indicates the following about the 'choice of vehicle' in treating rosacea: 

    "The choice of vehicle is an important consideration in the treatment of acne and rosacea." [1] For example, some report irritation using the Cetaphil 'Basis for Vehicle' using Soolantra. [2] Some treatment vehicles cause not only irritability but also dryness or other issues that are termed 'adverse events' (AEs). This same report puts it succinctly: 

    "Although topical therapy should avoid AEs associated with systemic medication administration, the efficacy, safety, and tolerability of topical therapy is influenced by percutaneous penetration, retention at the target for a sufficient time to obtain the desired therapeutic effect, and avoidance of adverse local reactions that may affect adherence. It has been noted that the drug product is only one of multiple components that determine the efficacy and tolerability of topically applied therapies such that the performance of a topical medication is also influenced by characteristics of the vehicle formulation that may influence penetration, permeation, irritancy, and patient preference." [1]

    The report "summarizes drug delivery systems that have been developed with the aim of improving outcomes for patients being treated for either acne or rosacea." [1]

    "In liquid and gel formulations, the bulk excipient that serves as a medium for conveying the active ingredient is usually called the vehicle. Petrolatum, dimethyl sulfoxide and mineral oil are common vehicles." [3]

    End Notes 

    [1] J Clin Aesthet Dermatol. 2022 May; 15(5): 36–40.
    Enhancing Topical Pharmacotherapy for Acne and Rosacea: Vehicle Choices and Outcomes
    Lawrence J. Green, MD and Edward Lain, MD

    [2] Soolantra Mechanism of Action & Basis for the Vehicle (requires subscription)

    [3] Excipient, Vehicles - Wikipedia

  11. The RRDi used to have a sister site relationship with the Rosacea Forum (RF), since one of our board members founded RF. David Pascoe, owner of Rosacea Support(RS), took over RF a while back. For many, many years, the RRDi and RF never had any advertisements like RS has done for years. Recently, in the past month or so, David has chosen to put advertisements on RF to help pay the bills since hosting a forum like RF is an expensive endeavor. As David points out in his reasons why he did this in this thread, the RRDi is in a similar situation and need donations to keep paying the bills which as everyone has noticed their bills are inflating and price increases on hosting are also feeling the crunch. The Invision Community platform which we have chosen to use since 2006 increased their hosting price this year by over 500%. The RRDi has chosen to resolve this with switching to a subscription based website. To access 95% of our rosacea data will require a minimum of at least $2 for one month's access or $3 for three months access. We hope this is the solution. The other option is to do as David has done with RF and put advertisements all over the website while browsing for rosacea data in the hope that these advertisements generate enough revenue to keep the site going. A third option is to have some rich donor sponsor the RRDi to keep the lights on. We still allow free posting here in our guest forum, so you can post a question about rosacea or make a comment about rosacea in our guest forum without registering and can hide behind a cryptic display name and no one ever knows who you are. Or you can donate a small donation either $2 or $3 and gain access to a wealth of rosacea data as a subscribed member. The RRDi would like some feedback in our decision to switch to a subscription based member forum. Why not find the REPLY TO THE TOPIC button and hide yourself behind a cryptic display name of your choice and tell us what you think?  

  12. 'An association between coffee drinking and a lower risk of death is well-established: A 2019 analysis found that drinking two to four cups a day lowered a person's risk of death relative to people who didn't consume coffee. Another analysis suggested that consuming three to four daily cups lowered the risk of dying from heart disease compared to no coffee at all. The same research found that coffee drinking was associated with a decreased risk of Parkinson’s disease, chronic kidney disease, Type 2 diabetes and certain cancers."

    Drinking coffee may be linked to lower risk of death, even with a little sugar, Health News, Aria Bendix, NBC 

    Annals of Internal Medicine
    Association of Sugar-Sweetened, Artificially Sweetened, and Unsweetened Coffee Consumption With All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality
    A Large Prospective Cohort Study
    Dan Liu, MD, Zhi-Hao Li, MD, Dong Shen, MD, Pei-Dong Zhang, MD, Wei-Qi Song, MSc, Wen-Ting Zhang, MSc, Qing-Mei Huang, MD, Pei-Liang Chen, MD, Xi-Ru Zhang, MD, Chen Mao, MD

    Annals of Internal Medicine
    The Potential Health Benefit of Coffee: Does a Spoonful of Sugar Make It All Go Away?
    Christina C. Wee, MD, MPH

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  13. There are simply two sub forums available to guests: 

    Guests or Feedback 

    Subscribed Members 

    To view the vast amount of rosacea topics you will need to subscribe. You may be having issues trying to navigate our website using a mobile device so here is a helpful tutorial to find Rosacea Topics. Watch Video. You will have to register as a member to view some of the content below. 

    Step one - Finding the Menu on the Home page (iOS - hopefully Android users are similar) - Look for the three bars top right corner (click): 

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    You should then see the following menu: 

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    Just under the HOME button find the NAVIGATOR button and click on it and you should see the following menu: 

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    The first word 'Navigator' is simply the title of this menu (don't click on it). The menu choices are now shown below this word, 'Navigator,' and you should begin scrolling down till you see the following: 

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    The menu button ROSACEA TOPICS is the second to the last choice. Click on ROSACEA TOPICS which brings you to the following screen: 

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    You may want to turn your mobile device horizontally to view the videos and subforums and scroll down to see all the choices: 

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    Now you can view the subforums but you are not allowed to enter a subforum without being a member of the RRDi. Membership requires a subscription and all you do register and then you can view over 7K posts and over 5.4K rosacea topics. Learn more. Hope this helps mobile device users on how to navigate our website. If you have questions, find the reply to this topic button and ask. 

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    This is just a helpful tip for those of you with an iPhone using the Photos app so you can show a history of your rosacea to your dermatologist by simply creating an album that shows a history of selfie photos of your rosacea flareups over a period of time.  Follow the directions from Apple on how to do this. You could name the album MyRosacea and designate which photos in the album to easily find it and show these images to your dermatologist. 

    Android users probably have a similar way to do this. If you really care about helping your fellow rosaceans and have an Android, wouldn't it be helpful to explain in this thread how Android users could similarly have an easy way to show a history of photos of all the selfies taken to record rosacea flareups on an Android?  

    It is important to have a record of your rosacea flareups for your dermatologist to review to show if your rosacea is progressing worse. You should know about the stages of rosacea. (requires subscription to view)

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