Seeking additional info about a topical treatment I used t..

When I was around 24 I had my first experience with rosacea when a
area underneath my right eye reddoned and became scaly. This also
when I learned I was allergic to tetricyclines when I blew up like a
blueberry after taking some "miocine" my sister had been prescribed to
treat acne. After trying various things to try and treat it myself
after about a month and the visit to the er for an intravenous dose of
benedryl I had succeeded in doing nothing to improve the problem. In
fact the area had actually become larger I was very self concious of
it and as a result I began using something called "bagbalm" on the
area to conseal the flaking which was more embarrassing than the fact
that it was red atleast that was my opinion. The fact that I used
bagbalm was not because I thought it would help but because it was
available and seemed to last the longest at what I was usiong it for.
Had vasiline been in the cabinet I would have used it as the two are
very similar. In any event after about 3 weeks the area had receded
and the redness was noticably reduced to the point where I stopped
treating it. It began to come back after a week so again I started
treating it and continued well after it had almost dissapeared out of
fear it might return. Eventually I stopped cannot say exactly but
since than I have not experienced it as badly but I have had a fewq
lesser outbreaks that went away before they became as bad. Does anyone
know if this is already been discovered or someone who can tell me if
the bagbalm was responsible or could peanut butter have been just as
effective? Certainly washing and scrubbing was not. I read the
ingredients used in bag balm which is sold as a treatment for cows
with sore tits. The product contained lanolin and e hydroxyquinoline
in a petrolatum lanolin base. I first learned of it at a nursing home
where it was used for the problems of incontinence and I purchased it
to relieve chapped lips the product listed chappped lips as one of the
things it was good for and carmex seemed to me to make things worse if
I stopped using it on a regular basis.


JFYI

It sounds more like you had sebhoria. Which, I can't spell, btw. I have
that as well. It comes and goes by itself so the bagbalm might not have had
anything to do with it. There are specific meds for treating this
condition.
ar

"me at home" <rosmini RemoveThis @yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> When I was around 24 I had my first experience with rosacea when a
> area underneath my right eye reddoned and became scaly. This also
> when I learned I was allergic to tetricyclines when I blew up like a
> blueberry after taking some "miocine" my sister had been prescribed to
> treat acne. After trying various things to try and treat it myself
> after about a month and the visit to the er for an intravenous dose of
> benedryl I had succeeded in doing nothing to improve the problem. In
> fact the area had actually become larger I was very self concious of
> it and as a result I began using something called "bagbalm" on the
> area to conseal the flaking which was more embarrassing than the fact
> that it was red atleast that was my opinion. The fact that I used
> bagbalm was not because I thought it would help but because it was
> available and seemed to last the longest at what I was usiong it for.
> Had vasiline been in the cabinet I would have used it as the two are
> very similar. In any event after about 3 weeks the area had receded
> and the redness was noticably reduced to the point where I stopped
> treating it. It began to come back after a week so again I started
> treating it and continued well after it had almost dissapeared out of
> fear it might return. Eventually I stopped cannot say exactly but
> since than I have not experienced it as badly but I have had a fewq
> lesser outbreaks that went away before they became as bad. Does anyone
> know if this is already been discovered or someone who can tell me if
> the bagbalm was responsible or could peanut butter have been just as
> effective? Certainly washing and scrubbing was not. I read the
> ingredients used in bag balm which is sold as a treatment for cows
> with sore tits. The product contained lanolin and e hydroxyquinoline
> in a petrolatum lanolin base. I first learned of it at a nursing home
> where it was used for the problems of incontinence and I purchased it
> to relieve chapped lips the product listed chappped lips as one of the
> things it was good for and carmex seemed to me to make things worse if
> I stopped using it on a regular basis.
>
>
> JFYI