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hi there,

Been only using the ZZ cream, once a day, in the evening, preferably before I go to bed.
However I don't think I'm using enough of it because it's been almost three months and I've used only half of the jar...

Almost 11 weeks in : Great results but not done yet. Whenever I think that I'm seeing the end of the tunnel, I have a small breakout and/or a rosacea flare...BUT, my forehead is pretty much clean ( I'd say 90% and it looks smooth ) and my cheeks, when they breakout, usually get 2 to 3 very small pim...

Two or three days after I started with ZZ, my skin got pretty bad : a rash on both cheeks and forehead, skin very red and really itchy. Now, two months into the treatment, my skin is better than it was before I started the treatment ( and especially a LOT better than when I stopped the antibiotic )....

Don't worry. These are normal. At least that's what I have when I break out on ZZ. No huge pimples, no cysts anymore, only these tiny blemishes ( some of which itch like crazy when they appear ).... Well at least, if they aren't "normal", we are in the same boat. If it helps you : I'm two ...

Hi ! You know you're applying too much if it causes extreme flakiness/dryness. Also, during my first two weeks, it was really itchy too. I wanted to tear my face with my own hands when it was at its worst. Now, it does not itch anymore, or only when I break out but I almost don't anymore. Don't give...

Actually, both are antibiotics and are used to control the P&Ps that come with rosacea ( started to have spots two years after the redness itself ) and a bit of the inflamation. However, while in some cases they reduce redness, in other they increase it ( Metrogel is notorious for being rather h...

Hi ! First of all : holy cow ! You look like a really young Malcolm McDowell ( circa A Clockwork Orange ). Other than this, it sure does look like a very mild beginning of rosacea. Rosacea has multiple causes. Actually, many believe that it's actually a collection of different conditions bound toget...

Five weeks update : skin is looking better than I can even remember of. Besides some minor blotchiness and pinkness, my skin looks more or less normal. I guess that most people couldn't even see it. However I know that it's not over yet and that there will probably be another outbreak tomorrow or in...

Hi ! When I break out with ZZ, I have very small spots that don't turn into whiteheads and usually itch a bit/a lot. Some of them are not even visible unless you look at my face from a certain angle because they are almost flat and very small. I've only had two whiteheads in a bit more than a month ...

lol well. When I started to look really better : NEW OUTBREAK

But I don't care much though because it is half as bad as the previous one which was nowhere near the first one. Time indeed !

Ok so during first week I tried to apply it twice a day, like it says on the ointment, after moisterizing my skin. It was too much for my skin to handle. Within two days, my skin began to litteraly crack open because of the dryness :? , to peel like crazy. I also had this eczema like appearance : in...

I hope that what follows will help you a bit keeping strong with the ZZ treatment : I think I'm finally seeing the first real results of the treatment. My face has been almost clear ( almost becaue there is still one on my cheek that has been dried out and is very sloooooowly fading away because it ...

Ouch..it sucks...but yeah, lots of people on this board have been through this kind of reaction. It's an initial breakout because of the mites dying. They decompose on your skin and present you with all of their nice bacteries...Even I went through this kind of reaction but probably not as bad since...

It's true. Rosacea has basically turned my life upside down almost four years ago now. It has brought me in places darker than I could imagine. I basically "decided" that I don't need to make it worse than it already is myself by being completely paranoïd about it as I used to be. Besid...

Well it's Day 22 and I'm doing ok I guess. I'm almost done with my second outbreak but the state of my face varies greatly during the day. I can look decent in the morning, my face starts itching around 4 or 5 PM, then I have three or four more pimples but they are very small. Then I wake up the nex...