My rosacea is "weird"

[ny biker]

I'm so glad my PCP does skin work. That's the only screening I'll subject myself to. No interest whatsoever in seeing a derm who would biopsy every one of my hundreds of moles. Considering the people I've seen coming out of dermatology offices, it looks like they take LITERALLY a shotgun approach!

+1 on maybe seeing an allergist-immunologist. Even if the diagnosis is correct, isn't there some thinking nowadays that rosacea has an autoimmune component?

I've never had a dermatologist biopsy anything unless I asked them to, and even then they sometimes say it's not necessary.

I do find that dermatologists and PCPs usually think that my various skin rashes are contact dermatitis, even when I can tell that something internal is causing it.

[KatzPajamas]

I was diagnosed with the beginnings of rosacea several years ago and tried medications...but was not real comfortable with possible side effects for lots of things, including cancer. About 15 months ago, I began working with a personal trainer to strengthen my core for various reasons. My personal trainer recommended an interesting diet. Eliminate all processed food, sugar, bread, and pasta, no pop, diet pop, limited fruit juices. Eat as much nitrate free meat, fresh and cooked veggies as possible. I also eat yogurt, cheeses, fruits, and TONS of nuts! Within 10 minutes of waking up, I take 1TBSP of Olive oil or Carlson's Cod Liver oil, followed by a shot of pomegranate juice. In training I have lifted weights twice a week for about 45 minutes. I have gone down 4 pants sizes, can do 30 push-ups (I am 58 and have never been able to do even one push-up!) and my skin looks like I am twenty or thirty again! The dark circles are gone from under my eyes and my skin is literally glowing and dewy without a hint of rosacea! (I always wondered what they meant on commercials when they said glowing and dewy skin) Might I add, that even while my new best friends are BACON, EGGS, AND CASHEWS, my cholesterol numbers have righted themselves!
One morning I looked in the mirror at my face and my incredibly toned physique, and realized that I am walking proof that You ARE What you EAT!