Hopeless Teen Male With Red Oily Itchy Skin
by Kelly
(California)
Hi,
I am currently a very confused and depressed teenager. My story begins about 1 year ago when suddenly after taking some Ziana topical cream my face started getting red. I am a very active, outdoor kid with an olive complexion. My dermatologist told me this was just a side affect. I stopped Ziana but I was left with this random flushing during different parts of the day. It was terrible and embarrassing. I would feel like 200 degrees at random parts of the day and when I wasn't flushing bright red I still had a redness around my cheeks odd looking on someone with my color of skin. I then turned to Minocycline which I liked for a bit returning my face to its normal color being able to get tan again without burning (I think it took out the inflammation while being on it). I then turned to natural medicine out of desperation. I went to a very strick diet of brown rice, vegies, some fruit, and soy, and some meats. I cut out all gluten and a lot of sugar but not completely. My face is now left with this redness that has good days and bad days. I went to 5 dermatologists to see what they had to say. One said it was seborrheic dermatitis another said it was eczema with atopic dermatitis. The dermatologists said I have had eczema my whole life (the topicals just made it worse and brought it up) they prescribed me Desonide and I didn't take that. The only thing that seems to help is when I go outside and be in the sun but when there's a span of no sun then I'm ruined. I WANT THIS GONE!!!! Please, please help!