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No More Burning Skin
I used nightlighting and charting and kelp to analyze/improve my cycles.  You gotta be careful what you ask for because I had regular, but painful periods until age 55
I was calling my eye thingy "eye rosacea".
Interesting. I literally had no cycles for years though, and now it has returned and is very regular! The only different thing is a low vitamin A diet. I don't have painful periods, but I do hate the hormonal swings... 😛
I was thinking about what might be in common between my rosacea and my raynauds and remembered something I read a while back -- a theory that rosacea might be about capillaries. I can see how it is SOMEWHAT like a facial case of eczema, but there might be more than that going on. Makes sense when you add in the tiny broken capillaries that get involved in the rosacea face around the nose. This could be a thing where vit A has been stored in the tiny cappilaries, I suppose, and causing trouble.
I have suspected lately, and don't know if this is a separate gene issue and NOT down to vitamin A, that I'm alcohol intolerant. I have the alcohol flush reaction. So, I've been off of alcohol for a few months.
I always liked a daily glass of wine or beer and always just thought the flush was an annoyance. But it turns out that alcohol might be more of a problem for people who show the flushing. Could the cappilaries be unhappy because of the lack of the enzymes needed to break down alcohol in a timely fashion?
IMO my "background" skin has gotten whiter and my rosacea stands up redder against it lately.
I've always also been the type to blush and flush ANYWAYS. Very light skinned.
Quote from lil chick on June 16, 2019, 9:18 amI was thinking about what might be in common between my rosacea and my raynauds and remembered something I read a while back -- a theory that rosacea might be about capillaries. I can see how it is SOMEWHAT like a facial case of eczema, but there might be more than that going on. Makes sense when you add in the tiny broken capillaries that get involved in the rosacea face around the nose. This could be a thing where vit A has been stored in the tiny cappilaries, I suppose, and causing trouble.
I have suspected lately, and don't know if this is a separate gene issue and NOT down to vitamin A, that I'm alcohol intolerant. I have the alcohol flush reaction. So, I've been off of alcohol for a few months.
I always liked a daily glass of wine or beer and always just thought the flush was an annoyance. But it turns out that alcohol might be more of a problem for people who show the flushing. Could the cappilaries be unhappy because of the lack of the enzymes needed to break down alcohol in a timely fashion?
IMO my "background" skin has gotten whiter and my rosacea stands up redder against it lately.
I've always also been the type to blush and flush ANYWAYS. Very light skinned.
Alcohol is very good at releasing stored VA, the flush is probably VA related.  Once you have depleted VA, alcohol should be able to be consumed without issue.   Alcohol dehydrogenase are used by both alcohol and VA metabolism.
That is so very interesting Orion, thank you!
Quote from lil chick on June 16, 2019, 9:18 amI was thinking about what might be in common between my rosacea and my raynauds and remembered something I read a while back -- a theory that rosacea might be about capillaries. I can see how it is SOMEWHAT like a facial case of eczema, but there might be more than that going on. Makes sense when you add in the tiny broken capillaries that get involved in the rosacea face around the nose. This could be a thing where vit A has been stored in the tiny cappilaries, I suppose, and causing trouble.
I have suspected lately, and don't know if this is a separate gene issue and NOT down to vitamin A, that I'm alcohol intolerant. I have the alcohol flush reaction. So, I've been off of alcohol for a few months.
I always liked a daily glass of wine or beer and always just thought the flush was an annoyance. But it turns out that alcohol might be more of a problem for people who show the flushing. Could the cappilaries be unhappy because of the lack of the enzymes needed to break down alcohol in a timely fashion?
IMO my "background" skin has gotten whiter and my rosacea stands up redder against it lately.
I've always also been the type to blush and flush ANYWAYS. Very light skinned.
The flushing could be from sulfites. I can drink vodka (no sulfites) with no problems, but get the same flushing reaction with beer, wine, and certain liquors.
That is true Eliza it could be sulfites. Another thing is histamines, which wouldn't be in vodka but would be in the other.
I can't drink hard liquor, though.  I think you are right it doesn't make me as red, but I'm even more likely to end up sick. I can have a few sips.
I've been experimenting with having about 1/3 cup of beer a night. Wine tastes funny to me lately. Hubs is smart and thinks I should be alcohol-free, he gave me a look when I poured a beer last night. But I'm intrigued by the idea that alcohol might help break up VA. And I LIKE beer. 🙂
I've read about a million times that SMALL amounts of alcohol are good for the circulatory system. More than one drink a day and this flips to bad for the circulatory system. I'm betting that means for me 1/2 a drink a day. I'm kid-sized.
@lil-chick I'm kid-sized too. And I drink a shot and a half of straight vodka every night. Maybe it's not the best (or healthiest) plan, but I am hoping it helps with vitamin A depletion, as I've had more than my share over my lifetime (A supplements, multis, brief accutane, tons of high carotene veggies). One article I found: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3367262/
What an interesting study! thanks!
Please correct me if I'm wrong, but..don't we want the vitamin A to stay safely in the liver and quit causing trouble in the tissues?
(from your source)
"Interestingly, whereas alcohol consumption was shown to decrease hepatic retinoid levels, these levels are actually increased in extra-hepatic tissues, leading to the concept that alcohol stimulates the mobilization of hepatic retinoid stores to extra-hepatic tissues. To summarize the multiple studies which have investigated this phenomenon, there is evidence to suggest the chronic alcohol consumption increases tissues retinoid levels in specific brain regions, the colon, esophagus, kidney, lung, testes and trachea [18,19,20,21,22,27,40]. It is important to note that although all of the studies mentioned above were focused on the effects of chronic alcohol consumption, it is also known that acute ethanol exposure can affect tissue retinoid levels. Similar to the effects of chronic alcohol consumption, acute alcohol exposure has been shown to precipitate a decline in hepatic retinoid content, with a concomitant increase in extra-hepatic tissue retinoid levels (specifically serum, adipose, and kidney) [27,41,42]."
This study seems to show that people who drink have higher levels of eczema.
https://medicalxpress.com/news/2017-04-high-prevalence-alcohol-disorders-eczema.html
One of my friends has remarkable skin--so perfect. She doesn't drink (she is also a vegetarian and has a sweet tooth).  She isn't in perfect health, so I'm not sure what to make of her as an example, like we all are, she is a mixed bag. I suppose her body might just not choose to use her face as it's detox point. But out of everyone I know, she wins the wowzer skin award.