SkinMedica Sensitive Skin Cleanser

I am in my 60’s and was recently diagnosed with rosacea. I’m talking the red face with pustules the size of a dime! I don’t know how this condition took so long to identify as I’ve seen a dermatologist frequently for over 25 years based upon the ongoing need to have basal cell issues addressed. My long time doctor recently retired so I was scheduled with the younger doctor sharing his office. I’ve always had easily aggravated skin which I attributed to it just being sensitive. Chances are if rosacea had been diagnosed earlier, I may never have hit the awful giant red bump stage. At any rate, if you have redness surface easily or have been diagnosed with rosacea, this is the cleanser for you. The dermatologist told me to use Cerave and was shocked when I told her it irritates my skin. She went down a laundry list of cleansers in the same price range (Cetaphil, Acure, Avene, etc), so I went to the store and bought them all. Well, 3 weeks later my face was a red blistered mess. I gave each product a few days, and when the red bumpiness increased with each, I stopped them. The doctor prescribed Metrogel and doxycycline. The Metrogel made my face explode so I stopped it after 10 days, but I believe the antibiotics are helping. Then, I remembered Skinmedica, which I had tried some years back but put aside for a time based upon a glycolic wash that really helped my large pores and skin texture. I had to ditch the glycolic when the rosacea came. So, finally an end to my story-I am taking antibiotics and using only the Skinmedica wash for sensitive skin and my face feels and looks better than it has in a very long time. I don’t know if I have come to the end of a very bad flair or if it’s the change in face wash. I can say I will not be stopping the Skinmedica to find out.