Rash on face, pustular bumps, flushing - WITH PICTURES!
Hi!
5 months ago I took accutane for the purpose of eliminating my oily oily skin (which was only eliminated while on it) for 5 months on a dose of 10mg a day. Around the forth month into treatment I began flushing intensely around once a day. I seized the accutane after a month of this occurring and the flushing gradually reduced for the next 2 months post accutane.
Around this 2 months post accutane mark - I had an allergic reaction to shrimp which caused rashes on the side of my nose, in and around my nostrils, and below my mouth. I used a prescription glucocorticoid steroid called mometasone furoate which would clear the rash up within hours of application. The rash would be gone for a few days but then reappear full force (bringing back the feelings of flushing episodes that accutane caused) - and I would apply the steroid to clear it up. This continued for a few months until about 2 weeks ago when I read up about steroid dependency. Here are pictures of me today:
Full face (bad lighting only really shows the LEFT side, but the right side is the same!):
http://b.imagehost.org/view/0525/IMG_2075
http://b.imagehost.org/t/0525/IMG_2075.jpg
Side of nose/blotchy redness on left cheek:
http://b.imagehost.org/view/0217/IMG_2086
http://b.imagehost.org/t/0217/IMG_2086.jpg
Right side:
http://d.imagehost.org/view/0328/IMG_2091
http://d.imagehost.org/t/0328/IMG_2091.jpg
Under mouth:
http://d.imagehost.org/view/0584/IMG_2095
http://d.imagehost.org/t/0584/IMG_2095.jpg
Now, I only applied the steroid cream around my nostrils, on both sides of my nose, and under my mouth; BUT I didn't apply the cream to the blotchy red spots on my cheek/on the top of my nose (between eyes). Could the steroid cream use cause an overall rosacea effect the these areas?
The derms I have been too all say its
Seborrheic Dermatitis , and wont even take the time to listen to me about the steroid cream use/ relation to accutane and just prescribe me MORE STEROID CREAMS!! which I refuse to use.
MY personal thoughts it that I have steroid induced dermatitis/rosacea. Normally steroids wouldn't cause an overall blotchy redness on cheeks, and rash on face/flushing. BUT because my skin was already thinned out and sensitive from accutane use I think the steroids may have had much more negative consequences then they would otherwise.
What do you guys think is wrong with me!? Should I just wait it out for a few months?