Our Exfoliating Kits are being added to the online store today.  My web team will be doing some work on all the new products today and tomorrow.   While we clean up the loose ends of the kits during a busy holiday season, expect a small delay with these new kits.   (Expected ship date is December 29th.)   If you have any problems online, Email me with the details and we’ll do whatever needs to be done.

Thanks.

Have a great holiday!

-Dr. Neal

      While some of the major side effects of Oral Medications have been debated in the literature, there is no doubt that Oral Isotretinoin makes some people’s skin more sensitive for many years.  This sensitivity can manifest in a dramatic fashion that sometimes rivals the stress of acne itself.  Some people experience facial redness and flushing with the slightest sun exposure, spicy foods, mild nervousness, or facial cleansing.  

      The trickiest part of this new situation is that the oral medication doesn’t always take care of the prior oiliness and acne.  With the new skin hypersensitivity, fighting off this continued oil becomes much more difficult because any facial product can trigger the redness and flushing.  A patient is often left with a decision to either remain oily and full of bumps or clean and completely red and uncomfortable.  Regardless of the amount of effort, it’s not an easy fix and patients often times begin to lose hope.

      Over the past 5 years, this practice has mastered this less well-known condition and will soon be launching an Advanced Exfoliating Kit for Redness and Flushing.  This comprehensive kit can resolve all issues of Redness, Flushing, Seborrheic Dermatitis, “Rosacea”, Post- Oral Isotretinoin Sensitivity, and Intolerant Skin.  The video below is a case presentation of a young man who had relentlessly suffered from this uncomfortable condition for years:     “Redness and Facial Flushing #1″

©2008 “Post-Oral Isotretinoin Redness and Flushing”  by Dr. Neal Schwartz

   At this time, those people who have facial flushing, chronic redness, seborrheic dermatitis, thickened skin, flaky skin, oily/dry combined skin, intolerant skin, allergic skin, and generally uncomfortable skin with or without pimples are recommended to start bootcamp using the minimal kit.  

    I have found that this sensitivity and thickening problem can be more stubborn to treat than acne itself.  Intended as an adjunct to the minimal kit, I have created an advanced kit for Seborrheic Dermatitis and “Rosacea”.  Rosacea is in quotes because I am referring to any Rosacea-like symptom of flushing, redness, intolerance to products, and discomfort.   I have been working on this kit for several years and am finally getting it ready to launch.  As some of you may know from reading my bio, I lived for many years with an annoying case of chronic flushing, irritation, thickening, and intolerance with my own skin and am happy to report that my face feels comfortable these days.  I am bringing a new set of patented weapons to this battle and will never let anyone who trusts my expertise live with an oily, flaky, thickened, or uncomfortable face. 

   It should be ready in a couple of months.   Keep your head up until then…..,

-Dr. Neal