heya i'd just like to say thanks to anne for promoting this idea.

Gender:

Age:

1. type of condition?

2. what triggers the condition? (if you don't no just say N/A)

3. how many years you've noticed the condition?

4. has it got worse or got better?

5. what treatments have worked?

6. have you had laser treatment? (if yes please state any side effects or pain caused by the laser)

7. where was the location of the treatment? (country and town/state)

8. did the treatment work?

9. how many sessions did you have?

10. what was the results (0=none, 10=very successful)

Gender: F

Age: 24

1. type of condition? KP, KPRF

2. what triggers the condition? (if you don't know just say N/A) dry, cold weather, alcohol, hot showers, genetics (my father had it)

3. how many years you've noticed the condition? 22 years

4. has it got worse or got better? better

5. what treatments have worked? AHAs (glytone body wash and glycol and salicylic acid peels, though i've used neostrata in the past as well), manual exfoliation, MSM, fish oil, flax seed supplements

6. have you had laser treatment? (if yes please state any side effects or pain caused by the laser) no

7. where was the location of the treatment? (country and town/state)
n/a

8. did the treatment work?
the treatments i used did, yes

9. how many sessions did you have? n/a

10. what was the results (0=none, 10=very successful) 9 (from the products
i stated above)

Great Questionaire Khrissy! - well done


Gender: f

Age: 46

1. type of condition? KPRF

2. what triggers the condition? (if you don't no just say N/A)

As my KPRF started to fade in my late 20's and is now pretty non-existant I will speak from experience.

I believe the cause was genetics and hormones as appeared around 14

Triggers for blushing/flushing were going from a cold outside into a hot room
Spicy food
Just thinking about getting red
Exercise

3. how many years you've noticed the condition?
Proabably had it for about 10-15 years (ie. 14 to around 29)

4. has it got worse or got better? It has gone with age - same for KP bumps on arms. I must say however that retin-a cream I have being using for the last 5 years has helped 'smooth' my skin out so it may have helped what was a bit of residual KPRF

5. what treatments have worked?
Because my family has a natural tendancy to high colouring it is hard to know if the redness in my cheeks is this or it is a leftover from KPRF. When I had PDL laser treatment for both UO and AV my whole cheek area was treated (not just tops of cheeks and eyebrows which these conditions affect). PDL did reduce the redness in this area.

I should also mention here that increasing EFA's by eating more tinned fish such as tuna, eating avacodos and walnuts and taking the odd fish oil tablet has helped my skin also. But as I don't have KPRF anymore I am not sure if it would help that.

6. have you had laser treatment? (if yes please state any side effects or pain caused by the laser)
Yes - two times in NZ

7. where was the location of the treatment? (country and town/state)
Auckland and Dunedin

8. did the treatment work?
Yes it did reduce the redness in my cheek area

9. how many sessions did you have?
Two

10. what was the results (0=none, 10=very successful)

8 out of ten both times

Gender: Male

Age:18

1. type of condition? KP, KPRF

2. what triggers the condition? (if you don't no just say N/A) Anxiety, Heat/sun exposure, Sugar, Pain, Physical Exertion.

3. how many years you've noticed the condition? 10

4. has it got worse or got better? Better

5. what treatments have worked? AHA's mixed with Triamcinolone(Prescribed cream)/ Cutting out the majority of sugar, and Paxil 30mg.

Keep posting guys and gals. also no going off topic this is strictly a questionaire