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| A young woman has found a miracle treatment for rosacea |
ROSACEA is a poorly understood long-term skin condition, but those who suffer with it will tell you the pain runs more than skin deep.
Sorele Swallow is a student nurse from Chesterfield who suffers from rosacea across her face.
The 31-year-old is married with four children aged 11, 9, 5 and 2 - but until this year her skin condition ruled her life.
Speaking exclusively to NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com, Sorele bravely admitted she's finally proud of her looks.
The youngster said: "This year is going to be the first Christmas when I can actually look in the mirror and love what I see and look forward to going out with my husband and feel proud of how I look.
"Until this year I thought I’d look dreadful forever. I was desperately upset every time I caught sight of my face and it has caused me years of anxiety as I never thought I was going to feel good about the way I looked again."
Sorele explained she developed rosacea after the birth of her first child aged 20. She now has four children and believes her skin condition worsened after each one.
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| Sorele Swallow suffered with the condition after the birth of her children |
She said: "Although I loved having my children young, I was horrified by how much it ruined my skin."
The student nurse was diagnosed with rosacea at 23, and medical professionals impressed upon her how rare it was for a person of her age to have the condition.
Sorele explained: "I was prescribed metronidazole gel which is a topical antibiotic. It didn’t really make my spot of the red bumpiness any better and it really dried out my skin.
"In desperation I opted for a course of oral antibiotics but the doctor was worried about me getting pregnant again as I was so young and the antibiotics for rosacea can cause birth defects.
"They suggested that I had a coil fitted before I took them to ensure I wouldn’t get pregnant while taking them.
"As soon as I started taking the antibiotics I felt sick most days and my skin was super dry. I felt unwell the whole time I was on them. I only managed to stay on them for a month and then had to stop as I felt so ill."
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| A doctor has revealed rosacea is usually a long term skin condition |
Over-the-counter creams and even make-up caused Sorele pain, and made her sensitive skin flare up.
She explained: "I got to the point where I just didn’t want to put anything on my skin at all. It was awful as I had to go make up free for a while, which isn’t easy when you have bright red blotches and bumps all over your face.
"I ended up talking about my skin all the time. I could see people looking at it so I’d quickly tell them what was wrong with me to just get it over with. My kids would ask me why I was always spotty.
"My husband knows better than anyone how much the way I looked was getting me down. He was desperate for me to find something to treat my skin just so I felt good about myself and could enjoy going out again."
When Sorele was breast feeding her fourth child she had a decision to make: should she go back on antibiotics to rescue her skin or continue to breast feed her child?
Speaking about the decision, she explained: "Before I had to make another hard decision I saw a post from someone on a blog about Kalme products earlier this year.
"I ordered the products the blogger had recommended and felt an almost immediate improvement.
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| Sorele's condition cleared up after she began using Kalme products |
"Now, several months on, my skin is basically clear of rosacea. I get a few spots now and then and I still flush a bit when the central heating goes on or I’ve been out in the sun but on a day to day basis my skin is normal. I don’t get any bumps at all, my skin is smooth."
NewsNewsBlog.blogspot.com approached Dr Anjali Mahto - who has a specialist interest in acne - from Cadogan Cosmetics about the condition.
She explained: "It’s no longer called acne rosacea - it's just rosacea these days.
"We aren't entirely certain what causes it but it is a long term skin condition, more common in women, and usually develops after the age of 30 years."
Dr Mahto added: "It can be made worse by sun exposure, stress, exercise , weather extremes, hot drinks, alcohol, caffeine and spicy foods.
"Patients usually have skin sensitivity, redness, spots, redness, and flushing to varying degrees."
For more information visit kalme.co.uk
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