u/crystalcaterpillar3

My last Hail Mary… doxycycline… is not working. I have been taking 200mg a day for a month and well… as you can see, it’s not helping at all. I cannot take Accutane because I have Crohn’s disease and take Humira. I guess I just have to accept that this is treatment resistant and it’ll just continue to get worse? I have tried:

AA
Ivermectin
Metrocream
Tret
Elidel
Sulfur mask & soap
Zinc soap
Zinc oral supplement
Nizoral / ketokonazole wash
Zyrtec & famotidine
Doxycycline
Cutting out dairy, gluten, sugar
Washing with only distilled water
Removed my nail polish
Swapping my pillow case nightly
Slept on a different mattress for a month
Every face wash & moisturizer you can think of
No fragrances in laundry detergent, soap
SLS free toothpaste
I check all the ingredients in my shampoo

This was all over the course of the past 5 years

Am I hopeless? It’s feeling hopeless.

EDIT: I was on 40mg doxy daily for 4 weeks and have been taking 200mg doxy daily for almost 4 weeks, then I will go back to the 40mg daily as per my derm. So it’s been almost 8 weeks total.

My last Hail Mary… doxycycline… is not working. I have been taking 200mg a day for a month and well… as you can see, it’s not helping at all. I cannot take Accutane because I have Crohn’s disease and take Humira. I guess I just have to accept that this is treatment resistant and it’ll just continue to get worse? I have tried:

AA
Ivermectin
Metrocream
Tret
Elidel
Sulfur mask & soap
Zinc soap
Zinc oral supplement
Nizoral / ketokonazole wash
Zyrtec & famotidine
Doxycycline
Cutting out dairy, gluten, sugar
Washing with only distilled water
Removed my nail polish
Swapping my pillow case nightly
Slept on a different mattress for a month
Every face wash & moisturizer you can think of
No fragrances in laundry detergent, soap
I check all the ingredients in my shampoo

This was all over the course of the past 5 years

Am I hopeless? It’s feeling hopeless.

EDIT: I was on 40mg doxy daily for 4 weeks and have been taking 200mg doxy daily for almost 4 weeks, then I will go back to the 40mg daily as per my derm. So it’s been almost 8 weeks total.

Has anyone taken Accutane while on a biologic medication like Humira? I know they probably advise against it but I have been trying for years to treat my type II rosacea and absolutely nothing works and it has only gotten worse. It’s severely affecting my mental health.

My stubborn type 2 rosacea has been flaring for over a year and a half. I have tried everything and this is it even on antibiotics. My GI said he would allow me to take Accutane as long as I monitored my symptoms while on it. I already take Humira so another “scary” medication doesn’t excite me, but I feel desperate as my face is always burning itching and oozing. Has anyone had success with Accutane for type 2 rosacea? And has anyone with IBD already come out on the other side of Accutane okay?