Tuesday, September 07, 2004
Rosacea, ETS surgery and neural flushing / blushing
Worth pointing out that there are many hundreds who have rosacea who have reported being disappointed by the results, or worse, harmed (by the side-effects) of ETS. It does NOT stop alcohol-flushing or many other kinds of flushing. It is not always successful even on blushing.
Other useful ETS / Rosacea resources:
Other useful ETS / Rosacea resources:
- Forum for people who have had ETS (part of the ESFB = Excessive Sweating Facial Blushing website). Lots of posts from people who have had the operation. Amongst the positive reports there are some fairly harrowing tales about side-effects including excessive compensatory sweating and pain.
- Post by Rick of an excerpt from British Journal of Dermatology, "A caution about surgical treatment for facial blushing".
