Cool! I’m glad you’re enjoying the website. Thank you for all the kind words.

As far as the rash – I know a lot of skin conditions flare up with stress and tiredness – and maybe the ordeal of traveling is exacerbating it. Is Ian at all stressed about airplanes and flying? If that is the case, making a self-hypnosis script to listen to on a tape or MP3 player would be a good idea.

If it isn’t stress, then you try to identify the cause, which it sounds like you have. That just leaves the flight itself, which could be the lower pressure or getting dehydrated – make sure to drink plenty of water and get up and move around when possible.

Other than that, I would suggest trying some anti-inflammatory herbs. My First Aid Balm has a lot of herbs used in inflammatory conditions like Chamomile, Lavendar, and Tea Tree Oil. Also, the Eczema Balm has a higher concentration of Calendula and Chamomile, known for their soothing properties. Finally the Sport Balm has Camphor, which has also helped in inflammed injuries, but is rather strong to be putting around the eyes. Let me know if you’d like to try any of these – check them out at http://www.TurtleBalm.com

Here is also a good article about the alternative treatments for Rosacea here – including some simply ideas like using an oatmeal compress:

http://rosacea-support.org/treating-rosacea-with-herbs.html

I hope this helps.

Misty

My husband and I traveled to TX over the 4th and everything went fine on the flight down there but once we got off the plane I noticed he had a rash on and around his eyes and above his eyebrows on his forehead. At first I thought it might me some allergic reaction to something he ate but I realized we ate exactly the same food that day, food he had already eaten before. He does have a history of rosacea which has been under control for a few years now. He generally tries to stay out of the sun, although he tans easily and he avoids caffeine, both of which aggravate it or make his sensitive skin much redder in the cheeks and nose areas. So this generally diminishes after the 5 days we are there but we returned on separate flights due to extensive flight delays on the 9th and he arrived home with the same rash again after the flight but even a little worse. Now his eyelids and skin are read, dry, wrinkly and slightly edematous. This has gotten worse on and around the eyes so I was strongly considering seeing a Family MD or Dermatologist about this but then I remembered your new site. He did beak down and get some Benadryl for the symptoms which made him really tired seems to be helping mildly so far.

I am inclined to think of this as an allergic reaction rather than another breakout of his rosacea given its location and timing of these rashes. So it made me think did he have something new in his diet or new eyeglass cleaner, the water or something else like barometric pressure changes on the planes or what?

Do you have any advice or remedies on how to combat not only the symptoms but also prevent this from reoccurring in the future since he will definitely have to fly again soon in 2weeks? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks much! :O)

Keep up the great work! By the way, the First Aid Balm worked really well on my tattoo as well as on a very tender sore I had on my hip! Ouch!

I am happy that you will be sharing your sound advice (and a little silliness) with the world. It’s about time.