For those unfamiliar, perioral dermatitis is this bizarro rash I get around my nose and chin. "Common in young women, mysterious causes, etc". I got it once before about two years ago and the doc gave me stuff to make it go away alright. But this time I asked the pharmacist (and it's a much worse break out this time) and he told me to try a mild hydrocortisone cream. But that didn't help too much so I saw the doc again and she put me on antibiotics and gave me another cream. THE KICKER is that she said the steriod stuff is super BAD for this particular rash, and I had to stop taking the hydrocortisone cream immediately. The bad news is that this makes the rash breakout get a lot worse before better (dammit).
Anyway, lesson learned is that I must be under all sorts of stress unbeknownst to me these days cuz I'm eight ways kinda sick, but thank god for freebie Canadian doctors. Also, pharmatists are not doctors.
What I need to know now is what kind of makeup should I use to cover this shit up? It's pretty nasty looking (you can google for some pretty pictures). But I'm not supposed to put anything on it AT ALL says dr lady- like nothing but warm water and the cream she prescribed. But I cannot miss two weeks of work right now. What is a very gentle cover up I could use? One that is hopefully not a hundred dollars and internet order? I look like a ghoul! My immune system needs to shape up! lol. I'm gonna be dead by forty I think, but for now I just want to look ok. Thanks everyone!



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