Diaper Face

2/2/22

I bet you thought I was going to write about face diapers and mask mandates and all that rot?

Nope.

It's groundhog's day (plus it's deuces wild!), that crap will never end and is oh so boring. So what is diaper face?

Mine.

Yup. I have rosacea. Every winter my face breaks out in a red itchy rash all over my cheeks and nose. Fun times! Thank you Irish heritage! I've lived with this my entire life, but it has gotten worse as I've gotten older.

What causes rosacea? According to the "medical experts" it may come from spicy food and too much red wine or not. At the moment the cause of rosacea is a mystery to them (seriously, and we trust them for covid?). It may be buggies in the skin. It may not. It may be cold weather, or hot! It may be stress or not!

Pathetic. In fact there was a prescription drug in the past touted for rosacea. I remember the commercials, until they disappeared quite quickly (I guess the drugs didn't work on the face buggies). So, I gave up listening to medical authorities who know nothing about nothing in regards to rosacea and have suffered with it myself. I do know FOR SURE rosacea is caused by cold weather and that it is a rash.

Then, one day I was looking after my mother and noticed a miracle drug sitting on the counter. A light bulb went off in my head - rash, rash, rash. There sat DESITIN (made in Canada). The miracle diaper rash medicine. TA DA!

Immediately I grabbed the diaper rash paste and slathered it on my face. I didn't care what I looked like, since I'm a leper and can't leave the house. Lo and behold, two days later the rosacea cleared up! That's right. I have diaper rash on my face. I looked at the ingredients in Desitin and it includes petroleum, cod liver oil, lanolin, talc, glycerin and beeswax. I'm good with those ingredients and apparently so is my skin. The only problem is the smell. Desitin smells horrible, like a diaper. Oh well, you have to take the good with the bad.

So that is my home remedy tip for all you rosacea sufferers out there - use over-the -counter diaper rash paste, and stay away from know-nothing doctors and useless prescription drugs. Long live diaper face!