Help for Men

[duncan marine]

Hi Everyone

Duncan here.

Can anyone advise on a good make up to hide the Maylar and other facial rashes. I am a model specialising in a rugged masculine look so obvious make up isnt a career option. I have a sensitive skin (even without a lupus flare) and my lupus rashes tend to become more pronounced under hot studio lights.

Love

Duncan

[starangel]

Hi Duncan,
I wanted to say that maybe the studio lights are actually making your rash worse!
I cannot stand any kind of studio lighting and the malar rash you suffer is probably the same. Shop lighting does the same to me any kind of lighting in fact!!

As for the make up if you contact the red cross they have people trained in coverage make up and will come to you and show you how to apply it.
I myself hate the made up look so I use a fine tinted moisture cream it also has an spf of 25 in it. That might help you with the lighting in the studio.

My niece is a make up artist so if you really get stuck i can ask her advice if you would like me to.

I also read your other post about the flu jab and it is strange but you said exactly what i was thinking on the subject!! I feel if our immune systems are overreactive then surely a flu jab will only make it more active??

Sorry to hear you are not well, take care and dont do too much as overwork and stress are the worst things for us lupies!!!

Best wishes angie

[Clare.T]

Hi Duncan

This site gives some contacts in the UK

http://www.dermatology.co.uk/skincamouflag...?ArticleID=1488 (http://www.dermatology.co.uk/skincamouflage/acommunityaroundskincamouflage/article/article.asp?ArticleID=1488)

Also a vitiligo site mentions a couple of products favoured by men, Halo and Estra. The vitiligo site is on the first page of a google search (UK camouflage makeup men). Sounds as if it is a USA site.
Successful application and undetectability of camouflage depends very much on the skin surface texture - if it is smooth it is much easier than if there are additional problems like spots or bumps or flaking

If it is a question of redness alone you might find an artificial tan is enough.

I doubt if there's any seriously cosmetic make up that will stand close scrutiny, oh woe.

Angie, about the flu vaccine, people with lupus are more prone to infection because the immune system is so active doing what it's not supposed to, attacking our own bodies, that it hasn't the strength to also defend us against infections etc from outside .

If you are also on immune suppressant medications, it is even more likely you will get flu or any sort of infection.

It is very like "opportunistic" infections in healthy people. If a healthy person has a viral illness, they often get a bacterial infection afterwards because fighting the viral illness has left the immune system weakened.

If you do get flu it is likely to be very much more serious even life threatening than in healthy people. For many of us, lungs and heart are already affected by lupus

The flu vaccine is not 'live' so it shouldn't promote a flare. Some people with lupus are advised to have it twice in the season. It is the live vaccines that we have to be very careful about.

Some people, lupus or not, shouldn't have any vaccines, egg allergies for example. Whether to get the vaccine or not has to be discussed with your doctor.

Duncan let us know how it goes. I wish you the very best of luck
People tell me they don't realise I have particular skin problems when the red is covered, but I never really believe them Perhaps you can get a buddy's opinion.

Bye for now
Clare :flowers: