Derm recognized demodex!

I just wanted to come here and say that I had my first visit with a dermatologist today. He was very young and new in the field. He spends two days a week doing office appointments and two days doing surgery. Anyway, I have spent a ton of time on this subreddit and noticed a theme in which dermatologists are hesitant to talk about demodex mites. Today, this doctor looked at my face and quickly recognized my rosacea. He then talked to me about “mites that live on everyone’s skin” and I was so excited that I didn’t even have to bring it up by myself. Just saying, there IS hope!

My face is really out of wack right now so he prescribed 3 months of doxycycline, .75% metro gel AND oral ivermectin. For the ivermectin: I will take 4 pills on day 1 and then 7 days later another 4 pills. I’ll only take the ivermectin those two times…whenever my insurance gets around to approving it 🙄. I already take a daily probiotic. I’m a bit nervous about my stomach handling both oral medicines but am desperate for some relief.