Rosacea & Profit Profit Statement, An Editorial by Brady Barrows, Webmaster Some may have issues with profit on rosacea so this statement has been prepared for them and is to clarify that this site promotes commercial treatment and information on the control of rosacea and is therefore a for profit site. The legal disclaimer is clear on this. Most sites on rosacea are for profit sites. If you have issues with profit you can leave this site, or you may be interested in reading this page. • Non Commercial Treatments for Rosacea • Non Profit Rosacea Organizations • Sponsors •

What if someone accused you of having done something bad, having a bad motive, or was taking advantage of people for personal gain, and this person has little knowledge of what they are accusing you of, no details, just superficial knowledge? You will feel hurt, no doubt. That is what happens to me, the webmaster of this site and for being the author of the Rosacea Diet book. I am not alone in this. There are so many rosacea products on the market now, whether prescription or non prescription that have been tried by rosaceans who have not had the results they had hoped for that the ones selling these products sometimes run into disgruntled rosaceans accusing them as 'rosacea profiteers' who are taking advantage of rosaceans.

However, there is also a large percentage of rosaceans who complain that going to the dermatologist has not been what was hoped for. Some rosaceans complain that the prescriptions or treatment offered did little for their rosacea. Sometimes the dermatologist even prescribes steroids and makes the rosacea worse! Would you say that a doctor is taking advantage of people who are sick for the doctor's personal gain? I suppose that could happen, but don't you give most doctors the benefit of the doubt?

Is making a profit on rosacea bad? Depends basically on if it works to help rosacea, now doesn't it? If the doctor prescribes the right treatment and it controls your rosacea you are happy, right? But what if the doctor does the wrong treatment or the treatment simply doesn't work? Do you say, 'This doctor was only in this for the profit and is a no good so and so?' Or do you simply accept the fact that the doctor didn't help and he did his best? Of course, there are several factors to consider, but is it ok for doctors to make profit on rosacea? Most people accept the fact that doctors can make profit.

What about pharmaceutical companies? They make profit. Do I need to list the prescription drugs that have been used for rosacea? If there was just one prescription drug for rosacea, that would be nice, but since there is a long list, do you think that treating rosacea is an exact science? The same could be said for IPL treatment. Should all pharmaceutical companies and doctors who use IPL not make any profit? That may be counterproductive for rosacea since a prescription drug or some IPL treatment may be found that works someday and wouldn't that be nice?

What about non prescription products for rosacea? Some work and some don't. You want to stop everyone from marketing a rosacea product for profit? What if someone finds the non prescription product that cures rosacea? Wouldn't it be nice if this person would market it for no profit? Do you think that would be realistic?

Now to books on rosacea. Wouldn't it be nice to have books on rosacea that were produced by altruistic persons with no profit motive at all by the author(s)? There are even a number of non profit organizations for rosacea that produce free literature for rosaceans which is to be commended. However, do you think the writers of these non profit organizations write for free? Maybe a handful write for free, but most are paid to write. But what if you wrote THE BOOK on rosacea, the one that all the rosaceans are talking about and is being heralded as a 'must have book' for rosacea? Should the profit from this book be given to the author or what would you say should be done with the profit? Let's say this incredible book sold over 12,000 copies. What do you think the profit margin is on that many copies? Actually not much, when you consider the cost of production, shipping, marketing, and overhead associated with selling a book, but nevertheless, there is some profit left over no doubt. If you reach a million copies sold, there is no doubt some profit there! What do you think? Should the author have the right to receive the profit for writing a book that deals with rosacea that sells? Or should he just give it away for free? Would you say that the author simply wrote the book for profit and was taking advantage of people who suffer from rosacea?

Let me assure you that I have not written that book. My little book, the Rosacea Diet, has sold less than 2500 copies and I assure you that there is very little profit. You can check out the costs associated with print on demand books and why don't you set up a web site like this and tell me how much it costs you? And I can assure you that I wrote this book simply because I discovered that the diet works to control rosacea and if I make a little profit on this, it helps me and my wife. My wife thinks I take way too much time on this and she is probably right. But the other factor is that I enjoy this, especially when I get way more postive feedback from users of the diet than negative comments. There are over two hundred members of my Rosacea Diet Users Support Group and they can answer your questions about the Rosacea Diet if you take the time to contact them. They post about the success they are having with the Rosacea Diet in my yahoo group for this purpose.

The other thing is that since I publish on this web site ALL known treatments for rosacea whether controversial or not, many have commented to me that they appreciate all the work I have done to keep this web site going since 1999. That makes up for some who have no idea how much work has gone into making this web site and writing a book and make disparaging remarks about my motives.

Brady Barrows

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