rosacea

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A family member told me about this list and I too have

rosacea so....

I have found that my rosacea has become progressively

worse over the last four- five years. I am in my

twenties so I have had blushing flsuhing problems for

about 20 years, as long as I remember. At primary

school I actually used to get sent home because I

looked " extremely hot " at the time I used to play on

it and ofcourse couldn't have cared less if I looked

like a beetroot, especially of I got sent hoem from

school!

Ok well during teenage years I just wore make up. Now

I cannot tolerate any products.

As soon as I walk into a place that is centrally

heated - or anywhere with dry warm air I immediately

develop a very sore, red, flakey papular face. It

happens in seconds. I have also been diagnosed as

having edema connected to rosacea. It's actually the

feeling which is like a stinging tight burning feeling

, that then induces throbbign and pain. I don't even

need to go bright red for this happen it's just in a

warm dry heated room- without fail.

I appreciate all these topics have been discussed

before but I was just wondering if anyone has managed

to combat the symtoms I have been suffering from

succesfully. I know that I always blush and flush ,

going beetroot is something I have gotten used to but

it's all the other symtoms that I have I am so

restricted and would just think oh s*d it I'll go out

like this but it's that horrible skin stinging , tight

feeling that reminds me of how terrible I look.

As I am typing this I am in a cool room and despite a

little flare and rosacea doesn't seem too bad. When in

certain environment someone could honestly be rubbing

sandpaper on my skin - billions of papules even

thinking about it now makes me shudder, oh I can't put

the feeling (physical)into words. Does anyone else

react so quickly like this?

Has anyone overcome this?

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