Rosecea - nose flushing

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This is a really pitiful one . I’ve had this for 4 years now out of nowhere . Background fair skin , freckles and blue eyes . Ideal candidate eh , but this has sucked the life from me . I’m naturally really bubbly and fun , since I’ve had this my anxiety and depression has got worse . I’m obsessed with it . I had what I would actually say perfect skin to this ; no fancy regimens , Jusr lucky I guess . Now I blush and flush at the drip of the hat ! It's my nose mainly . Especially when eating or when the temp changes , central heating is a nightmare . This condition has robbed me of my life and nothing works but I wonder can I really be happy in myself with this . I thought having my baby 7 months ago would divert my attention and basically give me a new lease of life . But no . I’m currently on skin and me azelic acid and nicanimane but all it does really is matte my skin . I miss eating out with friends , I miss being bubbly in the room . I don’t go out and I won’t eat with people as my nose flushes . It’s so awful . There is no cure for this and I’m losing hope . I’m seeing a derm again next month but I can’t imagine there will be any help for me . I rarely get any spots , maybe some bumps after a flush which is daily . But they aren’t acne lesions . Life seems so miserable with this and I don’t sleep well thinking how did I become so awful to look at . I’ve spent thousands and I’m so tired of flushing all the time . I don’t know what I’m expecting but just a vent . I don’t talk about it to my friends as I feel it’s awkward , they don’t know what to say about my red nose . So lost and drained.

I’m have acne rosacea. It started in my early 40s. My nose and cheeks go red and I have bumps that appear. I get flare ups and times when i don’t have any issues. I am prescribed Rozex for the times it flares up and it gets it under control again pretty quickly. Hope you can find something that helps you.

Four years on and I’m still not getting the whole flare up thing like others . I feel like any daily thing makes me flare . Like weather , emotions , having a shower and eating . All these things are triggers that I can’t avoid . Has anything helped your flushing

I used to take the antibiotic called Lymecycline. It was prescribed by my GP. I too rite for many months to get it under control. I was free of the Rosacea for a couple of years but recently I’ve noticed it’s returned on my chin. I’m considering going back to ask GP for Lymecycline again as it did work really well.

I had constant redness and Stress, anxiety, showers and heat seemed to make mine worse. I eventually had an appointment with my local hospital dermatology dept who suggested Rozex cream and that quickly got the redness under control and I don’t get that many flare ups now.

Lymecycline worked for me too but I couldn't carry on taking it forever and the redness has come back. Mine is pretty constant rather than flushing in response to anything. I cover with a bit of make up but in winter my nose is always dripping so make up gets wiped off with a tissue!

I get a bit fed up with it but I wouldn't say it affects my mental health. You might not be able to change the way you look but you could work on how much it dictates your life.

Which type did you have if you don’t mind me asking . It’s creating so much anxiety and now I have that to deal with

Was yours the flushing type , thank you for responding

It certainly does rule me , I’ve avoided so much and become a shell of my former self . It’s also ended my relationship as I just no longer feel the person he fell in love with and I don’t feel attractive . He hasn’t said any of these things but I just feel this

I used Soolantra for my red bumpy cheeks

I get patches of severe redness round my mouth, on my cheeks and the sides of my nose. After trying all sorts, I have given up on expensive, harsh lotions and potions. I use a hot cloth cleanser Superdrug or Aldi’s own brands are good. I also use Aldi’s face serum which is lovely. Then in summer I use L’Oréal CC cream https://www.boots.com/loreal-paris-magique-cc-cream-10264328?cm_mmc=bmm-buk-google-ppc--PLAs---_-PMax:+UK_Smart_Shopping_Beauty_Google&gclid=CjwKCAjwu4WoBhBkEiwAojNdXpiZx0MBCZQm2uuk9X75VNIDoBbP__pVjiGcyFUmsL7Bb1JS76ajjBoCmrsQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds which disguises the redness enough. In winter, I use IT Cosmetics CC cream https://www.boots.com/it-cosmetics-your-skin-but-better-CC-spf-50-10251002

Neither covers it up completely, but I look less like a toddler who's overdone her mums blusher! I also told friends why my face was always turning red and that I didnt want them commenting on it as it embarrassed me.

I've had similar (pretty much just my nose and eyes, which were red virtually all the time. Anything and everything set them off). I took a very low dose of Doxycycline (50 to 100mg) for about six months and then gradually phased it out over about three more months. That was about four years ago and it hasn't come back since.

Yep , when I flush badly I feel like the elephant in the room . So I literally avoid anywhere with a lot of people and food etc , very sad lonely life .

Yea so my eyes are very gritty and dry . Never had issues here either . Did you have the flushing type

Yep and anything sets it off , even like doing my shoe laces . My cheeks aren’t as bad it’s the nose I Can’t handle

I don't flush as such with rosacea, but Soolantra cream got rid of my constantly red sore cheeks and nose. Now I just use it for a week every few weeks and it keeps it under control.

Blushing is very much an emotional response to embarrassment, anxiety, stress, etc. Did you know that the stomach lining blushes when your face does?

Can you recall what happened 4 years ago that might have triggered it?

Nothing , in fact I was in one of the happiest periods of my life . It had took me ups and downs to get there as I’ve had anxiety since 19 . But this has never affected my skin , until I turned 30 and then this . It doesn’t respond to stress as such , of course when I cry my nose throbs fit to burst . But it’s literally normal life things

I actually don’t mind my cheeks blushing , but when my nose flushes . It burns , swells and takes ages to come down

Really sorry to hear about your skin issues OP - it can be soul destroying to suffer like this

The Kalme cream was brilliant for my rosacea - I used a very mild cleanser then this stuff (I don't think they had the whole range back then) - it's worth a try, calmed my redness and flushing down completely. They often have a 10% off voucher on the website too.

Thank you I have seen this range, but as you can imagine I’ve wasted so much money and always end up deflated but I’ll really look into this . Do you still flush

I've had rosacea since I was 15. Imagine how that affects you, children are cruel. Everyone is dating. I wish I'd been spared until I was 30. Plus, there's way more creams and treatment options out there than 20 plus years ago. You'll find something, it might just take a few goes. All the best.

If you could stop the feelings rather than the physical reaction would that help?

I struggled through the same in my late 30s/early 40s. My cheeks would be affected but particularly my nose. I also had a scabies type thing going on with my nose and some days it would just be raw and bleed.

After trying a zillion things eventually I got a prescription for Soolantra and it was 80% better within a fortnight and has never gone back to how it was. I don't need to use it all the time now. Probably once a week/fortnight as maintenance.

The reason I say 80% gone is that the food and hormonal triggers haven't totally gone. Some have but not all - I can't drink wine, especially not red wine for example but I can live with that. Just before my period I will sometimes get a small flare up but it's usually gone within a few hours.

It was a complete game changer though because like you I was becoming a bit reclusive and all the effort of trying to cake on concealer, which looked terrible, was taking its toll.

Having done lots of research on this over the years I've realised different solutions work for different people so I won't promise that Soolantra will work the same for you- maybe antibiotics will work better. So do try a few different things.

I wish you all the best because I know what it's like to try and manage.

If your eyes are gritty OP then you may well have ocular rosacea too and that really needs treating with a low dose antibiotic to remove the inflammation (so my dermatologist and optician told me). Mine (and all the redness and flushing) stopped once I had been on medication for a while. (Lotions and potions, including for my eyes, were absolutely no use and some actually made it worse.)

I really do sympathise. It's totally miserable. My derm said that, unfortunately, it was a condition that could just appear from nowhere as a result of hormone changes.

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