How to deal with skin condition on face. VERY SELF CONSCIOUS.

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HI everyone, not sure if this is the best place to post.
I think more than anything right now I just need a good whinge. I know there are a lot more important things going on than me being unhappy about my face but its really getring me down at the minute!

I was born with what looked like rosacea on my face, all broken blood vessels and thread veins all over my cheeks, nose and chin. Basically skin was a deep red and blotchy. Any form of heat would agrivate it and it would burn and itch and go even more red. I think part of the reason I'm so self conscious about it is because I got bullied for it all through my teens. GPs never really new what it was so couldn't do anything about it so a couple of years ago I went to a private clinic and had my face lasered and for the first time in 23 years I felt so much better about myself and my confidence came back. But unfortunately with in the last 2 months the condition as started to come back... permanent burning on my face, broken blood vessels returning and a lot of redness. I'm no longer in a position to have it lasered away as I no longer have the money and now have a little baby so no time for the down time laser surgery requires so really I'd just like some techniques in dealing with the fact that I have this on my face. Because at the minute I hate going out in public as I feel like everyone looks at it and thinks I'm an ogre.

I have something similar OP and I use Kryolan combined with a more ordinary foundation.

It's taken me a lot of experimentation but it works...Kryolan makeup is very highly pigmented...nothing like normal concealor. Or you could speak to your GP...there's a prescription makeup available for covering things like this and the Red cross run occassional workshops to teach people how to do it.

Thanks, I will have a look at that make up in a minute. At the moment I'm just using ordinary foundation to try to cover it but some bits have gone such a deep red again that the foundation doesn't cover it. But the reason I had it lasered was because I wanted to not have to cake make up on my face forever as surely that's not good on my skin long term. I feel so silly for getting so upset over it but it's hard when you have something that knocks your confidence like this.

Can you ask about treatment on the NHS? They do offer it for severe cases. OP.x

Hi
I was diagnosed with similar a few years ago and nothing worked

I accidentally came across something that suggested coldsore cream bloody stings but it cleared in 3 days and hasn't come back

Worth a shot?

If it's rosacea, it can be treated with long term antibiotics. I've been on them for years

I'm unsure of what the skin condition actually is. I know that it has a very similar appearance and symptoms to rosacea so when I used to go to the GPs about it I said I thought it might be that. Some agreed but others disagreed saying I was too young for rosacea. However all offered topical treatment's for it but none worked. In the end they said they thought my best option would be laser treatment but I'd have to pay for it myself so I saved up and at 23 I had it done. The private doctor who did the laser treatment said he thought the skin condition was either ichthyosis vulgaris or keratosis vulgaris but said the laser treatment would get rid of it permanently and offered no other treatments for it. All was good for nearly 1.5 years but after that it slowly began to return.

Not Granuloma Faciale is it?

www.google.com.au/search?q=granuloma+faciale&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj2pJvK64vYAhWEfLwKHVqPC_UQ_AUICigB&biw=1366&bih=637

I'd definitely push for a referral to a dermatology clinic (I know from experience that this can take a while!). In the meantime, try Vichy Dermablend makeup, super high coverage and now available in lots of Boots stores (in the skincare section not makeup one).

I think I will go back to the GP as ask to see a dermatologist as I have wanted to for a long time but I never got passed the GP as they all pretty much said its not a condition that's harmful to my health it's just cosmetical, which is true but I feel its been harmful to my mental health as it honesty makes me so depressed and I tend to withdraw and shy away from a lot due to always being self conscious about it.