Rosacea

[Rachaelc1981]

Hi, does anyone else suffer with Rosacea? I’m 43 and I’ve suffered with it since I was about 20. Started off with a small patch under my eye and a little red nose ! Now both my cheeks are red, chin, nose and around my mouth. Does anyone use anything to calm things down as in cream etc? My skin goes through stages of being really red and sore with spots to being very calm, pale with no spots and pain

Here’s a recent post that might help

Mumsnet recent rosacea thread

Soolantra. Amazing stuff, just don’t get disheartened if you get a flare after 3 weeks or so- it’s just a brief stage. I use it for a week or so if I’m having a flare up (stress or being run down usually brings mine back). But the difference it’s made to the spots, the pain and the overall appearance is great.

Ah that’s excellent thank you very much. Mine flares up with stress as well unfortunately. Will definitely look into that though thank you x

Thank you very much I’ll have a look at that x

Dr jarts have a few things for this

Lymecycline from the Drs, clears mine.

Thank you for your reply I’ll have a look x

Thank you for your reply it’s much appreciated x

I can also recommend Soolantra , worked brilliantly for me and I had really painful pustules, constant sore face especially in the cold or wind which would exacerbate it. My Gp hadn’t heard of Soolantra but was happy to give me a prescription for it.

I 3rd the soolantra recommendation. It can make this slightly worse for the first week as it's clearing everything out of your skin but persevere and it is a miracle cream.

Thank you for your replies. I think I’m going to make an appointment for Dr’s x