Rosacea

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I have awful rosacea on my cheeks, nose and forehead. Tiny red veins on my nose and cheeks and I get spots on my cheeks too, when it flares up at certain times of the month.

I use that green makeup to stop the redness during the day but I'd just love to get rid of it and not have to wear foundation.it feels hot and itchy sometimes. I hate it.

Can anyone advise?? Any treatments that actually work? Open to any treatments as it's doing my head in.

Thank you so much ❤

That sounds awful! I can cover mine with make up if I want to, but nothing seems to get rid of the dryness and the patches are getting bigger.

I’ve been on rosex for a few days. It hasn’t irritated my skin and it does seem to be helping the redness and spots already.

I read a different thread the other day, which mentioned how good Rosalique was. I have now tried it and can report it is brilliant! My redness is much improved and it doesn't sting, which other stuff seems to. This morning I have little to no redness which is amazing after just 1 day.

Rosalique really works well. Best thing I have tried.

Soolantra was a game changer for me. I uploaded photos to Superdrug online pharmacy and they sent me the cream. It has completely taken the ‘heat’ out of my face. The veins it can’t do anything about I can cover them easily with powder so I don’t need a full face of makeup any more.

I have just started soolantra (last night was the third night). I am delighted that I am not irritated by it. I have very sensitive skin and usually any active ingredients really burn. I have used Finacea before and I thought my skin was going to peel right off! However I have broken out this morning in a load of itchy pustules (normal for my rosacea, just not normally this many). Does anyone know if that is normal for Soolantra? It might have been waiting to come out anyway as I haven't been using the cream for that long, or it might be that Soolantra has sort of accelerated their exit. I just wanted to see if anyone else had had a similar experience.

My patch test shows no reaction so this morning is the first time I've put it on the rosacea on my face. Let's see what happens.

I did get a lot of spots the first couple of weeks from soolantra but I’m so glad I persisted with it. Amazing.

@Fluffinell thanks for the encouragement, I am sticking with it! I can see already that the skin around the pustules looks less red, so just need everything to clear up now. I am trying not to get excited, but I really am hoping this might be a turning point on a very long rosacea journey for me!

I heard it was the bugs dying that made the skin flare but it’s probably untrue. I hope. Let us know how you get on. My skin texture changed completely. It’s brilliant.

Soolantra is amazing stuff. I have Type 1 (flushing/redness, no pustules) and it did decrease my baseline redness slightly (took 3 months) but more importantly, it solved my extremely dry facial skin that I’ve spent years and hundreds of ££ trying to fix.

Unfortunately my next step is pulse dye laser to resolve the rest of my redness but I’d recommend persevering with Soolantra for a few months as it has made such a difference to my skin texture.

I've now been using Rozex for nearly a month. There is some reduction in redness though I'm still getting the occasional tiny pustule. The biggest change has been at the crease of my nostrils with my cheeks - the redness there, that I've had for years and thought was just me, has greatly reduced and the skin is looking a lot better.

Has anyone had laser or another treatment to reduce the thread veins caused by rosacea?

[quote bendmeoverbackwards]Watching with interest, has anyone tried this?

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@bendmeoverbackwards yes, I’ve tried rosalique. Had really high hopes for it but was quite disappointed. It toned down the redness slightly but definitely didn’t cover it up so not really what I was hoping for!

OK, I am reporting back after a month of using Soolantra and I am glad to say the improvement is huge! I am now only getting one or two pustules a week rather than 5 or 6 a day. Plus the ones I do get aren't as itchy, and they go away quicker. The texture of my skin is loads better too. Not nearly so red (still a little around my nose) and pretty smooth rather than flaky and bumpy. Thanks for encouraging me to stick with it @Fluffinell!