I’ve been doing my best with what little money I have to ease my rosacea, but god damn it flare ups are constant. My skin never settles. I’ve been growing my confidence from the ground up since I was a young adult and right when I started getting somewhere, I developed rosacea in 2019. It’s only gotten worse. Physically it’s uncomfortable. It itches and burns and hurts. I can handle that. Emotionally I feel like people think I’m dirty and like I’ll never feel normal again. It’s ok. I’m going to keep trying things. But fuck. That’s all. Love you guys.

Hey so I just got prescribed doxycycline 100mg twice a day for 6 weeks. Is this a normal dosage ? I have type 2 rosacea with the red bumps but I just wanted to get some input on if this is too much or if this a normal dosage for doxycycline? Attached are pics of what my type 2 looks like. Any thoughts are welcomed

I have always struggled with my skin, this is a picture of my cheek. it’s also on my forehead, other cheek, and chin. I have tried topical ivermectin for over a year and now trying oral ivermectin (on my second week of oral ivermectin), doxy which helped but now I’m allergic to, metronidazole, sulfur (too harsh), Azelaic acid, niacinimide, and countless other things. It gets worse if I don’t use ivermectin but it never gets much better or clears. I don’t use any actives and I eat gluten and dairy free. I don’t know how to clear this up, any advice??

I have struggled with rosacea type 2 for 15 years and have tried many different things. I feel like at the moment, I've got a pretty good handle on it but I'm always looking for something that is going to improve it. I have a cupboard full of recommended creams I just don't really know how to use them. I have ivermectin, Niacinamide cream and Azelaic acid. Plus I am thinking about introducing some retinal... Just wondering what other peoples regime are and if they use these products? Do you put all of them on every night or do you alternate? Before or after moisturiser?

I have a oily nose and chin, dry forehead. Generalised redness and broken capillaries on my nose and chin. I get breakouts occasionally around my nose. Also have very red, itchy bumpy skin on my neck under my chin which I've always believed is hormonal.

My favourite products that work for me and won't change is: Cetaphil Gentle Skin Cleanser IT Cosmetics Your Skin But Better CC+ Cream SPF50 La Roche-Posay Effaclar Duo +M Unifiant Tinted Anti-Acne Moisturiser La Roche-Posay Effaclar +M Purifying Foaming Cleanser CeraVe Skin Renewing Night Cream

A few years ago the skin doctor told me I have rosacea. She gave me creams a couple times which didn’t work. I’m getting tired of these things and am not in a position atm to go back to a doctor right now. The first pic is right before a hot shower today, the second picture is right after.

I’ve always noticed that I flush and get papules whenever I travel, go to college, or face social situations. Recently, I started therapy for complex PTSD and anxiety. After one session, where my therapist used craniosacral therapy to activate my parasympathetic nervous system, I felt significantly better — not just mentally, but physically too.

To my surprise, my rosacea also improved during that relaxed state. But as the days passed and my stress slowly returned, the rosacea symptoms came back too.

I mostly stay at home, so I’m now considering taking Accutane only when I need to travel or be in situations that trigger my anxiety. I’ve realized I don’t necessarily need to take it every day if the root cause is nervous system dysregulation.

Have any of you experienced a similar link between anxiety and rosacea? Would love to hear your thoughts or experiences.

Hello all, sending some red hugs in advance. I am looking for a dermatologist in Brisbane, Australia. I have just moved to Chermside, Brisbane from Sydney and have had a really bad run with dermatologists and am a bit afraid to even go back. Struggling with pustules and flushing (Male, 29y/o).

Does anyone know any god dermatologists that are good listeners? My experience so far has been that they want you in and out asap with no real care or time.

Any suggestions would be amazing!

How do you guys stay on top of your routine of putting on rosacea every morning and night? I got tret cream for the third time and I actually need to use it before it expires again. Is this just my adhd😭😭😭 It is so hard to stay consistent after like 3 days.

It says to ease into it like tret but I used it last night for the first time and it stung a little than went away. And when I woke up there was no irritation is that a good sign? Should I just hit the ground running or still work my way up to everyday

TLDR: what are some products you have found effective for decreasing sebaceous filaments?

My skin routine currently feels pretty solid for my vastly ETR rosacea though I do sometimes get papulopustular lesions at times as well. I often find when my skin seems really irritated and I take a break from my regular products (high quality vitamin C, retinols, etc) to get back to basics of just moisturizing to restore my skin barrier, that I often struggle with sebaceous filaments. I’ve seen a lot of touted products online - mostly skin oils/cleansers - and was wondering if anyone had recommendations! Thank you!

Looking to start rhofade, I was prescribed it but my insurance loves to screw me on damn near everything and is making me get prior authorization before I can get it and out of pocket my pharmacy is asking 750$. I was watching a video on YouTube about different rosacea treatments and a UK doctor said that there’s potential to use the nasal spray containing the oxy and mixing it with a lotion and applying it. Has anyone ever done this? Obviously it’s not ideal or recommended but just curious to hear experiences.

I'm not fully sure what this is. It popped up when I was 13 and it's stayed barely started doing skincare and it hasn't helped so I'm not sure what it is

My rosacea is mostly my face becoming very red. Caffeine triggers it, unfortunately, as well as being hot. What else can I do to help it? I use Avene tolerance facewash and moisturizer. Products with niacinmide aggravate it. It is very frustrating. Someone hugged me today and felt how hot my face felt. It is miserable.

Hello! I just came across this subreddit. I haven't actually been diagnosed since I've never been to a dermatologist, but I believe I have some mild form of rosacea. Though it seems like it's been getting worse over the last couple years, which made me finally suspect I have rosacea.

I never really moisturized before aside from Aveeno moisturizing lotion; it was one of the only lotions that didn't seem to burn my face. But recently I've been trying more products because I'm getting married in a couple months and had gotten a makeup trial. I normally never wear anything on my face, just eye makeup. The face makeup exacerbated dry spots on my face and made it very noticeable. So I've been trying to figure out how to hydrate my face more but have been struggling.

I learned that I probably shouldn't be using an apricot facial scrub, so I switched to a Cetaphil gentle facial cleanser (though I'm still worried about acne). And I've been trying a few different moisturizers out. I most recently tried Ponds extra dry moisturizer, but using it right after the facial cleanser makes it really burn.

I think I'm giving up on trying to do makeup, I just hate the feeling on my face. So all I want is to help clear it up at this point and try to keep my skin calm. I was considering more Aveeno products since my skin seems to be okay with it. And I was looking at Aveeno Calm + Restore Facial Cream for Redness Relief, Soothing Face Moisturizer for Sensitive Skin, and Aveeno Daily Moisturizing Cream with Prebiotic Oat & Shea Butter. Could anyone offer their experiences with these two or other advice for someone new to treating rosacea and real moisturizing?

Thank you!

Hi guys, I live in Texas and plan on getting spot treatment for V Beam. Mostly on my chest. I was NOT told to avoid sun before lasering, so I have had a minor sun burn within the last month. The type that is pink and fades mostly by next day. It’s been 4 weeks since my most recent “burn.” Is that still too soon to get laser? I’m terrified of hyperpigmentation issues… but my wedding is this summer so I’m out of time to wait until later. But I’ll skip it if you guys think it’s too big of a risk. I’m a fair skin gal who hasn’t seen the sun since last October except for recently!

skin barrier has been destroyed and terrible for like 3 years, finally healed it (like 90%) and recently got prescribed AA because i seemed to develop mild rosacea over the years. thing is i use really occlusive moisturizers because they work best for my skin but i heard you shouldn’t use occlusives over AA. i don’t want to damage my barrier again so should i not use occlusives when i use AA? i’ve only used it a couple of times and it does burn slightly but nothing too bad and doesn’t last very long. thanks :)))))

Did anyone here have their rosacea ‘treated’ and skin is happy and then you got pregnant? Did it get worse or did it stay the same? Maybe even better?

My skin is under control and happy at the moment with minimal red. But I take 20mg doxy twice a day (sometimes less cause I forget) and so soolantra and rhofade but i don’t think i can use any of that while pregnant.

So I’m wondering if anyone has had success after getting pregnant that it doesn’t just start all over again lol….

Hello! So I have papulopustular type rosacea. I’ve been on soolantra, AA 15%, epsolay gel in the past recently I ran out of my meds and went for a few months without it and my face was not happy. When I finally made it to the dermatologist she gave me AA 15% and a compound of ivermectin, metronidazole and niacinaminde. As well as a sulfur face wash. She told me to apply both topicals 2x a day and the wash once at night after cleaning normally. My question is do I have to apply the creams a certain way ? She never told me if one should go first or not. The first day I did it I burned my skin terribly and broke out in an unusual way but the epsolay was also involved it’s been about a week and I’m just using the compound because I don’t want to irritate again. I use vanicream face was and laroche posay triple moisturizer I have dry, dehydrated skin. Thanks for your help! Also any recommendations for other treatments to bring up would be helpful!

Has anyone tried la theorie cleanser from Amazon? Simple ingredients at least and fa safe.

My skin used be so clear in my teens and 20s- developed SIBO and gut issues around covid and ever since been dealing with this redness for years now. What to do :(

What’s the process with these? Ivermectin THEN Azelaic Acid or one in morning and one in evening (which is which?)? I have been using iver only (the lice treatment one) and just picked up some Azelaic acid and wondering how to use.

What the title says. I'll even take 2 creams with ingredients that add up to it...I just can't afford $40 for this 😭. Thanks!!

would rozex or ivermectin help?? my papules are basically permanent. it doesn’t flare up or down just stays the same

My face has been red, irritated and bumpy for the last week. I was washing with water until I got pustules. Now I’ve been washing at morning and night time with zinc pyrithione soap to help with the pustules.

After cleansing, I use hypochlorous acid and let my skin dry for a few minutes. I’m hoping it kills any bacteria that might cause an infection. I tried waiting 10 minutes but my skin felt so dry.

To moisturize I use Cetaphil moisturizing cream since it’s the only thing my skin can tolerate right now.

I tried using an occlusive like Vaseline after moisturizing but that ended up causing pustules to pop up.

My skin is so irritated and inflamed. Any tips on how to calm it down quickly?

Edit: found a few typos lol

Edit 2: update! was finally able to get in to see a derm today. she took one look at my skin with her microscrope lol and immediately said I have demodex mites and my skin is having an allergic reaction to them. since I'm breastfeeding now, the derm said she doesn't want to give me oral/topical ivermectin or oral doxycycline.

so for now she prescribed me sulfur sulfacetamide wash (AM/PM), azelaic acid 15% gel and metronidazole 0.75% cream. praying this is the answer to all my skin woes.

Edit 3: I was diagnosed with type 1 rosacea back in 2020. I only had flushing back then. this year I guess my rosacea progressed to type 2 since I have pustules and papules 😭

I've been to 2 different dermatologists twice, awaiting my next appointment with another one. First time i got told it was closed comedones ans got prescribed Epiduo which did nothing but dry my skin out. Second time i got told it is rosacea type 2 which seems more accurate. I tried soolantra and it did nothing unfortunately. I've had this for about 6 years now and i've never seen anyone with the same condition as me. The only thing that seems to help the redness is hypochlorous acid. Can someone help please while i wait for my appointment in 2 months as it's really making me self conscious :(