Rosacea

Rosacea is a common but poorly understood long-term skin condition that mainly affects the face.

It can be controlled to some degree with long-term treatment, but sometimes the changes in physical appearance can have a significant psychological impact.

Symptoms

Symptoms often begin with episodes of flushing, where the skin turns red for a short period, but other symptoms can develop as the condition progresses, such as:

burning and stinging sensations permanent redness spots (papules and pustules) small blood vessels in the skin becoming visible

Rosacea is a relapsing condition, which means there are periods when symptoms are particularly bad, but less severe at others.

Read about the symptoms of rosacea

Rosacea symptoms include redness and flushing, as well as stinging and spots.Source: https://dermnetnz.org/


Rosacea causes a range of symptoms, although not everyone will experience them all.

Most people with rosacea have periods when their symptoms are particularly troublesome, followed by periods when their symptoms are less so.

The main symptoms of rosacea include:

flushing persistent facial redness visible blood vessels papules and pustules thickened skin

These are discussed in more detail below.

Other symptoms associated with rosacea include:

sensitive skin – burning, itching, stinging and pain dry, rough skin raised red patches (plaques) on your skin facial swelling (lymphoedema)

Rosacea can cause different symptoms, including facial redness and flushing.Source: https://dermnetnz.org/

Permanent damage to the face (scarring) almost never occurs in rosacea.