I do too. I love the way you wrote this post. That could have been me a few days ago. One thing though, when my face is all red, people walk away from me and act like I am a contagious monster. I hate that!

But we are better than our skin disorder! I am trying a new herbal thing next week. I will let you know how it works.

Take good care Pippilotta and take comfort in knowing you are not alone.

Hugs
Karasal

Thank you Karasal! It is nice to know that I am not alone. I am the only one in my family and the only one of all the people I know that has this problem...so I have felt very alone with it. And, people just don't seem to understand and think they can laugh at it...and all I want to do is run and hide under a rock!

Please let me know how the herbal thing works out...I will try anything!

Hi Pippilotta,

Thank you for the friendship add. I appreciate that. :)

For sure you are not alone in this struggle. I have lost friends due to this disorder. I tell people I am only red, not contagious. Wow some people! Oh well good riddance I guess.

Well so far the herbal supplement works slow but sure. It is called Bell #60 for skin disorders that helps acne, rosacea, eczema, psoriasis, etc. I find there is less redness and the big bumps on my face seem to be gone for now. I started to use it last Sunday and I am a bit impatient so I want it all gone now!

The website is BellLifestyle so if you google it, you will find it helpful. And I saw testimonies that claim it helped the users of that product. I will wait til I have used it more and see if there are signifcant results, but so far so good. I just want it gone now LOL.

the product cost me $29.99 plus tax but I am glad I bought it. NOthing else worked so I hope this does. It works from the inside out and cleans the blood instead of a topical solution on my face. No side effects at all. But that's what I am using for now.

Thought I would come and let you know and will keep you posted on the progress of this product.

Have a great day and take good care

Karasal :)

hey, i hate that people think i'm an alcoholic, even though i rarely drink. i used to manage a resort for several years, and clients or friends of other workers would walk up to me and say, "oh wow - i see you've started the party early!" and i'd say, "huh?" and they'd say something like, "well... you've had a few drinks, eh?" and i'd say... "uh... no... i don't drink at work, and don't drink much after work for that matter." then they'd say, "um... then i guess you got too much sun today?" and i'd say, "um... no. i'm not stupid, i'm a redhead. we don't DO sun." sometimes i'd explain i have a skin condition called rosacea, and sometimes, if i didn't like them, i'd just let them flounder in confusion. lol.

I hate Rosacea too! I'm only 21 and my friends don't understand why my skin always appears to be sunburned even though I am never in the sun.

I'm mortified to get out of the shower around my boyfriend since hot water is my biggest trigger. Its exhausting always thinking about how red my face is at any particular moment.

You're not alone.

I haven't found anything to noticeably reduce the redness, but I have found prosacea gel works wonders on the little bumps. Hang in there!

I hate spending loads of money on products that do not work. I hate it when I am so aware of my face whenever I am talking to people. I hate that I am still shocked sometimes when I look in the mirror. I hate that people assume I have a really unhealthy diet or do not wash my face. I hate sometimes that I think it is getting better then realise it absolutely isn't, I hate that my boyfriend came home today with a leaflet his mum gave him recommending something for my skin. I hate that they have been talking about me behind my back but I can't show I'm annoyed because she was 'being nice.' I hate that I don't feel pretty. I hate that I don't feel normal.

I love you for posting this :)

Thank you all for sharing your advice and common hate towards this condition! It definitely sucks. I was just venting...I still hate it! Anytime someone makes a comment about my red face I just shut down and get angry! I am so glad and thankful that there are people who do understand! Thank you all for letting me not be alone with this!

Hi, I want to share something with you and all rosacea sufferers. I have mild rosacea and I know how you feel cause my face does all the same things you mentioned and I hate it! I have hope for us all though!! Because mine is starting to HEAL!! I have done a TON of research since my face started getting red and I think I've found a way to treat /heal my own rosacea! After all my research ( too much to explain on here) I've found that I'm probably deficient in certain vitamins. Here's the list of vitamins I take and the main vitamin that I think that is healing my redness is vitamin A when I started taking vitamin A I noticed a difference in the redness in just a few days the one side of my cheek has almost completely cleared.

I really hope this helps please do your own research too read about how important vitamin A is for the skin.


25,000 IU vitamin A a day
5-6,000 Mg of vitamin C a day
1,000 mg of primrose oil a day
B complex 1 pill a day
1,000 mg Fish oil 5 a day
a multi vitamin 1 a day
1,000 mcg B12 3 a day

hi I am new to this group but couldnt agree with your post more. I hate my red face and wish wish wish it would go away or that there was an effective treatment for it
Hugsss
Deb

Hi Everyone! I am a member of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) support group at DS,and was just purusing the groups and found this one. I have red cheeks and a red nose. It gets darker sometimes. Once my doctor said it was rosacea.

I started reading others posts and my heart just goes out to the authors. But in reading this post, I found a lot of similarities between the MS group and your group. No we are NOT contagous. You'd be surprised how many people don't know about MS and ask that question. People thinking you are drunk because of your red skin: how about people thinking we are drunk because we cannot maintain any balance. Hot showers trigger your skin to go red; hot anything, even 1/2 degree above normal body temperature can cause our MS symptoms to come out.

You'all on this Board have such a comraderie that is commendable. The MS board is also always full of members touching our hearts and letting us know that we are not alone.

I just wanted to let all the authors of this thread to know that I enjoyed your input to this post. Remember, you are beautiful, inside and out!

I too have Rosacea and it is so embarassing. My mom's always saying when she comes to visit, "Boy, your face is red, like a cherry". Or, my boyfriend thinks it's funny to pick on me and call me a 'tomato face' if my skin has a reaction and I develop the pustules. I always look like I have a ton of blush on. I;m 24 and have had this since I've been a kid! It's really bad when I mow the lawn, then my face looks like a plum :( Darn Rosacea anyway. I wish I had a normal complexion.

I just found out that I have this and ocular also. I have all that. My face getting all red. I used to think that my BP was up or after I eat something I felt flushed and thought It was an allergic reaction to sugar.
I am having such a hard time dealing with this. I am not sure why other than maybe I feel I am going to get hideous.
I am also trying to understand it and the fact that they say there is no cure and really don't understand how it starts.
I also don't have much at home support. So I am kinda ah just kinda. LOL