The Lipstick Party

Do you know the name of one of the most common skin problems widespread throughout the globe? If this question were posed to fifty different people, it’d be surprising if a dozen of them got it right. The answer is rosacea.

Despite the high numbers of people effected here – about forty million people – rosacea tends to slip off the radar, not really being known or understood beyond those who have it. For those who do, they know what it’s like: the face gets red, blushed, inflamed. Acne-like pimples and bumps appear. Blood vessels surface to the face.

Rosacea predominately manifests in white women whose ancestry is traced back to Europe. However, it can be found in both men and women, both black and white people, and people of all ages, not just the bigger demographic of women ages 30 to 50. Scientists do not know what causes rosacea but there is evidence of a genetic disorder involved.

Furthermore, there is no magic bullet or single cure for rosacea. Rather, an evolving set of treatments must be experimented with in order to find the best combination to offset the symptoms of rosacea. Now if the rosacea is only mild, many people choose to simply do nothing but perhaps use light makeup to mask a bit of the redness. For those with harsher symptoms, antibiotics and over the counter medicines, along with some natural herbal remedies, are all used to combat the inflammation it causes.

Antibiotics, natural medicines, and over the counter drugs can do a lot to target the inflammation created by rosacea. However, if more treatment is needed, or a different type of treatment is needed, laser treatment has been shown to be very effective in treating rosacea. While you should expect to get half a dozen or more laser treatments done, many patients report instant relief after just a single laser treatment session!

The good news is that there are a lot of treatments out there, and it takes trying them out to find out what works for a patient. The bad news is that rosacea patients tends to work these treatments for their whole life, dancing a game of going back and forth where inflammation leaves for awhile, and then comes back. However, once a patient understands their personal triggers and what treatments work for them, rosacea can be treated and then take a back seat, while life goes on for the patient!

Rosacea is a problematic skin problem that too many have to deal with. Learn about the best rosacea treatment ideas at the Rosacea Treatment Guide.