My face is always red. Does that mean I have rosacea?
No. A red face and rosacea are overlapping, but not necessarily the same problem. It is true that many people who have pink-appearing cheeks, chin, and mid-forehead are prone to rosacea. Almost all patients who have rosacea acknowledge that they flush easily with exercise, embarrassment, spicy food, or exposure to extremes of temperature. But people can have red faces from skin allergies, eczema, irritation from products, seborrhea (a dandruff-like condition), or diseases like Lupus. Redness with a tendency to develop pimples, particularly in the central part of the face, is more likely to be rosacea, and those symptoms are likely to improve with treatment that may involve a change of skin products, topical medications, and sometimes oral antibiotics. A red face and the dilated blood vessels that people often refer to as “broken capillaries” are likely to benefit substantially from laser treatments, or light based treatments such as BBL (Broad Band Light). At our clinic that treatment
