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What exactly is rosacea and acne rosacea? 

Rosacea is a fairly stubborn and persistent skin condition which typically requires ongoing treatment.  The official definition of the rosacea skin disorder is “A chronic dermatitis of the face, especially of the nose and cheeks, characterized by a red or rosy coloration, caused by dilation of capillaries, and the appearance of acnelike pimples. Also called acne rosacea.”

Now, there is also a skin disorder which is practically synonomous with rosacea called “acne rosacea”, which involves the same flushing and redness as mentioned in the rosacea definition above, but also includes the occurrence of acne lesions, just as with acne vulgaris.  Yep, acne rosacea is a difficult to treat, double whammy of a skin condition.  Please see some of the product recommendations for the effective treatment of rosacea and acne rosacea below. Please note that there may be compensation of some sort for any sales that result from this product review. Please remember to also use your own judgment and research when finding the product that is right for you.

The reason I recommend this particular line of rosacea and acne rosacea treatments is that they are 100% natural and non irritating, and have soothing botanicals.  They are actually proven to work on this skin disorder too, and they are credible too, because they’ve actually been featured in several high profile magazines and publications and reviewed very well.  There are anti redness masks, serums and washes that take the red out and bring your skin back to it’s beautiful natural tone, color and texture.

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Environmental Factors that Aggravate Rosacea and Acne Rosacea

• Sunlight – People with rosacea are particularly photosensitive (sensitive to the sunlight in other words).  Exposure to sunlight can exacerbate rosacea and acne rosacea and cause even more unwanted flareups.
• Hot beverages and hot foods
• Alcoholic beverages
• Spicy foods
• Hormone fluctuations
• Stress – emotional and physical
• Environmental (temperature) heat

It is important to note, that while rosacea cannot be “cured”  it certainly can be treated effectively either under the care of a dermatologist, which admittedly can get expensive, especially since the care would need to be constant, and can also be successfully treated by caring for it yourself, with your own chosen products for rosacea which you would be using daily as your skin care regimen in place of other common drugstore soaps, cleansers, creams etc that are probably doing your skin more harm than good.

Medical, or dermatologist administered treatments for rosacea and acne rosace include the following:

• Generall speaking, different oral and topical antibiotics, and other special medications, are prescribed to treat the bumps, pimples and redness often associated with the two closely related skin conditions.
• If deemed as needed, laser treatments or other surgical procedures may be used to remove or help lessen the appearance of visible blood vessels, reduce obvious, inflamed looking redness or correct any resulting disfigurement of the nose.
• Rosacea patients are also advised to identify and avoid lifestyle and environmental factors that may aggravate their individual conditions.
• Other anti inflammatory medications may be prescribed as well, since rosacea and acne rosacea are, by their nature, and inflammatory skin disease, these usually help.  Who wants to be on an anti inflammatory indefinitely though?