It’s called Rosacea. It has nothing to do with blushing in emotion, just as it has nothing to do with the acne it has long been confused with. It is a real disease from which 4 million French people suffer, often without knowing it and rather during major changes in temperature …
At the first stage of the disease, this is what the general public calls rosacea. Unpleasant manifestations on the face: small dilated vessels, inflammatory pimples and above all redness that does not disappear like those of emotion. It usually starts around 20, 25 with a peak around 45.
10% of adults suffer from it. These little aesthetic annoyances are a “disease” because they are progressive and totally unpredictable.
Stadiums more bearable than others.
When it comes to rosacea, it is “only unsightly”. And already not very pleasant … But this can be aggravated by what are called flushes, that is to say intense redness in the nose and cheekbones, accompanied by a sensation of heat, burning and tingling.
And it’s not over … On these red areas, localized inflammatory pimples can occur and deeply alter the skin of the face to an edema, ie swelling, persistent.
Finally we can arrive at the deformation of the nose in the shape of an eggplant. Here we are fully in the disease …
Fortunately, anyone who today has some painless redness is not condemned to such consequences. The progression from one stage to another is unpredictable and the majority of those diagnosed with this disease will be left with minor symptoms, but which are experienced, more often than not, as a real tragedy.
No miracle treatment
Rosacea complicates those who suffer from it. So how do you get rid of it? No specific medication, but simple treatments exist, all the more effective when they are applied early. And elementary hygiene rules: clean the skin without attacking it; Protect it from the sun but also from aggressive cosmetic products.
There aren’t really any drugs that work. They are rather local treatments, to which we can add a few laser sessions .; We do not treat the cause, but the objective is to act effectively on the symptoms and to space the outbreaks.
The causes of rosacea
Heat, healthy lifestyle, diet, stress are probable causes, but in the end, Rosacea is an inflammatory disease of the blood vessels that only affects the skin of the face. And we don’t know much more! Without explanations, it is impossible to find the solution.
Finally, we must definitely wring our necks out of a legend: Those who suffer from it fear indeed to be taken for alcoholics; moreover, we often take care of reminding them, when the drink has nothing to do with rosacea. This is why we do not talk enough about this disease and consequence, less than 20% of people affected are treated.
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