Rosacea Skin Care

Although there is no cure for rosacea, skin care and proper treatment can help your skin look and feel better. Common suggestions include using sunscreen, using a mild moisturizer, and using lukewarm water to wash your face. In addition, as part of your skin care routine, you may want to keep a notebook of triggers that seem to make your skin worse and cause flare-ups.

Why Skin Care for Rosacea Is Important

Currently, there is no rosacea cure. However, with rosacea treatment and good skin care, your skin can look better.
 

Suggestions for Rosacea Skin Care

A large part of treatment for rosacea involves self-care. Here are a few skin care suggestions for people with rosacea:
 
  • Know your rosacea triggers and avoid them as much as possible. Keep a written record of when flare-ups occur. This can give you clues about what bothers your skin.
 
  • Use a sunscreen every day that protects against UVA and UVB rays. Make sure that it has a sun-protecting factor (SPF) of 15 or higher.
 
  • Use a mild moisturizer, if it helps, and don't put irritating products on the face. Make-up, moisturizers, sunscreens, or other skin products used on the face that contain alcohol or other irritating ingredients can cause flare-ups in some people with rosacea.
 
  • Use gentle skin cleansers and avoid rubbing, tugging, scratching, or scrubbing your face. Blot dry instead.
 
  • Use a small amount of soap or cleanser to wash your face and use your fingertips to gently apply the soap or cleanser.
 
  • Use lukewarm, not hot, water to wash your face and a thick pile towel to blot dry.
 
  • Let your skin rest for ten minutes before applying topical medication and another ten minutes before applying make-up or rosacea skin care products.
 
  • Some people find that green-tinted makeup effectively conceals skin redness.

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Written by/reviewed by: Arthur Schoenstadt, MD
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