Re: rosacea in teens, early onset

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if you go by the categories the medical stuff

outlines, then i was born with rosacea!!

" pre-rosacea " is ususally described as a strong

tendency to flush or blush. i have done that for

as long as i can remember. if i was out playing,

my cheeks were bright red, when i was in grade

school and had to answer a question, or god

forbid, say somehting in front of the class, my

face would be a red as a beet and it wasn't

because of embarrassment. and it would stay red a

long long time. i never had a speck of acne

though. i've had very sensitve skin for as long

as i can remember too. perfect one day, red &

blotchy the next. if i cried, blotchy and red for

hours.

now i am 41 and though i don't blush too often, i

flush at certain triggers and have blood vessel

damage in my cheeks. several years ago i went

through a stressful period and took alot of hot

baths. this seems to have taken me past

" pre-rosacea " , although i still don't have

acne...boy, if i could take back that time!

i don't think all flushers and blushers get

rosacea - or at least the problems that constant

flushing and blushing can cause for some of us.

i have a friend who is in her late 60's now and

has and always had bright red cheeks. if you are

in a certain light spider veins are noticeable,

but her skin, which tends to be oily, is very

smooth and soft looking and on her it just looks

like a healthy glow.

one survey i would like to see one day is one

that might determine common personality traits

amongst rosaceans. i feel sure that we all may

tend to react emotionally in like ways. one of

the best descriptions of the typical rosacean

child/adult is on the bass & boney site. when i

read it, it may as well have been me as a child!

another thing, as a kid i used to get cankor

sores alot and my dad alwasy told me they were

" growing pains " (!) but i realized as an adult

that it was probably the toothpaste we used. i

can use only a couple brands without problems

even now. weird.

interesting topic though.

carrie

--- Moya Stone agathasprose@...> wrote:

> Yes, I started having R symptoms (mostly

> flushing)

> when I turned 30. And I've heard of cases as

> young as

> late teens.

> --- Adam filter@...> wrote:

> > Ok, I've heard this twice now in the last day

> or so.

> > What is the difference

> > between flushing/blushing predisposition +

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