My Facial Facts: Is Your Skin The Best It Can Be?

 The skin is very complex and we find that people are constantly misdiagnosing their skin type and skin condition. 

What is the difference? 

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Here is a letter with questions from one of our readers. We thought it may be of value to you to read his concerns and our answer:

I think I may have rosacea.

I’m a light-skinned, Hispanic male, about to turn 21 years old.

I live in rural south Texas… extremely hot.

Here’s why:

1. I get red easily! laughing, smiling, exercise, coughing, just thinking I may get red results in redness…

2. Since January of this year the area around my nose… nostrils in particular, have been constantly red. My nostrils are always red now. always. It started with some flaky skin and got really irritated, this feeling that I had to scratch it to alleviate irritation… I no longer have that irritation, but it’s always red now. I feel that’s the first thing people see upon seeing me. My red nostrils.

3. I’m a contact user… and rarely take them out. I’ve noticed recently that my eyes are red. It appears as if my veins are spreading towards the eye from the sides.

4. I have oily skin. When I got my contacts the dr. told me that I could have problems with the contacts because my eyes produced a lot of oil.

5. A while back the area under and above my lips had like this dry skin thing going on. I no longer have that dry skin.

I don’t know if I just may have sensitive skin and making a connection where this is none.

Am I seeing something that’s not there or is it possible I may have rosacea?

Thanks,

MB

Here is our answer:
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Well, I know there’s a lot of confusion when it comes to facial redness.

It often makes you wonder:

“Do I have rosacea or am I just sensitive?”

Obviously, if you have rosacea, your skin is sensitive.

However, just because you’re sensitive doesn’t necessarily mean you have rosacea…

See what we’re saying?

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As you now know, we’re taking questions and concerns from you and to addressing them.

We’re tackling a very important question Vivian had, and we hope that it will help you too.

Keep reading…

Hi Derma Divas;

I have noticing that I’m starting to get more and more broken capillaries. They started to almost look like spider veins. Is this rosacea?

Thank you!

Vivian Wu

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Most dermatologists will treat eczema with topical steroids.

Holistic doctors such as Dr. Weil however, believe these drugs are only supressing the problem and will actually cause the eczema to worsen over time.

Have you found that topicals work for awhile, but begin to lose their effectiveness after a period of time?

That’s the body building resistence to the topically-applied steroids.

Other side-effects of the prolonged use of steroids are that it can lower your immune system over time and patients using steroids can experience thinning of the skin, formation of dilated blood vessels, stretch marks and infection.

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