Well I don't know many other people with rosacea to be honest, I'm not sure if
dry hypersensitive skin would make one flush badly. From personal experience, I
can say that I started getting this problem around the end of April and it was
absolute hell for about a month to a month and a half, with my facial color
being off and it felt like I had my head next to a grill a lot of the time
(especially in the evening for some reason). I've been on doxycycline and the
burning has gotten better, I still flush to some extent (particularly my nose)
but it seems to be triggered by certain things like changes in temperature
(especially heat and humidity) and also certain foods which is a real pain in
the ass because I feel like I can't just eat whatever I want anymore.

I've been told by people that it looks very mild but I'm still very
self-conscious about it, this problem has made me feel like I'm not the same
person anymore :( I probably shouldn't feel that way but I do. Anyhow, the skin
on my face seems to be a bit oily recently which I guess is due to the rosacea.
I've been keeping some kleenex with me to blot my face in times when I can't
wash it but I still am very conscious of it. Speaking of face washing, how many
times is too many? I usually seem to like to wash it now about 3 times a day but
I don't want to irritate my skin either. Two times just seems to allow too much
to build up on my skin.


--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, "Aurelia.Dawn" <aurelia.dawn@...> wrote:
>
> Yes, oily skin often goes along with rosacea. There seems to be a marked
division into two camps: those with oily, spot-prone skin and those with very
dry and hypersensitive skin.
>
> It seems to me that the latter group are more likely to flush badly, but that
is only based on impressions gained from reading the boards, so I might be
wrong. (I wonder how many of the oily-skinned brigade flush badly and/or often?)
>
> On Vitamin D3, perhaps consult the relevant part of our Resource Pages
section:
>
> http://rosacea-research.org/wiki/index.php?title=Vitamin_D3
>
> Then scroll down for Dan's explanation of the difference between vitamin D3
and other forms, which includes this link:
>
> http://jcem.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/89/11/5387
>
> Kind regards,
>
> Aurelia
>