Rosacea SOS

[powie]

Does anyone have any recommendations for rosacea? I have tried so many different cleansers and serums but haven't had any luck. I am looking for a skincare routine that could help🙏

[davidLO123]

I have severe rosacea. I’ve noticed that adjusting my life activities helped cured it.

stay away from the sun, red wine, energy drinks, cigarettes, stressing, hot temperatures. 
I also found that makeup wipes, essential oils, clay masks and chemical peels/sunscreens are extremely irritating for my rosacea. 

For products, I really like Exederm Hydrocortisone and Kiehls Calendula Calming Petal-Infused Mask for flare up treatments. Paula Choice’s Azealic Acid is also great but can be irritating if you use a lot. Also, ice rolling balls are amazing for my flare ups. I still haven’t found a cleanser for my rosacea prone skin. If somebody could help me out that would be great, thanks. 

[ellal2020]

Hi! I also have rosacea and I really like using the Dr. Jart+ Cicapair™ Tiger Grass Calming Gel Cream 1.69 oz/ 50 mL and the other products on the Cicapair line from dr. Jart. I also use items from la roche posay; and while they are not from Sephora, you can buy their products at target or online. I use their hydrating gentle cleanser and their hydrating moisturizer as well. The ingredients in all of these products I have mentioned are very good and formulated for sensitive skin.

Hope this helps! 

🙂

[gingerleigh]

All the earlier suggestions in this thread are great. I have tried most of these products and I regularly use quite a few of them. I will be wanting to try out the sunscreen recommendation.

I like The Ordinary's Squalane Cleanser because although it comes in a squeezy tube, it is similar in texture to a makeup remover balm, and I like to lightly massage my skin with it. It is very gentle and very inexpensive compared to a lot of products.

Caudalie Grape Water is a refreshing, skin-calming mist that does not have any irritating ingredients. It is practically part of my first-aid kit. Any time my skin feels tight or burned, it helps right away. I haven't yet found another mist that has such gentle ingredients at a similarly low cost per ounce.

The thing that helped me with my rosacea more than anything was realizing that chemical sunscreens were exacerbating the flare-ups I used to get on my cheeks, notably on days when I was stuck driving in late afternoon sun. My cheeks would be glowing red, hot to the touch and a little painful, almost all the way down to my jawline. I switched to physical sunscreens only on my cheeks/rosacea and break-out areas, and since then I have only had a handful of flare-ups like those. It has been a couple years now.

I have since gone back to using a combo of chemical and physical sunscreens on parts of my face where I don't have rosacea issues, where the exclusive use of physical sunscreen was causing me very dry skin.

@powie  @saragraz  @NavyVet71 

[MamaL35]

Which physical sunscreens have you been using to help? I'm going to try the ordinary's 2 products (the squalene cleanser you recommended & the serum pp recommended). I have had luck with the Dermalogica Ultracalming line with the active moist moisturizer (their Ultracalming mist feels sooo good when I have inflammation & heat!) and FAB. Not a fan of the coconut tiny sunscreen, though. I received that in a kit I'd bought a couple years ago.

[gingerleigh]

Sorry I didn't ever see this. I'm currently mostly using REN Clean Skincare Clean Screen Mattifying Face Sunscreen SPF 30 1.7 oz/ 50 mL, as well as the mineral SPF 30 by the Ordinary which I have to order from the Deciem website. I love both of those. I mix Drunk Elephant D-Bronzi into the one from the Ordinary, to get rid of the white cast. Haven't tried D-Bronzi with the REN one just yet.

I liked the Paula's Choice RESIST Super-Light Daily Wrinkle Defense Face Sunscreen SPF 30 2 oz/ 60 mL   as well as the Paula's Choice RESIST Youth-Extending Daily Hydrating Fluid SPF 50 2 oz/ 60 mL , but the latter especially seemed more like a layer of skincare than a layer of SPF to me, and I felt like it wasn't enough protection on its own. The former I find similar to the SPF products by Drunk Elephant, in that to apply it successfully, because of its slightly gummy texture, it really only works for me if I use a dry beautyblender sponge to pat it on and smooth it out. 

(I have one of the cheek-sized beautyblender sponges that I keep squashed into my empty tin of Supergoop Cloud 9 sunscreen -- loved the idea of the recyclable tin, despite the ew factor of dipping my fingers into it, but I won't repurchase Cloud 9 because it didn't protect my skin well enough. I had some breakthrough flareups while using it.)

I prefer to apply REN's SPF with the sponge too, not because it has a gummy texture, but rather because it is ... I dunno ... a bit grippy? I feel like I have to work fast to apply it. It doesn't seem to leave a white cast on me though.

Anyway to summarize:

REN -- love it

the Ordinary -- love it

Paula's Choice, both kinds I have tried -- not enough protection on their own to prevent flareups, but enjoy as SPF skincare layers

Supergoop Cloud 9 -- not enough protection but wonderfully portable

@MamaL35 

[saragraz]

I use all BareMinerals Brand for everything

[NavyVet71]

have dry rosacea dermatitis. Lucky me huh? I know your frustration. The products that I found thus far that help and do not irritate me are:

First Aid Beauty: Face cleanser..You can use either of the 2 they have. I use the one in the tube. Only wash face at night and use only lukewarm water during the day. Only use your finger to wash.

The Ordinary: Niacinamide Serum no matter your skin type. It helps the redness. Use am and pm

First Aid Beauty: Ultra Repair Hydrating Serum..Use am and pm

The INKEY List: Snow Mushroom Hydrating Gel Moisturizer.Use am and pm

First Aid Beauty: Hello FAB Coconut Skin Smoothie Priming Moisturizer

Sunscreen: Not sold on Sephora. Suntegrity Impeccable skin or 5-in-1 Both are tinted sunscreens with different skin tones.

The INKEY List: Snow Mushroom Hydrating Gel Moisturizer.Use am and pm

I do not use any foundation. Just using the Hello FAB Coconut Skin Smoothie Priming Moisturizer and Suntegrity tinted sunscreen work wonderful.

I truly hope this helps.