I want to go for an IPL for rosacea flushing, but I know people who have said that IPL made their flushing worse for a month after the treatment & broken capillaries worse. How is this possible? I also know it can treat flushing so Im confused!
I have pale skin with mild Rosacea on my cheeks and chin, mainly flushing with permanent pink/red areas. I have visited a couple of cosmetic Dermatologists who suggest BBL or IPL. And, they don't perform the procedure it's done by their aestheticians. What is the difference between IPL and BBL? Also, why not Laser instead? I read that IPL/BBL takes away good and bad pigment, is hard to predict the results and has more adverse affects than a laser. So wouldn't a Laser be better in my case?
I have rosacea induced by adapalene, which gave me redness and flushing. I tried metronidazole and soolantra but these resulted in acne I haven't been able to get rid of. I tried azaelic acid gel too and it just seemed to be irritating. I'm not sure what to try next and thinking laser's might help, but am worried about the side effects.
Hi, I am a 29 year old male, and have been suffering from facial flushing/blushing for as long as I can remember. My triggers include: intense facial blushing in social settings, when giving a presentation or stressed, a neck rash and/or facial blushing after drinking alcohol or exercising. Will the V beam laser or IPL work for this type of flushing/redness? Could this actually be rosacea? Thank you in advance! I attached a few photographs.
I have flushing rosacea. My face goes bright red after a long walk, cooking dinner, and cant drink alcohol or caffeine. I have no permanent redness, no thread veins and no acne. I flush badly and then go back the being very pale! Will IPL help the flushing? I dont want to go on any medication. I wear factor 50 every day. Thank you!
I was diagnosed w/ rosacea 6 months ago, and was prescribed metro gel & doxy. Recently had a horrible flare, and nothing is controlling it. Mostly I am just having flushing. Has been going on for a month and is getting worse and worse and lasting longer each day. Considering getting IPL at this point, and I want to know if it will help get rid of this god awful flushing. It stings, burns, and just looks all around not great. Starting to get some very faint redness that just won't go away, too.
I got IPL mostly to try to help with flushing. I also had some mild diffuse redness, which you can't really see very well in the before picture, but it was mostly in my cheeks. I'm 2 weeks post from my first IPL now, and it hasn't been a great experience. I swelled a lot, and felt very sunburnt around my eyes for several days after. In addition, 4 days after IPL, I started getting red itchy bumps all over my cheeks that haven't gone away. And my cheeks are now more red than before I had the IPL.
Hi, I had IPL for redness on Tuesday. It is now Friday and have had to go on a hike which went for most of the day and caused a lot of sweating. No extreme flushing though. I say that it said to avoid strenuous exercise for 24 hours but other places ive read up to two weeks. Also is it the flushing you want to avoid or the sweating? Also does it just delay the healing progress or does it mean the treatment will be less effective regardless. Cheers
My skin is constantly with a flushing/blushing look, it gets white when I press it but it returns after a few seconds. I also have severe Keratosis Pilaris in my lower arms, upper arms and chest. I've done all allergy tests and the only positive results were mold and dust mites, I've tried everything, anti histamines, gluten and lactose free diet but it doesn't matter what I do or where I am my skin is always like this, only prednisone makes my skin looks normal (white and clear). Any help?