I developed flushing after a 2 month round of prednisone. It's a side effect of the steroid that my dr said would go away after stopping. However, I stopped the meds about 10 months, but the flushing hasn't stopped. It spans over my face/neck/chest & is super hot/painful/distracting. I was told it's rosacea & so far I've gotten 2 laser treatments. I'm worried bc I've noticed the really hot feeling is super prominent along my jawbone. Can the laser treatment actually make the flushing worse?
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Vbeam laser is an excellent modality for patients who have rosacea, blushing of the skin, facial and body telangiectasia, spider veins, redness, post surgical redness, and skin flushing. It is a safe procedure that can be used at varying depths to help treat micro blood vessels in the skin. We...
Wine and alcohol in general can create flushing. This will have no long term effect on the benefit of your Vbeam treatments but is a temporary flushing of the skin from the capillaries and dilated vessels. "This answer has been solicited without seeing this patient and
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When patients have pockets of redness and capillaries, treating these with Vbeam can result in some swelling both from the heat and the destruction of the vessels themselves. I give patients a prescription hydrocortisone if needed, but you can also just try OTC cortisone like Cortaid 10. Put it...