Does anyone know what I can take to control this? yall have already been helpful in my other post. thank you for that.

the symptoms and pictures I found match dead on with me.

some of the other people were already helpful telling me what would be good to take as an oral supplement against the sun.

but what about if the problems is rosacea?

https://www.acnease.com/articles/rosa...lternative.htm

This one is more useful: https://www.ehow.com/how_4807224_use-...l-rosacea.html

Also,make sure you have rosacea. If the rash is in a butterfly pattern, you might have something else.

Here's an older thread of ours from Harry Hirsute, where topical application of Milk Thistle and the use of MSM (Methylsulphonylmethane) are recommended for Rosacea. If I come across any other useful info, I'll post it here.

https://www.natmedtalk.com/other-dise...istle-msm.html

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Hey thanks for the reply back. I'm actually thinking I might just have increased sunburn susceptibility from taking accutane years ago.

thanks dude.

I'm thinking it might not be Rosacea. It doesn't flare up in the cold weather, it's only when I've been out in the sun. It only takes about 10 minutes for there to be some effects on my skin. If I stand far back from the mirror it looks like you can drawn a line on my cheeks where the redness is at. what else is strange is that it looks like I have sun spots or something.

My face is beautiful when I haven't been in the sun, but once I do, my face gets red the next day. and stays like that for weeks. it even starts to look like I have acne and aging spots or scars or something. It also feels like there is something on my skin. When I take showers, 20 minutes after it feels like their is still something on my face that I need to wash off!

I just bought Maqui Superberry, Paba, Green Vibrance, Krill, and GOJI.

I will keep yall posted.

Dr. Oz just mentioned on his show that natural Vitamin E, when taken up to an hour before sun exposure, will not only protect the skin against sunburn, but help heal it too. Not sure of the amount he said, but I think it was 1,000 IUs. I've never taken that much, just 400 IUs per day. It is a blood thinner.

who is Dr. Oz?

the natural supplements I bought don't seem to be helping.

i'm afraid it is Rosacea too

I first heard about Dr. Oz on the Oprah Winfrey TV show, he was a frequent guest, and now has his own show. https://www.doctoroz.com/

You won't see any results from most supplements that quickly, they have to be used for a long period of time before their worth can be evaluated by the user.

man that sucks. how long? a month? it's starting to get really warm outside. it gets in the 90's-100's where I live. thats when my face gets red. it feels like a burnning sensation.

I would say a month is the minimum. Here's a thread you should read through and explore the links for natural sun protection ideas, more ideas to consider.

https://www.natmedtalk.com/general-di...-good-bad.html

thands dude. I'll look into that. I might just wear a safari hat. I'm a college student right now, so obviously I'm having to walk to class. I'm probably walking around campuss outside for about 30 min a day! I'll get some goofy looks that for sure haha.

Even though I'm a woman, I HATE wearing hats....always have, don't like gloves or sunglasses either. Well, I've started wearing the sunglasses more now that I know better, for eye health and to avoid age-related problems. There's lots of hats out there to choose from, if I had a flushing issue, safari sounds cool, goofy looks turn into crazes, believe me! You'll be the leader!

More info on diet~

Lifestyle Changes to Combat Rosacea
https://www.rosacea-ltd-flushing.com/food.php4

The Ways in Which Food can Trigger Rosacea
Foods impact can be seen in many ways on the rosacea skin. Thermally hot foods or spices can cause those with rosacea or anyone else to flush with facial heat. Many rosacea sufferers also suffer from food allergies which result in facial redness, flushing, skin irritation, and pimples. Foods that stimulate cause rosacea redness.

Eat three small meals rather than one big meal to help prevent rosacea flare-ups. Also graze between meals to keep the blood sugar level up. However. always consider calorie intake and weight control.

In our experience, many patients with rosacea have other symptoms that suggest the diagnosis of food allergy. The involvement of the central face has often been a puzzle to some rosaceans. A red nose, cheeks and red ears act like warning lights that turn on when a food reaction starts and the need to identify reactive foods when this flushing or vascular dilation occurs. Often, it is the symptoms of food allergy that motivate people to start diet revision and an improvement in their rosacea condition is noted along with improvement in other symptoms such as gastrointentestinal disturbances, migraine headache, sinusitis, and fatigue.

There are different types of flushing or vascular dilation caused by the intake of various foods and beverages. A very interesting note is that not everything affects everybody. Everyone is different! While you will find 35 foods below causing problems, the average supermarkets has 900 to 1200 foods available that can provide nutrition as well as energy. The flushing and allergy foods can be subdivided into the various categories as follows:

Rosacea redness or vascular dilation is partially caused by high calorie carbohydrates (pastas, breads) and sugar spiking from all sweet foods. Just remember kids having a sugar high and bouncing off the walls due to energy available. So think of things that give you a high burn rate, high energy, or foods that would most likely add fat to your body, and you would be identifying the worst culprits. The goal is to reduce food consumption which reduces the heat/calories burned which results in the body being noticeably colder during the winter and likewise providing less heat during the summer. As there is less heat by calories burned, there is less redness of the face or dilation. Therefore, three small meals with breakfast being the most important and grazing in between meals is better for limiting this kind of vascular dilation flushing; however, it is important to keep the daily calorie intake within one's calorie budget to maintain your ideal weight.

Quite different are the foods that are blood vessel dilators such as vinegars, hot spices and various other spicy seasonings, hot sauces, peppers (including black pepper) and meat marinades. Tomatoes, citrus fruits and related juices, bananas, and red plums, raisins, figs, pasta, cheese, and chocolates are some of the worst offenders to many. Other very common known flushing foods are liver, yogurt, sour cream, vanilla, soy sauce, yeast extract, eggplant, avocados, spinach, broad-leaf beans and pods, including lima, navy or peas. Allergies to malt and yeast beverages, and fermented alcohols would fall into the allergy category.

Stimulants such as coffees, teas, soft drinks with caffeine, alcohol beverages and chocolates stimulate the system resulting in more facial redness or dilation.

Another category would be thermally hot foods and drinks as they even cause vascular dilation or flushing in non-rosaceans. Avoid all hot foods and drinks until they have cooled to body temperature or better yet cooled well below body temperature. The best way to drink a small amount of coffee, tea, or soft drink is refrigerator cold as this will not cause as much vascular dilation.

Food allergies are common in causing nasal membrane mucous resulting in vascular dilation causing reddening or facial flushing for many. This condition gets a similar response (but for very different reasons) as the common cold or influenza which often causes facial flushing due to a bacterial and virus infection.

Another category would be aspartame and NutraSweet in soft drinks, jellos and other foods. Aspartame and NutraSweet as a sugar replacement causes noticeable flushing in 30% of rosaceans. Try a 60 day non-aspertame period to watch your facial blushing improve.

After all the foods that cause more vascular dilation or blushing, a bonus is that cherries, blackberries, and blueberries which are vascular constrictors actually assist in reducing redness. Also on the positive side is remembering the 900 to 1200 other foods in the supermarket that cause no problems to most who are on a rosacea diet.


Good health for your skin as well as your entire body may require a permanent lifestyle change that will reward you with a longer life and more beautiful skin to wear during those extra years.

Rosacea flushing is a complex interaction of several systems. Each of the following factors may affect your skin's appearance.

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Wow what a very informational post. You sure do know a lot. What I found really interesting was this:

""""Food allergies are common in causing nasal membrane mucous resulting in vascular dilation causing reddening or facial flushing for many. This condition gets a similar response (but for very different reasons) as the common cold or influenza which often causes facial flushing due to a bacterial and virus infection"""""

Since last week my nose has had a burning sensation, around the time I starting noticing my face was getting pink, at the same time the weather has been getting warmer and my nose also had a lot mucus, also I've had some of the best/worse sneezes of my life. I thought it was because of a workout I had in the gym, but maybe it was a food allergy.

I went to India laste summer, and wore a columbia safari hat, I have some columbia PFG's, some khakis, and some Chaco's.

I think I can pull off the look with your encouragement. lol.

You need to be taking a good probiotic daily.

Problems in the gut can cause skin issues.

(trust me on this)

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