What are the symptoms of rosacea?

The most common symptoms of rosacea include heat, facial redness, pimples/pustules, and stinging or itching of the face. Watch as dermatologist Cybele Fishman, MD, explains the various types of rosacea, the symptoms and how it differs from acne.

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The other thing about rosacea that sets it apart from acne is people often find stinging of the face or itching. They have sensations that normally people with acne

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don't have. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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So there's four basic types of rosacea. One has a very long name, but I refer to them as flusher blushers.

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It's people who are just red basically and have no other symptoms. Then there's the kind that you get pimples and pustules.

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And those will usually be in the center of your face. And then there's eye rosacea, which obviously I'm not going to talk about since that's not

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my area of expertise. And then there's a very small subtype that men get when they get those really big noses. But most people fall into the first two categories.

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And the other thing about rosacea that sets it apart from acne is people often find stinging of the face or itching.

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They have sensations that normally people with acne don't have. Let's say your rosacea trigger is stress, which it is for a lot of people.

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So when you're feeling really stressed out, you might start to feel that your face gets really hot. It gets red, and you might get bumps. And a lot of patients will say to me,

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but doctor, they're not like pimples. They don't have pus coming out of them. They're just like bumps under the skin. And rosacea can look like that.

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The thing about rosacea is it can present a lot of different ways. But I tell people, if you're feeling any burning or stinging with the addition of bumps,

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then it's a good chance it's rosacea. And it's worth seeing a dermatologist.