Nothing works
Hi! I’m a 28F and have had rosacea for about 5 years. My rosacea is almost entirely vascular. I don’t really get papules or pustules. My issue is persistent redness and visible capillaries/telangiectasias that seem to be structural rather than inflammatory.
So far I’ve tried:
Azelaic acid
Ivermectin
Metronidazole
Rhofade
Low-dose doxycycline (40 mg)
IPL (full treatment)
PDL (could only afford one but yielded no results)
Unfortunately, nothing has made a meaningful difference in the persistent redness.
Has anyone else had this really stubborn vascular type of rosacea? If so, did you eventually find something that actually helped? At this point I feel like I have to wear makeup just to feel confident, and I’d love to hear success stories from people with a similar presentation.