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If you have rosacea, a carefully crafted skincare routine is essential to calming your rosacea symptoms. It will give your skin quick relief and improve your skin health over time.
Rosacea-friendly skincare routine
1. Use a gentle cleanser
Avoid harsh soaps, foaming cleaners, scrubs, or exfoliants. Choose gentle, fragrance-free products that are formulated for sensitive skin.
2. Consider using a microfibre sponge
Other than effectively cleansing your face, a microfiber sponge double as a gentle exfoliator. This is a good method to replace cleansers with chemicals.
3. Rinse your face with lukewarm water
Other than effectively cleansing your face, a microfiber sponge double as a gentle exfoliator. This is a good method to replace cleansers with chemicals. Use room temperature or lukewarm water to wash your face. Your face will come in contact with water when you shower or wash your hair so pay attention to the water temperature during your shower time too.
4. Do not wash your face more than twice a day
Once in the morning and once before bed is sufficient.
5. Moisturise after you wash your face every time
If rosacea makes your skin dry, pick a richer creamy type of moisturizer. If rosacea makes your skin oily, pick a gel/water base type of moisturizer. If possible, select an antibacterial skin moisturizer. Moisturiser is a step you should not miss.
6. Skincare ingredients to avoid
Avoid skincare and cosmetic products with potential irritants. When reading the skincare label, watch out for alcohol, camphor, fragrance, glycolic acid, lactic acid, menthol, and urea. Sodium lauryl sulfate is another potential irritant and may be hidden in your shampoos or toothpaste so be sure to do a thorough investigation.
7. Perform LED therapy
LED Light therapy improves overall skin health. It does so by sending nourishing light energy that can penetrate deep within the skin. The skin cells use this energy to power optimal skin cell functioning and repair. Although you see the bright light, the LED mask does not warm up. There is no sensation and no downtime. Usage duration is dependent on the specific brand and model your choose but generally 15 minutes of treatment, 3 times a week. You should monitor your skin’s reaction and adjust treatment time and frequency as appropriate to your skin’s needs. You can find out more about LED therapy for rosacea here.
8. Over-the-counter Rosacea cream 
Prosacea is a medicated topical water-based gel used to control rosacea symptoms such as redness, bumps, acne, and dryness. It contains natural aloe to help soothe irritated skin. Apply a thin layer over the face once a day and slowly build up to 3 times a day. Observe how your skin reacts. Approx. USD 9 for 0.75 oz (21.25g) when shopping at Target.
You can find out more details from their official website here.
or use Dermaced Redness Redux Advanced Rosacea and Skin Redness Serum is another option for an over-the-counter product that is available without a prescription. The texture is light and breathable, it is suitable for all skin types. It is normally retailed for USD 34 to 44 a bottle.
You can find out more details from their official website here.
Rozenax is a cream that does not require a prescription. It is steroids, hydrocortisone, fragrance and parabens free. Their trademarked stem cell ingredient helps block the enzymes that cause inflammation and irritation and can get rid of the problematic Demodex mites on skin. Around USD 47 for 30ml (1 Fl Oz)
You can find out more details from their official website here.
When using topical medication, unless with professional advice, it is best to use one at a time to avoid excessive irritation to the skin and to avoid dryness in the skin.
Make-up
Color correct
Green-tinted color-correct makeup base can neutralize redness. You can use a green-tinted make-up primer before you apply your foundation. Other than using makeup on your face to conceal, you can also wear clothes that are “red-reducing” such as yellows and blues. Avoid wearing red, pink, white, and black that accentuate your redness.
Non-comedogenic full coverage foundation
Green-tinted color-correct makeup base can neutralize redness. You can use a green-tinted make-up primer before you apply your foundation. Other than using makeup on your face to conceal, you can also wear clothes that are “red-reducing” such as yellows and blues. Avoid wearing red, pink, white, and black that accentuate your redness.
Use a make-up sponge or brush
Using a make-up sponge or make-up brush will give you better control of the pressure applied, causing less friction and heat compared to using your fingers directly. Gently apply a thin layer on your face, and a second layer on areas with redness such as the cheeks and nose to give a better coverage.
Mineral make-up
If your normal makeup is causing you irritation, you may try out mineral makeup. The newer formulas even have a color-correct effect.
LED light treatment
LED treatments work to restore healthy skin without the use of chemicals.
The Red LED light stimulates the “wound-healing” cells in the skin to kick-start a new cycle of skin generation.
The Blue LED light kill the Demodex mites that cause irritation.
The Yellow LED light works to calm redness and the Greed LED light detox the skin.
You can read more on LED light therapy for Rosacea here.
Other than skincare, LED light treatments, over-the-counter cream, and make-up, there are simple habits and triggers you can avoid to prevent flare-ups and to keep your rosacea symptoms under control. You can read more on our blog home remedies for Rosacea.