Rosacea Symptoms: Understanding Redness, Flushing & Bumps

Rosacea is a chronic skin condition that causes facial redness, flushing, and acne-like bumps. Other symptoms of rosacea include:

• Persistent redness on the face, often in a butterfly-shaped pattern across the nose and cheeks

• Redness that worsens with certain triggers such as sun exposure, hot temperatures, alcohol, spicy food, wind, or emotional stress

• Tiny visible blood vessels on the face

• Bumps, pimples, or pustules on the face

• A burning or stinging sensation on the face

• Itchy or dry skin

• Swollen or red eyelids

• Watery or bloodshot eyes

• A thickened, bumpy skin texture on the nose (rhinophyma)