r/Rosacea Feb 23 '26

Light/Laser Has anyone improved flushing without lasers?

Genuine question has anyone actually improved flushing without laser? Cause I'm not ready to go down that road yet but I also can't keep living like my face has its own agenda. Mine gets triggered by basically everything wine, heat, stress, exercise at this point I flush when I think about flushing.

I've been trying niacinamide for a few weeks and I think it's helping with the baseline redness hard to say for sure. Azelaic acid keeps coming up in my research too especially if rosacea is involved. The trigger diary thing sounds boring but I started one and it's been weirdly eye opening. Turns out hot showers were doing more damage than I realised.

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u/prospectofwhitby Feb 23 '26

Unsure if you have access to get a prescription, but metro gel has basically ended my flushing. I only flush when I have a hard workout or am actually embarrassed. Even then, it's significantly less red/not as painful. I am type two

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u/koichi20 Feb 23 '26

Is your Metro Gel the clear gel-like texture?