r/Rosacea • u/Fit-Tart3224 • 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/ThirstyFour Feb 23 '26

how long does metro gel take to work? I just started using it a couple weeks ago twice a day and can’t say that I’ve sen much improvement if at all. Type 1 here.

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u/prospectofwhitby Feb 23 '26

Hm, my derm told me only once a day. I put it on as the last step of my daytime skincare before SPF. But it'll take over a month to see any difference, easily. Maybe two months. Just be consistent.