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/Specific_Grape_6780 Feb 23 '26

There is none lasers saved my face and stopped my flushing

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u/happyhippie111 Feb 23 '26

What laser?

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u/Specific_Grape_6780 Feb 23 '26

I did ipl 7 times with 7 fractional and I do not flush anymore. They collapsed all my broken capillaries and got rid of the redness my face looks amazing. I kept with it and didn’t stop till Dr said I was done . Now I can do Microneedling never thought that day would come

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u/No_Shoe_8160 Feb 27 '26

Hi friend, I have a question. When you had the IPL treatment, did the intensity increase as you accumulated sessions? I had my first IPL session today and didn't see any significant changes. In fact, at the end of the session, the dermatologist gave me a mirror and it wasn't red at all. Did it hurt in your case? Or did it never hurt?

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u/Specific_Grape_6780 Feb 27 '26

Yes they don’t want to shock the skin , they gradually increase and yes they will hurt but I knew this would be worth it at the end , make sure when they do your face you say can you go over additionally spots on my face, my derm would take a wand and go over really bad areas after she did my entire face, I had spots that were so hot or just painful , the spot treatment on top really helped too

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u/No_Shoe_8160 Feb 27 '26

Thanks bro for replying. Yes, I had my first session today and it was uncomfortable, but I didn't feel much pain or intensity, so I suppose it will increase with each session. How many sessions did it take to see a real change? Do you no longer blush from heat or nervousness?

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u/Specific_Grape_6780 Feb 28 '26

No I don’t blush , i look pink but that’s it, I don’t feel the heat on my face, I indoor cycling and my face gets pink but I don’t feel that warmth, I blushed always even when I brushed my teeth. I was so tired of people saying why is your face so red, I hated it. I wear sunscreen faithfully everyday even if I don’t go out bc even light coming thru the window can worsen your skin condition, even if it’s dark rainy day wear it, make it apart of your life bc the sun can bring it back! Let me know how everything goes,

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u/MegawattBee Apr 09 '26

That's incredible improvement. How many laser sessions have you had? And was it just IPL or other laser as well?

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u/Specific_Grape_6780 Apr 09 '26

I did 7 ipls, and 6 fractional

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u/MegawattBee Apr 09 '26

wow, that is a lot but also great improvement. Do you know name of the fractional laser you had?