HI! I just started searching about my "red spots" a couple of months ago and found this one. I have been having this episodes of rashes since I was in the 5th grade ( Talk about tormenting!) I like in the hottest part of the south, so it is really bad.
What triggers it for me?
-heat/sun
-alcohol drinks
-certain lotions/face cleansers
-social settings, giving speeches or talking in front of crowds or new people
-getting embarrassed/nervous
SO, I found an article in the paper, and was giving all these symptoms and said it was called rosesa- I wasn't sure if it was what I had because I looked at all the pictures on the internet and it looked more like pimples or puss saks on the face not the neck, which is where i get the worse of mine.
However, I started using this cream, finacea which is a topical cream that you put on where the effected area is and so far I have had no red spots, i've been going in the sun/drinking wine and nothing appears to be happening!!! i'm so excited, i wish i knew this before my wedding because that was just so awful b/c of my red spots.
It's nothing you can just get over, so people should not post that unless they actually suffer from them because it is so embarrassing.
I don't know if this will help any of you, but it sounds like what I have and this cream has really been helping me.
I even found out that I have these bumps on my face mainly the upper part of my check, i always thought it was acne, tried every acne cream. They are not bad and they are really small and under the skin, but i found out that is part of the roseaca also, So i've been taking doxocycline for that and they cleared up, but it is an antibiotic so you can only take it for 10 days at a time, but it stays gone for a long time.
The bad part,
I get the spots almost everywhere now. But I just mainly put the cream on my face/neck that is exposed and sometimes arm's depending on where I am going/what I am wearing.
The cream is a 30g tube, which if you want to use it everyday, it doesn't last too long, but it is only 25$ with my insurance (I'm sure everyone's is diff) But if 25$ keeps it away I will buy a tube all the time!
I really hope this helps someone, because this is the most embarrassing thing to go through, esp when you in college giving speeches all the time, going on job interviews, weddings, or any social situation where you may want to be social but it really holds you back.