Ok, so I'm a 24 y/o male, and I have this horrible skin condition. People tell me its called 'rosacea' but personally, I've never seen or even heard of a person with my same problem. At times, my face becomes a hideous, very bright shade of red. Its mostly on my cheeks and a little on my neck, its very blotchy and completely asymmetrical. I never even had this problem til a few years ago, it kind of just sprang up out of nowhere. At first I thought it only happened when I drank, so I've stopped drinking, which totally sucks by the way, since I used to really love drinking socially with my friends, now I have to lie and make up excuses to not go out and have fun. *sigh* anyways, so I quit drinking, but my problem remains. Other things that always set it off include sweating profusely, shaving, stress, nervousness, and anger. In fact, the only times its not a problem is when im at home by myself, but if im with someone (especially if its a girl) or if im out in public, I glow bright red, and I can see people looking at it and it really freaks me out and kind of makes me panic sometimes. Anyways, sorry for the long rant, but I need a way to get rid of this, permanently if possible. I know I need to see a dermatologist, but I dont even have medical insurance. What should I do? Yeah, I've googled rosacea before and the pictures I see look nothing like what I have. My condition doesnt seem to be acne-related. I dont have pimples, and my face isnt bumpy, its just red.
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You could have Urticaria I have it and it's basically when you break out in hives. In those situations you mentioned. I take NeoClarityn for it and it goes completely.
