My Skincare Routine that helps treat my rosacea

As you may know in the past I have had a major issue with trying to find products that worked for my rosacea, quite often i would literally waste my money on products that claimed to be 'anti redness' or best for 'dry skin'. 

That was until I discovered Dermalogica after endless hours of google searches and had a skin mapping service, which confirmed that my dry, red, weird spots were indeed rosacea.

So first I will run you through what I use;

Preclense;

Okay so Preclense is an oil based cleanser (smells ever so soothing) which you will apply a few drops to dry hands and massage over your face and eyes, then I wet my hands and continue to massage into my face.  I will then use a wet lukewarm muslin cloth to carry on cleaning my face, once complete I will use a face towel to gently pat dry my skin.

Ultracalming Cleanser;

Using the same principal as preclense, I will apply Ultracalming Cleanser to my hands (small five pence size) and massage into my face, neck and closed eyes.  Again using a lukewarm muslin cloth to remove the products and will gently pat my skin dry again.

The Battle of Getting my Rosacea Diagnosed....

Three years ago after being seriously ill and in hospital with pneumonia I noticed round my chin and nose area it was a fierce red colour and was getting ALOT of painful spots (papules and pustules) and the rest of my skin was painfully dry....so much so that you could actually see the flakes of dry skin! 

Initially I visited my Doctor, who told me he was unsure as to what was wrong with my skin and advised that he will prescribe me with a steroid cream.  This for me is a DEFINITE NO as it thins your skin!  Like why would i agree to that!?  I guess if i needed steroid cream anywhere else I would agree, but on my face....definitely no!

Within 8 months of still not knowing I had rosacea, I most probably spent £200+ on products.  To name just a few I tried; E45 for Dry skin all the way through to Nivea, Sudacrem, Boots No7, YSL and Dior.....just nothing seemed to work for me!

That was until i spent hours searching on the internet and finally discovered Dermalogica Ultracalming range.

So i went to Selfridges in Manchester and spoke to a skin consultant and as soon as she seen my skin, she questioned as to whether i had rosacea....prior to this I had never even heard of rosacea.  The consultant done a skin mapping session on me and gave me a two week supply of what she believed would help my skin.  I must say i was extremely reluctant at first to try anything new on my skin after my previous bad experiences with products, but my opinion soon changed pretty fast with the help of Dermalogica!

I will go through which products I find useful in my next post. 

Love Kay

xo