Red Cheeks, how to get rid of them!

People with rosacea often also suffer from acne. I was always lucky in that respect - except when I started trying out lotions to counter my red cheeks.

Guess what: most lotions actually cause acne on my skin. I don't know whether it's the chemicals or the oils in there, but I really needed to keep my skin extra clean in order to avoid getting pimples.

But with these EUCERIN products, the problem is gone. I haven't had pimples since. No acne, not even in the space between my nose and my cheeks.

Eucerin Redness Relief isn't just great for treating my red cheeks (and chin and even ears), it also makes my skin softer than it's been in years. And, as I said, acne free.

Conclusion: Eucerin Redness Relief won't just treat your red cheeks, but it will also prevent pimples!

I've been so busy moving house, painting, living out of boxes in my new apartment - that my skincare is suffering. I haven't been using the night cream at all (lost somewhere in a box) - and the day cream goes on sporadically.

But the good news is: this doesn't seem to be a problem AT ALL. Because the redness on my skin is obviously hereditary (my grandma had it, my father and brother have it etc.) - I expected to be stuck using this stuff for the rest of my life.

Guess what! Maybe I am, but not twice a day.

Based on my experience so far I'd recommend using this once in the morning AND at night till the redness has decreased to a level you can live with.
After that you can maintain your skin, and keep it nicely soft, with using either the night cream or the day cream once a day.

Yes, I'm definitely noticing more guys noticing me. This is what they are seeing:



Did you notice the cheeks being too red? I sure don't!

Sure - my skin is still reddish - that will probably never go away (partly because I don't use this stuff often enough, and partly because my skin is just naturally red). But the difference between cute red and ouch red is a big one.

That's after roughly two months of using Eucerin Redness relief.

I used to have pretty heavy rosacea. So people are used to seeing my skin red and blotchy. The compliments I'm getting aren't about my skin-color. What people say is:

Your skin looks more even

You look good

Since nothing else has changed in my appearance since I started using this stuff - I do think they must be talking about the rosacea. And maybe my skin has become more even in texture, as well as less red.

Eucerin Redness Relief - it's obvious it's working!

Day 28
I'll have to get used to my face looking totally different. After years of having such red cheeks that I hardly noticed anything else - this morning I thought: 'I ought to get myself some blush'. Not sure that's true, or a good idea with my sensitive skin, but it is significant that I thought that. There is still redness on my cheeks, my chin and on the sides of my nose, but it is definitely less than I can remember it being.

Day 27
I'm sure it's helping, because this morning I noticed that the area that was red did not cover the same space I'm used to it covering. The redness didn't go beyond the eye (toward the top of my face). In other words: it seems the area where I have actual redness on the face is shrinking.

Day 25
When I feel my face reddening, getting hot, the result isn't as red as I'm sure it was a few weeks ago. I'll take any improvement I can. I'm even sure the redness on my chin is decreasing. Today is the first day I'm sure of that.

Day 23
It seems the effect of Eucerin is reaching a plateau. I don't notice improvements much at the moment, though perhaps my chin is lighter red than it was before. I am continuing the product, because the overal effect is far better than it was before I started using this.

Day 18
Today the skin on the part of my face that I did not treat yesterday is significantly redder than the skin I treated consistently (morning and night). More proof that this stuff really does work - and of course this morning I put the day-fluid on all the red area's.

Day 17
This morning the redness of my face was so far reduced that I decided to only apply the day creme - which is also a sort of concealer - on the most affected parts of my face. I did not put in on the cheek which looks the most 'normal', because the amount of redness on that side was approximately that which some women will put ON their face with make-up.

I did put the day fluid on the side of my face I show in the pictures here: which is spotty and also more red than the other side. I also put in on my chin: I do want all redness to disappear from my chin.

I expect to keep using the night cream to continue the trend of getting less flushing in my face. Also: the mornings are the time when my face has least redness (the advantage of a good nights sleep, I guess), so I should probably keep at this until my face is flush-free in the mornings.

I looked into the mirror this morning and thought: I'm right back where I started. This stuff isn't helping after all. But then I looked closer... It is very hard to compare the skin-color to what it was two weeks ago. And my cheeks are still redder than I want them to be.

BUT the amount of skin that's reddish has decreased markedly. As you can see in the picture my skin was red all the way from my nose to the line of my chin - irregularly, but still - red all over. Now the redness doesn't go quite as far in the direction of the line of my chin anymore.

Day 12
I look in the mirror this morning and felt a bit weird: is that me? It's like looking at a younger version of myself. I've never looked my age (always younger), perhaps because of my red cheeks - but now I look - just different from how I used to look. I guess I'd say I look cleaner than I used to, a month ago. I still do have red cheeks, and a blush on the chin, but all of it is lighter, less annoying.

Day 9
I'm wondering whether perhaps I'm reaching a plateau. I'm probably being impatient here. Still, the skin doesn't look better than yesterday - no worse either. Is it even possible to see change from day to day?

I do feel a bit weird looking in the mirror: it's me, but it's different. I guess it is working. And even if I've hit a plateau: finding a product that decreases redness a bit and prevents it growing more red as time goes by (which was the trend) is great. Anyhow: the product description says that redness should be gone within a month, so I should give it at least that much time.

I'll have to get a digital camera out to make a decent 'after' picture.

I have a bit of a problem with the sun - because my face just doesn't tan very well. The rest of my body tans normally, but on my face there are area's that just don't become darker.

Coincidence or not: the area's that don't tan, are the same area's where I have red skin: my cheeks and chin.

I've learned by now that the sun isn't good for rosacea. Which means that in effect I don't tan, I get red - permanently. Nice Catch 22.

So I tan on my forehead, my nose etc. - not on my cheeks... Nice contrast for you.

Eucerin Redness relief day-cream contains sun protection ingredients. Which is nice, but it means if I use it on my cheeks and not on the rest of my face, I risk the contrast between my forehead and my cheeks getting even more pronounced.

My solution: during summer I have been using Eucerin Redness Relief day cream on my whole face, not just the red parts. And if you think that's just wasting my money: I'm still working with my first bottle of day cream, which I bought nearly 3 months ago.

It is pretty hard to know whether your skin is actually getting better, because you can not see how it was yesterday, only how it is today.
For this lens I've had to keep track rather closely of my progress, but it has been hard because rosacea is such an up and down condition. I wake up with pretty light (not red) skin, but during the day it goes up and down - probably with my mood.

So how did I keep track?

1) I checked my face against the picture on this lens. That was easy: my skin usually looked (much) better.
2) I checked which area's of my face were red: especially after three weeks the affected area was just less large.
3) I made sure I mostly checked in the morning: I found that my skin was lightest at that point. Also after a good night sleep it wasn't too affected yet by the stress of the day.

Day 7
I'm happy to report that while the flushing in my face continues to decrease, there is no tension or itching today.

Day 6
The effects of using this stuff are still positive. Still, I feel the skin itching a bit. Not to the point that I have a tendency to scratch, but I just feel something all the time. Yesterday I washed off the day fluid because of this.

Because of the feel of the skin (very soft, but a bit painful), I use the night cream and the day fluid in the smallest quantities I can manage. I wipe off the excess night cream with a towel or tissue, for instance.

Day 3
It's been so amazing that I felt compelled to create this lens. Yes - I actually see less redness on my cheeks. This is coming from a girl who recently had someone say: 'hey, your whole face is red' - after I had just come out from the cold. That wasn't a pleasant experience, but my face has been growing towards that point for all my life. I just have red skin on my face.

This week I got ill, so normally my face would get even redder. But it didn't - because I also started on (you got it) Eucerin Redness relief. To be exact: I'm using the fluid for daytime and the night cream.

You can do a lot actually. Most of these are what not to do. In taking care of yourself, your skin can get better too.

• Avoid stress


• Avoid hot or spicy foods and beverages


• Avoid the sun or use heavy factor sunscreen. It isn't a good idea to avoid the sun totally. We all need vitamin D. Just don't sunbath for a long time and when you are out in the sun long, use a hat or something to protect the face.


• Avoid alcohol


• Minimize caffeine intake (coffee, tea, some sodas: most herbal teas are alright).


• Use products that work for your skin. We are all different.


• Take medication as prescribed

So, why do I have red cheeks?

I know in my case my face gets red and hot easy because that's just in my genes. My dad and brother have red cheeks as well (not as bad as I do though), and my grandmother had it, as well as her sister.

So genes play a large part. Still, the other factors involved in rosacea play a part too: stress, diet and over exposure to the sun. In some people it seems a side effect of being overweight.

I took a look that the Amazon page for this line of products and I'm not the only one with good results. In fact, my results are far less positive than most on there. One guy had his redness go away within two days - and that after having tried several other options, all prescribed by his doctor.

I went to the doctor with my problem in the early nineties. I was in my late teens and thoroughly fed up with the redness on my skin. She gave me a cream - which didn't seem to give lasting improvement. Then she sent me on to a dermatologist who could do laser surgery.

As they explained: laser surgery means making small wounds on your face. When those wounds heal the scar tissue doesn't have the small veins near the top of the skin: so your face no longer looks as red.

Well - That scared the heck out of me. I wasn't vain enough as a kid to have my front two teeth glued together (though I regret that now). As a teen I wasn't any different: having my skin hurt on purpose merely to look a bit better? And that scar tissue, wouldn't that look bad?

So I didn't get my face lasered. End of story. Except of course that six months ago I found a night cream and a day product that worked :) The redness on my face is still decreasing - and I started with a lot of it. People on Amazon report redness being gone as quickly as within a week sometimes... Isn't that A LOT better than laser surgery?