Lifestyle Changes: Avoid Sun Overexposure

Avoid the sun as much as possible. The sun does kill bacteria, but it also acts as an astringent to tighten, dry, and clog the skin pores. The sun directly affects 61 percent of all rosacea sufferers. Avoid extremely cold weather as well, so as not to freeze and clog pores. Moisturizing the face and body and staying in temperatures ranging from 70 to 80 degrees Fahrenheit is ideal. Sunscreen moisturizers are helpful year-round which you can learn more about on our web page entitled: Sun Cancer, Sun Rays & Sun Screens.

The sun causes skin cancer and irritates rosacea even when you use sunblock with a SPF of 45. Your skin will look better if you avoid sunburning and tanning, and the resulting wrinkling. And you guessed it, ultra violent rays from the sun, from tanning lamps or various laser lights are all acidic.

Nonetheless, a small amount of sunshine is good for us and only sunlight as it produces vitamin D. In the presence of full-spectrum light, human skin actually makes vitamin D, a vitamin necessary for maintaining strong bones and regulating calcium and phosphorus in the body. But humans do not need much sunshine to make enough vitamin D. Most people receive adequate exposure in the course of daily errands.

Some people want additional sun exposure. Rosacea sufferers must be careful of such exposure. If you sunbath, cover your face entirely. When you go out, wear a hat if you are out more than 10 minutes or so at the time or cumulative 30 or 40 minutes during the entire day.

From this one can easily speculate that photodamage is obviously harmful; and likewise any light, photo or laser of any type has not been helpful in the treatment of rosacea. You can imagine that Harvard, SUNY (State University of New York), San Francisco General, Duke University, or any other well known hospital could afford and would very quickly purchase a photo light laser for the treatment of rosacea if the University or Hospital learned that it was good for the rosacea patient in providing a sensible long lasting rosacea treatment plan and if it did not have adverse side effects of further photodamaging the skin and with possible burning or scarring. And obviously a rosacea patient would very quickly pay if the rosacea sufferer had confidence in their best University Hospital or Medical center decision to purchase new equipment. And likewise would have confidence in the best Universities of the United States and of the world in not purchasing the equipment because of the potential of poor results and long term skin damage.

Certain medications can make those who take them more sensitive to the sun, causing a rash or unexpected severe sunburn. If you're taking such a medication, sunglasses are critical to prevent damage to your eyes, and to ward off ocular rosacea, a condition that is quite difficult to manage.

A myriad of compounds can make skin and eyes more vulnerable to the sun's rays, worsening rosacea redness. Many antibiotics prescribed for rosacea, birth control pills, blood pressure medicines, diabetes drugs and pain relievers can increase the likelihood that UV radiation will do damage.

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