Rosacea??? If you have it, you likely know it. You might get flushing of the cheeks when you have a glass of wine, go out into the cold (or heat!) or eat spicy food. Perhaps you’ve seen little liquid filled ‘pustules’ around the nose and cheeks that you initially thought were pimples - only to observe that they didn’t disappear after a week or so as a blemish might.
Beauty Wonkette doesn't have rosacea, but more than 10% of the adult population of the U.S. does. And, while Beauty Wonkette agrees that rosy cheeks are often cute, rosacea is not. You COULD head over to your derm and if your rosacea is bad enough, he might give you a prescription. But Beauty Wonkette loathes running to the doctor and she's hear to tell you that there are alternatives - GOOD alternatives - you might want to try first....
LICORICE!!! YES I SAID LICORICE
LICORICE is anti-inflammatory, soothing, antioxidant, depigmenting / brightening. No, Beauty Wonkette isn't suggesting you eat it (although it IS delish), but that you go for products rich in licorice extract. Licorice extract is a potent anti-inflammatory for rosacea. That’s because liquorice root (aka sweet root and glycyrrhiza glabra) has coumarins, flavonoids, plant sterols and glycyrrhizin, which all reduce rosacea's redness. Glycyrrhizin, one of the main ingredients in licorice, has been shown to help reduce inflammation and soothe irritation.
How to use: AM and PM...licorice is good any time!
Good to know: Look for licorice in everything...It compliments nearly any ingredient deck.
Beauty Wonkette's picks:
Procure Rosacare Soothing Sheet Mask (a great ‘treatment mask if you're wanting to quell redness before, say, an evening out) https://amzn.to/3j4HUel
Another excellent licorice product Beauty Wonkette recommends is the Cetaphil Redness Relieving Light Moisturizer https://amzn.to/36tfHJa
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