Well, hello, hello guys. You're listening to Beauty Bites with Dr. K, Secrets of a Plastic Surgeon,

and it's time for a five-minute

Friday. And it is the season of chilly cold weather. I wanted to talk to you a little bit about

rosacea. And for those of you who have redness, inflammatory skin irritation, this is a

podcast for you. So I need to give you five expert tips

to help you manage your rosacea. First of all, what exactly is rosacea? If you have redness,

flare-ups, rashes, you may be struggling with rosacea. Other symptoms are often characterized by visible blood vessels, little pink spots,

pus, swelling, eye irritation.

Often this is a genetic condition.

You could be genetically susceptible, but there are lots of things in the environment that

can flare you up.

And in order to best manage your symptoms, you really have to keep track and know your triggers.

So one tip for managing rosacea is know your triggers.

Rosacea is this chronic, kind of non-contagious facial skin irritation.

And it varies from mild to moderate to severe.

It affects the cheeks, chin, forehead,

and nose, sometimes the scalp, neck, or chest. There are four types. You might have type one,

vascular rosacea, where red areas of skin on the face and small blood vessels are visible.

Type two is inflammatory rosacea, where you have red bumps that are papules and pus-filled

spots called puschules.

That's inflammatory rosacea.

Type 3 is phymatos rosacea, where the skin thickens and becomes bumpy, especially on

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