specific sunshine and humidity

[ally24]

I dont understand the logic in how this has worked, but id love to know!

Before i went to barbados my rosaea on my cheeks was getting bad again and spotty but wen im at home in the uk i cant stand the heat and sunshine. My cheeks go v red, flush and burn, yet i went to barbados in april this yr and its a total different climate and my rosacea totally cleared up even though i was buring inside me cos im not used to the heat it still didnt change colour. my skin was soft too and v clear. I dont understand how and why this happened especially when my big main trigger is heat and thermal heating in rooms. How can i not stand it in my own country which at 90% of the year is cold anyway reaching no higher than 19'0c yet my rosacea sebderm and spots cleared up in a week with the heat humidity and sunshine????

Does anyone know if this is a permanent rosacea free skin or is it temporary? If i find its coming back im booking straight away to barbados lol

cheers

[sarahjonjon]

i've had SD pretty much all my life and was diagnosed with Rosacea at the start of this year (but i've def had it for longer). The only time my SD cleared up was when I spent a year in S.E. Asia / Australia. My skin was also great though I was 23 and really didn't suffer much with it in my early 20s. The sun and heat in the UK is also a big problem for me but I kind of figured that it was just getting worse generally and therefore everywhere hotter than here is a no-go. However, perhaps dry heat is particularly bad and humidity somehow beneficial??
I pray that is true!

[valby]

This is interesting Ally24. I was just saying to my mum that I can stand the heat way better when it is in a humid environment. It must be the moisture and the fact it doesn't dry out my skin---which is a big trigger for me. I am struggling with the same thing, which the onset of winter here in Oz.

Maybe it is the moist air keeping your skin hydrated and the sun killing off the seb derm??

Hmm I think I will invest in a humidifier laugh:

[Elke]

I feel, when there is more humidity, the redness gets worse. I went to spain this month, I was scared about all the sun and the heat, because in belgium I can't stand it.
Overthere the redness got better, even after swimming in the salty water. I used a factor 60protection for the sun. The flushes were the same like I have them in belgium...
There is less humidity in spain and I feel it was better for my skin.

[yogataz]

i can totally relate!!!
i spent 8 months backpacking around thailand and india a few years ago. My skin has never looked so good as it did then. I was practicaly rosacea-free! I put it down to humidity, as both countries had humidity in the high 90's and were very moist sticky climates.

I came back to the uk and within a few months my rosacea was as bad as it was beofre i left. I also think the water we use here to wash is different (harder, more chemicals?) than in certain other countries,

[guishome]

I live in New caledonia and during summer the percentage of humidity reach nearly 97 % but my skin doesn't really feel right because I tend to flush easier due to the hot temperature and my face is sweaty and it is also tough to put some cream on your face because it doesn't dry as quick as it is in winter. However I haven't live so much abroad so I cannot say if it 's better or not, although I studied in Melbourne during six months and felt that my skin was a bit better but I couldn't control my flushing at all due to the heat(warm room).smile:

[grinja]

Three years ago I spent 8 months working in Puerto Rico. I had just started to have problems with mild rosacea for about a year before I left Australia for PR. In PR obviously the weather is very humid and warm. I was able to eat whatever I liked including red wine and never had any problems with rosacea flareups. Since I came back to Australia my skin has deteriorated and I have had to drastically alter my diet to try and improve my skin. Winter in particular seems to be the worst time of year.