Rosacea & Smoking

[lakan]

I smoke cigarettes pretty much every weekend and i know cigarettes isn't good in general and i know it does make your skin crappy and stuff. But what about the blood vessels? I've heard smoking makes your blood vessels dialate, but i have not noticed anything yet. What i want to know is: Is smoking very bad in the long term for a person with blood vessels that's allready fucked up?

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[lakan]

Maybe i should stop then because yeah, it's expensive and it's not good so hm..there isn't really anything positive with it more than it's nice to have a cigarette while drinkin beer hehe.

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[lakan]

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Lakan, Please do not use profanity on this forum.

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[RedHotCanuck]

Marc,

Alcohol does not bother my Rosacea at all. Some times my skin looks better after a few drinks.. weird.

[lakan]

Excuse me for my post and the bad language that it contained.

RedHotCanuck, i experience the same thing sometimes too, i haven't figuered out yet if it's the alcohol itself or if it's only you getting more relaxed or whatever while drinkin?

[Max]

Is smoking very bad in the long term for a person with blood vessels that's allready fucked up?

smoking is for sure bad for rosacea in long term. few people also have smoking as a trigger (which makes it much easier to stop it:)

[Jordan]

Marc,

Alcohol does not bother my Rosacea at all. Some times my skin looks better after a few drinks.. weird.

Yeah same here, but it depends on what type of alcohol it is. For example, if I'm taking shots of just hard liquor, I will flush a little bit, but it goes away pretty quick. If I'm just drinking beer, I don't flush at all. However, I have seborrheic dermatitis, and because beer contains brewery yeast, it is not good for a seb derm person to drink it. Just my 2 cents.

[snwbdrloco84]

I drink red and white wine and I don't seem to get a reaction. Also, when I play beer pong or just have a few over a hour or two, it doesn't seem that I have a flushing episode. Strange, isn't it? However, if I drink excessive amounts of alcohol in a sort amount of time, I will flush.

Ray

[NoMoreRed!]

I guess it's the nicotine that mess up the blood vessels, not just the smoking. Am I right?

Why I'm asking is that there is an option to cigarettes here in the north - snus.

[Bob Bear]

Alcohol has a very strange effect on me - its both me best friend and my worst enemy.

Its weird, drinking just a small amount of alcohol can trigger my most intense flushes. Yet, it can also do the opposite and protect against flushing. How mad is that! Iv had times when Iv drank an absolute skin full, then gone to a hot club, then had a curry... and if its been the alcohol that has prevented me from flushing.

I think it must be my bodies initial reaction to the alcohol that matters. If i flush within that first hour of drinking, then it will be bad. If i dont, then I will remain in an unflushed state for many hours.

You might say why take the risk. Well, I dont usually! But from time to time I actually use alcohol to prevent flushing (even though it is my most potent trigger????).

Man, its no wonder they cant crack this disorder... it seems to make no sense at all.

Opps, sorry for the OT. With regard to cigarette - i do smoke a little (about 2 a day). I dont find it effects me one way or the other. I used to smoke quite a bit of pot (before I was enlightened to the blessing that is rosacea), and in retrospect it was probably a mild trigger. At least I can remember having flushes during particularly heavy sessions - but then again that my well have been due to other factors.

At the end of the day I dont think you have anything to gain by smoking so why bother? But, if like me you appreciate the occassional one then if it isnt directly causing problems I shouldnt worry to much. Im sure its no worse for you that eating some chocolate, a McDonalds or whatever. I bet that stuff is full or triggers...

[francois]

I also smoked 4 years and recently given it up. It must be the long term effects that ruined my skin. What can one do after giving up smoking to reduce redness?