Pegasus Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Yes, it happened to me but also to most of the fair skinned women that I know about my age. Is it about losing the fat layer under the skin so the blood shows through easier? Is it something else? Pegasus Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momma H Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I am not sure but my skin is very red on my face. It shows up badly on pictures. :glare: I was told that for like $1500 I could do something about it--mine is broken blood vessels. In the past I was a naughty girl about sunscreen so that may be what caused it for me. I do not like it. Sorry it has happened to you too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CalicoKat Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 Yes, it happened to me but also to most of the fair skinned women that I know about my age. Is it about losing the fat layer under the skin so the blood shows through easier? Is it something else? Pegasus Have you had your blood pressure checked recently? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaxMom Posted June 20, 2011 Share Posted June 20, 2011 I just turned 40 and the only redness on my face is sunburn.... But now I'm going to be paranoid. :001_huh: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amy in NH Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 :bigear: I'm very fair-skinned, and my face has been reddish since my early 30s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kalanamak Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Curse of the Celts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarreymere Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Well, I am closer to fifty than forty and I have always avoided the sun like a vampire........my really really pale skin doesn't have a red flush unless I am sick or really pissed off, or if I have had a little bit of a nice whiskey in my tea. I do have high blood pressure and take meds for that. Sorry to not be helpful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 :bigear: I'm 41 and the redness started in my mid-thirties. I have to wear some sort of tinted moisturizer and a light dusting of powder to even things out. I hate it :glare:. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redsquirrel Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 It could be rosacea. Go see a dermatologist. They can work wonders. I was red, red, red and using everything I could find to make it better. One little office visit later and the red was gone in a couple weeks. It is all topical stuff. One I use in the day and the other at night. It is so much better I only need it a few times a month now. Sun damage will also coarsen and weaken the skin, making it redder and sometimes thicker. Broken blood vessels can part of rosecea. If rosecea is untreated it will progress to include broken blood vessels. Avoid things that make you flush. Some people will have to swear off spicy food, red wine, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dulcimeramy Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 I'm red all over. Face, neck, chest and arms are red, and I was once very fair. It looks funny with my graying strawberry-blonde hair, and I'll have to do something because I'm looking like a fuzzy tomato to myself in the mirror. My Dad's side of the family is Native American. Those not having jet-black hair and dark skin at birth (half of us) seem to turn purple-red in their thirties (other half). I didn't think I would. I was very, very fair-skinned. But my Grandma had been, too, and she turned purple-red when she was fairly young. That's when she started dyeing her hair, if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparrow Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Some people will have to swear off spicy food, red wine, etc. Never! Why go on living? No curry? No Merlot? :svengo: ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nestof3 Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Rosacea seems to be a catchall in the dermatology field. They weren't able to help mine at all. No one really knows what causes the kind that doesn't improve with those antibiotic ointments. I have fair skin and have it. It started in my lower 30's. I hate it. It could be rosacea. Go see a dermatologist. They can work wonders. I was red, red, red and using everything I could find to make it better. One little office visit later and the red was gone in a couple weeks. It is all topical stuff. One I use in the day and the other at night. It is so much better I only need it a few times a month now. Sun damage will also coarsen and weaken the skin, making it redder and sometimes thicker. Broken blood vessels can part of rosecea. If rosecea is untreated it will progress to include broken blood vessels. Avoid things that make you flush. Some people will have to swear off spicy food, red wine, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YLVD Posted June 21, 2011 Share Posted June 21, 2011 Hmm, not sure really. I have very fair skin and a red, ruddy complexion. I'm almost 35 but my skin has been like this since I was a child. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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