High colouring - red cheeks.

**mods, I think this should be moved to the Beauty forum . Oops **


Hi all,

I know there are a couple of other threads on this subject, but they are very old and I didn't want to bump zombie threads. For context, it's not rosacea, lupus, or caused by medications or high BP. I have typically fair Irish skin and dark hair.

So basically I have very high colouring. I've had this since my childhood really, when I constantly had rosy red cheeks, from under my eyes right down to my jaw - I used to look like I had an upside-down red triangle drawn on my face, sometimes worse than others if I got stressed or a bit too hot, but I was pretty much always pink-cheeked. Over the years it calmed down a little, as in I don't look like I've been slapped in the face as soon as I get out of bed these days, but the problem still persists. I get the same redness, the same upside-down triangle pattern, whenever I get stressed or even slightly too warm, or if I have even a couple of drinks. It shows through makeup, and back in my teens I tried the colour-correcting creams etc. TBH I'm more interested in hearing if anybody has had this corrected with laser treatment, as was mentioned in the older threads I saw. I'm sitting on my couch right now and I look like I've run a marathon in 40 degree heat.

Any insights?