Inability to Perspire causes Rosacea?

[Sweetness_&_Light]

Hi,
I have been thinking so hard about this theory now my brain is starting to hurt lol

Rosacea's initial cause is flushing which is caused by 'overheating' in the facial skin. The flushing mostly occurs while becoming too hot in a shower or at the oven or while eating spicy food, etc.
I have noticed for many years that i am unable to perspire anywhere but only on my back. For some unknown reason, I have never perspired on my forehead or face. I notice my family and friends are all sweating on the face to cool themselves down while i just get hotter and hotter and redder and redder and my skin stays dry!!
Why is this?
My theory ~ I get hot, my skin should start to perspire to release internal heat and cool me down, but instead the heat causes inflammation that blocks my pores, sweat glands function is inhibited and sebum gets trapped causing inflammation and then bacteria gets trapped. The trapped heat builds up with no way of being released through the skin and flushing persists, bacteria is trapped with the result of consistent redness and lumps and bumps.

Am i right? If so, how do Rosacean's get the skin to function normally and release heat when necessary?

The reason i am pursuing this theory is because i have researched and accordingly treated all the other theories for cause of Rosacea (i.e. low stomach acid, diet, digestive problems, demodex mite, etc and taken every vitamin and mineral, herbal supplement recommended) and still the flushing persists and i still can't perspire.

Please tell me what you think.

[Aurelia]

Hi Sweetness,

This is a subject we've discussed quite a lot over the years at our email board, the RSG. People who have responded on the topic divide into two groups:

- those whose faces perspire freely

- those whose faces either don't perspire at all, or only on the skin that isn't affected by rosacea.

I'm in the latter category. When very hot, sweat can drip from my forehead and the sides of my face, but the nose and inner cheeks stay dry.

From memory, I think more declared that their skin sweated than didn't.

Good question, anyway. Keep puzzling it out. Some day you will crack it!

Kind regards,

Aurelia

[Sweetness_&_Light]

Thanks Aurelia,
I don't have rosacea on my forehead, it is as clear and as smooth as a baby's skin, but both side of my face and nose are red. I notice i also cannot sweat on my forehead where the skin is unaffected by rosacea, and the affected skin is always hot and dry. I think it would be nice whenever i become hot to cool down by feeling my face become moist. That is the natural behaviour of skin. However, i am frequently splashing my face with lukewarm water whenever i am hot in the kitchen while cooking, and this works well temporarily. But i obviously cannot be doing this when i am out and become too hot and while wearing make-up!!

I am going to keep working on this one! Thanks again.

[SouthernMoss]

I'm in the "free sweater" camp. My face perspires quite freely whenever I am hot, to the point where it's embarrassing at times. But I still get the heat build-up in my face. And I get heat build-up in my face when the environment is warm, but not hot enough to cause a sweat.

Splashing your face when it gets too warm is an excellent way to help dissipate the heat in your face. And if you're wearing makeup, you could try my trick: I keep a bottle of facial spritz on my desk at work, because the temp is so often warm there. Don't spray so much that the spritz starts to run down your face, just enough to make a fine mist. I also keep a portable fan on my credenza, which helps the spritz evaporate and cool my face.

[musiclover3]

Thats a really interesting theory, I have wondered about that myself.
I am the same as you Sweetness and Light, sometimes my body sweats but never my face.
My friends will be drenched in sweat on a hot day but I will only turn beet red and my face will burn.
If you figure this puzzle out, please enlighten us

[bbillcee]

my face sweats like a faucet

[hunkeymonkey]

Maybe try lanolin? It certainly helps stop my sweat rash

[CrabbyCathy]

I sweat quite easily when it's hot, and lanolin makes my face itchy.