Prosacea is promoted as a homeopathic topical gel to treat Rosacea. Prosacea is said to contain medically recognized homeopathic ingredients that provides “complete and effective treatment for rosacea”.
Prosacea is conveniently available over the counter and online at Walgreens and also online at drugstore.com. Prosacea is only briefly mentioned in the online rosacea support groups. Below is a hopefully balanced selection of user comments from rosacea sufferers who have tried Prosacea.
Prosacea Ingredients
Prosacea lists its Active Ingredients as Sulphur 1x (Rosacea/Acne Treatment Gel), and Inactive Ingredients as Acrylates, Aloe Barbadensis Leaf Juice, Diazolidinyl Urea, Lactose, Methylparaben, Propylparaben, Tetrasodium EDTA, Triethanolamine, Water.
Best I can tell, “Sulphur 1x” is a homeopathic measure which means 10% sulphur. So it would appear that any possible benefits seen when using Prosacea are based on the inclusion of sulphur. If you are a homeopathic expert, please feel free to leave a comment below to confirm that Sulphur 1X does indeed mean 10% Sulphur. Thanks.
User Comments
tkr on28th August 2006 wrote:
I tried it and reacted horribly, had to stop prosacea…strong stough!! tamara. Only used maybe 4 days made me terribly blotchy, irritated.
patricia49423 on Sat Sep 29, 2007 wrote:
I have some great news to share! I have had Rosacea since 1994 (my pregnancy brought it on) and Finally, an over the counter treatment that works!!!!! The Product is called “Prosacea” and I bought it at Walgreens for $9.99. It is a tube of “homeopathic gel”. I find it an ANSWER to prayers!!! It’s good to be here to share the news…… Try it…… it may help a lot of discouraged sufferers!
hikari on Wed Jan 09, 2008 wrote:
Hi everyone!!! I’m back with my report!
I LOVE PROSACEA!! Many of the reviews said that the users saw immediate results within 1-2 days. For me, it took about 10 days to see results. However, now all of the bumps are gone and the redness has faded incredibly!
hikari on Tue Jan 22, 2008
I am bummed to say that one month after starting Prosacea my skin is not looking good again. The little bumps have re-appeared, although the redness and painful under the skin bumps have not yet. I guess it’s back to square one…
lynniegirl on 25th March 2007 wrote:
Prosacea is AWESOME!!. Have been using this product since NOV 2007, once a day in the morning. I’m on my second tube. $10 dollars for fixing a disheartening problem I’ve been dealing with for over 15 years. My skin is now beautiful. My nose is no longer red, not swollen or sore, no more pustules. I look in the mirror and can’t believe how great my skin looks, with or without makeup. Others have noticed the improvement, too.
My friend also has a bad case of rosacea like mine, her skin started looking so much better, I asked her what she was doing and it was the Prosacea she picked up at a drug store. I have spent literally thousands of dollars trying to correct my rosacea and can’t believe a cheap little tube of ointment cleared it up. I am still amazed. I’ve have never posted on any forum like this, but I had such a positive experience-I just wanted to share it.
Kelvweb on 26th November 2007 wrote:
I used it sparingly only once-I couldn’t stand the smell. It reminded me of other sulphur-containing acne products I tried as a teen.
gerlygerl on Wed Aug 30, 2006 wrote:
I’ve been using prosacea off and on since it first came out, with great results. i can’t use it everyday or it makes me peel. i also like to use it as a spot treatment.
Lucia on Wed Aug 30, 2006 wrote:
It does not work for me either!
rose jill on Tue Aug 29, 2006 wrote:
Bought it on ebay. Used it only 4 days or so, burned like hell and irritated my skin more than anything. Sorry, I thought it would be good too when I seen all the positive feedback. Stronger stough than I thought. not a good choice for rosacea skin. this is me though.
Rosacea-LTD: If you think you might benefit from using sulphur as a treatment, you may also wish to check out Rosacea-LTD. This consists which is a compressed `disk’ of various salts. The yellow disk contains a high percentage of sulphur.
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I am continuing to use it once or twice a day everyday. It has really helped so much. My skin still has some redness, but the extensive bumps and peeling I had for years are completely gone.
I think i just have broken blood vessels. No foundation makeup will cover it. Will prosacea or anything help. Nothing has. Thanks
I don’t think that the cream will do anything for broken blood vessels……it has helped tremendously with my redness and bumps and irritated skin caused by Rosacea but really don’t think it will help with vessels………..
I have been using Prosacea for a few months now. The results were amazing. It says not to work out because it might cause flushing(redness)and provoke the nasty redness and “zits” that accompany Rosasea. Well hate to say the directions are wrong but they are. I did some of my own experimenting and no flare ups even after the workouts. I may be one of the lucky ones but my next experiment will be going to the beach and bake for awhile
I posted earlier but forgot to say something. With Christmas upon us, they will have to find a Santa replacement for me. I NO LONGER HAVE A RED NOSE!!!
Everybody is different. I haven’t really noticed any difference from the Prosacea. I think the only thing that would help your broken blood vessels, Norma, would be something like laser or intense pulsed light. These days you can get reduced rate if you look on Groupon. As for foundation not covering it, have you tried a good green or yellow concealer? Perhaps you could try something like Lycogel’s green concealer.
http://www.lycogel.com/products/breathable-concealer/
I don’t recall all the brands, but I’ve seen at least two advertise that they are designed to cover the red after facial treatments. Those might help you. I’m about to try Glo Mineral’s Redness Relief under my foundation. I’ll come back and review it.
My husband has had rosacea for the last 6 years…and it was terrible for him. I bought him a tube of prosacea and it has cleared up his rosacea completely. He uses it sparingly, is still on his first tube, and can even skip days now. He’s gone from painful looking red spots and bumps and red lesions on his nose to having clear skin again. Prosacea is amazing.
I’m glad to hear it. It is too bad no one product works for everyone. Prosacea gave me a new lease on life after a long stint with severe rosacea. My sister-in-law gave our family a calendar full of photos taken throughout this past year as a Christmas present. I was stunned to remember how terrible my skin looked as recently as October. It is now late January, and my skin still looks clear. A bit rosey, but no more bumps and peeling.
I have had years of minimal, but still embarrassing and painful rosacea on my nose and cheeks. I had tried everything, from prescription creams to home remedies, and to these over the counter creams. Prosacea did work for me, but not very well over the long term. And I wanted to find a fix for my rosacea rather than a constant symptom-treater. I have been following all of your responses for the last year and have greatly appreciated hearing about others’ experiences, so I wanted to share my latest experience with Rosacea.
I walked into a BlueMercury store with the intention of getting new makeup–mine was old and cheap–and ended up chatting with a sales clerk about what in the store might be good for skin with rosacea. She ended up steering me towards creams from the INTRAL line of DARPHIN, a french skin care company. I took home testers of the INTRAL cleansing milk, and used it with a day and night cream both designed for reducing redness. Over 3 days, my rosacea went completely away. Then my bumpy, itchy chin (eczema) started calming down and clearing up. Now my face is clearer than I’ve EVER seen it, like I can’t even remember because even in high school I had these rosacea problems.
It is expensive, but I’m sure many of you would say it’s worth every penny when compared with the frustration and time/money of constantly changing your remedies. I hope it works for others!!!
Im 14 and Ive had rosacea my whole life and it recently got worse, so I had my mom buy me Prosacea. I was shocked to find out that after maybe 3 months of using it, it didn’t help at all. I was extremely disappointed because I’m so self consioius of it. It ccleared up my acne, but didn’t help my rosacea at all.
I have been using Prosacea for about three months and I couldn’t be happier. My face is much less red than before and the acne has all but disappeared. I have the occasional pimple but the duration of the outbreak has decreased as well. I know some people are allergic to sulphur and can’t use Prosacea but I whole heartedly recommend it for those who can.
I have been using this gel for 2 weeks and I can really see some improvement! The swelling, redness, and enlarged pores have calmed down tremendously. It is at this point that I have really noticed a difference! I have struggled with Roseacea for about 12 years and it has been exhausting! My only complaint is that I want a bigger tube. I am using it 2 times a day; in the morning and when I go to bed. I don’t know how far it is going to go. Also, it will not get rid of my broken capillaries; but I did not expect it to. Only a laser can do that. Anyway, I love the stuff so far! I recommend it!
I am new to rosacea, I think I have had minor symptoms for a while but just last week I had a major flare up and it got really noticeable and now I am dealing with redness that really never goes away but seems worse a different times through out the day. I have prosacea for just about three days and I think it is starting to work on the redness but its still to early to tell. I do think using it three times a day is a little much for my skin and is making it dry. If I do use it once a day I wonder if morning or night is better? Also can I go back to using normal facial creams for wrinkles and moisturizing or do I need special sensitive skin creams? Will prosacea even work with face creams?
I saw this in the store and thought, what the heck, I’ll give it a try. I had tried a lot of other stuff for rosacea and it didn’t work. My doctor always wanted to give me Metrogel (which doesn’t work at all)! Well, this stuff is absolutely GREAT! It really works (for me at least) and for that I’m grateful. Because the redness and bumps are embarrassing. I will continue to use this and am grateful to the makers of it. Plus, it’s not that expensive. My face really is clear and looks normal now – like everyone else I see in my office, so I don’t feel like I have to hide. Thanks again for a great product.
Tried this whilst in the USA, after a really bad breakout on my nose and cheeks. I hadn’t been diagnosed as rosacea but I guessed from the symptoms that this was the most likely candidate. I can say that after 5 days it’s the redness and pinples and nodules have completly gone, and I feel fantastic and far not selfconscious. By the way I had bad acne as a teenager and sulphur was the most effective remedy. I’m 50 now and suffered from this for some 4 years, but Prosacea seems to keep it under control. I’m converted!
I’m 31 years old and have mild to moderate rosacea and tried everything my derm gave me, antibiotics, creams, basically anything she recommended and nothing worked. My rosacea just continually got worse and I spent days crying, contimplating killing myself cuz I looked like a monster. The only thing that seem to worked for me was the big NO NO of steroid cream, desonide, which after awhile of use will only make matters worse. I finally decided to give prosacea a try and it worked! Now, its not a miracle cream so don’t expect dramatic results over night, but it definitely works! I don’t notice any smell at all so maybe they fixed the formula and I haven’t noticed any dryness and I get very dry very quick in my cheeks. I put it on only overnight and in the morning those awful red bumps definitely decreased in size! The redness faded a bit overnight but redness isn’t my main concern cuz I wear makeup and can easily cover that up its the bumps that make my life hell. I’m so happy that I decided to give it a try after reading mixed reviews but all I can say is, give it a shot, it can’t hurt. It may be just what ur skin needs cuz its definitely what mine needed.