what are the symptoms of Rosacea?

[Dolphin Queen]

Hii...doctor take your time to answer me...actually i want to know what exactly is rosacea and what are the symptoms of this?

[ISF]

I'm not a doctor, but I think I can answer this fairly easily. Rosacea is a flushing and redness across the forehead, cheeks or nose. It is frequently mistaken for common acne and effects an estimated 45 million people worldwide but mostly affects fair skinned people. Advanced cases of rosacea can lead to rhinophyma (see rhinophyma pic). For more information, see wikipedia's rosacea article

[K to the J]

I didn't know what rosacea was until now. I think I actually know a few people who have this.. I never thought it was like a skin disease though. I just thought they had really red skin?!

I know a few people who have full red faces. Could this be rosacea?