Dry, sore skin?

[Toby2000]

Hi,

So yesterday I began to notice that my cheeks were REALLY dry and sore when I touched them.

I put some E45 hypoallergenic cream on last night and when I woke up my face my was red and my eyes were apparently inflamed. I don't know what happened, but my skin on my cheeks was red (it's not anymore) and it felt really sore when I rubbed moisturizer on. They weren't cracked or anything etc.

Like I said, the redness has gone and when I touch it now it's sore still and stings when I put cream on it.

Scared I have Rosacea even though it doesn't really look like it! Can it be treated :(

Thanks
Toby

[anthrokid]

Rosacea is not dangerous or life-threatening. It's probably not likely that you do have Rosacea, given that the redness subsided, but even if you did, there are treatments to help manage it.

[MrH]

You're a teenager. If you didn't have bad skin you'd be very lucky... When I was 14 I had bleeding lumps all over my head that made me look like some kind of seeping Klingon...