In fact, some people feel that aging or growing old is like paying for something they haven t consumed. But, if aging like skin problems is understood properly, preventive measures can done to avoid seeing aging as a torture or a punishment. The following are just some of the simple skin care strategies that you can practice to your daily life. But these remedies are only effective if you have a mild case of rosacea. For extreme cases, you really need to see a doctor and ask for medications. Dermatologists usually antibiotics, which may be topical or oral. These are lifelong treatments because as mentioned before, rosacea does not have any cure. It starts as someone s tendency to blush easily, but it can progress into facial redness, and red bumps and pustules. Symptoms The disease is likely to appear at age 30. (Pre-rosacea is seen sometimes in teens and early 20 s.) A flushed face, pimples or bumps (swelling) around the cheeks, nose, mouth and forehead are early indications. Rosacea is a common skin problem that usually affects Caucasians. Thus it has been called "the curse of the celts." It has, in fact, affected about 16 million Americans and almost 46 million people all over the world. It is three times more common in women than in men. Besides redness that is often mistaken for sunburn, rosacea is also characterized by watery eyes an appearance of blood vessels on the skin. People who are afflicted with the problem spend their whole lives controlling the disease. Some cope with this while others curse the problem. Although it is not particularly dangerous, rosacea can affect people psychologically. There are a lot of people with rosacea who refuse to go out because of how they look. Some patients also suffer from break outs when they eat certain kinds of food or when they use some skin products. Spicy food is a common trigger. Because rosacea only occurs when these triggers are present, some people do not even realize that they have rosacea. They think that it is just ordinary sunburn or flushing when their skin develops red patches or it is just an allergy when they get pimples.