Surgery Doctors sometimes prescribe stronger medicines if antibiotics cannot do the control job. As a last resort, surgery may sometimes help your skin look better. The choices include dermabrasion, cryosurgery or laser surgery. Oral antibiotics and some topical solutions can keep your rosacea under control. The annoying part is that the disease comes and goes and comes around again without your notice. It is sometimes called adult acne. Once it had started it also causes soreness of the eyes and eyelids. Starting out as the tendency to blush easily, rosacea can progress fast into facial redness, and red bumps and pustules. Topical steroids are also used but care should be given because prolonged use can have side effects like skin irritation like perioral dermatitis which is seen on the areas surrounding the mouth. There are also prescription cleansers that rosacea patients are prescribed with. Isotretinoin is one example, which is used daily for about four to six months. Topical creams, for instance, are very effective in controlling the symptoms of rosacea for some patients. Usually, this is the first drug that doctors will prescribe to see just how the patient will react to medications. They are antibiotic that help fight off bacteria. Examples of medications that have proved to be effective are metronidazole and Azelaic acid, which both controls the redness and lessens the bumps in rosacea cases. It often starts as a flushing (redness) of the cheeks, nose and chin that comes and goes from time to time. Later, this redness becomes permanent and fine blood vessels begin to show in the areas of redness. Later, this redness becomes thicker and more noticeable with time, especially if there is no treatment done. Others think that rosacea break outs are because of allergic reactions to certain chemicals. You see, cosmetics and other skin products can also trigger the occurrence of the symptoms. Some vegetables, marinated meat and dairy products can also trigger a full-blown breakout. Skin medications like benzoyl peroxide when it is used in large amounts can also lead to a rosacea break out.