I love summer more than anything, but my skin? She feels otherwise. Heat and too much sun exposure are enemy number one—and the biggest triggers for my rosacea. Without the right cocktail of over-the-counter skincare and prescriptions (shoutout to my incredible derm Dr. Marisa Garshick), my face rebels with the fiery anger of a papulopustular flare (it looks like a bunch of red and inflamed acne on my cheeks, chin, and nose) and affects not just my skin tone but the texture as well.
Learning how to get my redness and rosacea under control has been an exercise in patience and experimentation. Treatments don’t work overnight (no matter how much I manifest), and there’s no one-size-fits-all routine. But over the past five years, I’ve found a mix of cleansers, treatments, and moisturizers that keep my skin calm and—literally—cool. Not to jinx it, but I haven’t had one flare this summer (knock on wood). Ahead, shop my seven favorite formulas to help soothe redness and keep rosacea at bay in the warmer months.
