Rosacea's trademark symptom is small, red, pus-filled bumps on the skin that are present during flare-ups. Typically, rosacea affects only skin on your nose, ...Rosacea:Types,Causes,andRemediesMedicallyreviewedbyCynthiaCobb,DNP,APRN,WHNP-BC,FAANP—WrittenbyShannonJohnson—UpdatedonOctober1,2019PicturesTypesSymptomsCausesRiskFactorsDiagnosisTreatmentCopingandsupportOutlookWeincludeproductswethinkareusefulforourreaders.Ifyoubuythroughlinksonthispage,wemayearnasmallcommission.Here’sourprocess.Whatisrosacea?Rosaceaisachronicskindiseasethataffectsmorethan16millionAmericans.Thecauseofrosaceaisstillunknown,andthereisnocure.However,researchhasalloweddoctorstofindwaystotreattheconditionbyminimizingitssymptoms.Therearefoursubtypesofrosacea.Eachsubtypehasitsownsetofsymptoms.Itispossibletohavemorethanonesubtypeofrosaceaatatime.Rosacea’strademarksymptomissmall,red,pus-filledbumpsontheskinthatarepresentduringflare-ups.Typically,rosaceaaffectsonlyskinonyournose,cheeks,andforehead.Flare-upsoftenoccurincycles.Thismeansthatyouwillexperiencesymptomsforweeksormonthsatatime,thesymptomswillgoaway,andthenreturn.PicturesofrosaceaTypesofrosaceaThefourtypesofrosaceaare:Subtypeone,knownaserythematotelangiectaticrosacea(ETR),isassociatedwithfacialredness,flushing,andvisiblebloodvessels.Subtypetwo,papulopustular(oracne)rosacea,isassociatedwithacne-likebreakouts,andoftenaffectsmiddle-agedwomen.Subtypethree,knownasrhinophyma,isarareformassociatedwiththickeningoftheskinonyournose.Itusuallyaffectsmenandisoftenaccompaniedbyanothersubtypeofrosacea.Subtypefourisknownasocularrosacea,anditssymptomsarecenteredontheeyearea.SymptomsofrosaceaRosaceasymptomsaredifferentbetweeneachsubtype.SignsofrosaceaETR:flushingandrednessinthecenterofyourfacevisiblebrokenbloodvesselsswollenskinsensitiveskinstingingandburningskindry,rough,andscalyskinSignsofacnerosacea:acne-likebreakoutsandveryredskinoilyskinsensitiveskinbrokenbloodvesselsthatarevisibleraisedpatchesofskinSignsofthickeningskin:bumpyskintexturethickskinonnoseth