Amongst many other symptoms of peri, does anyone have the red burning sensation like your face is on fire! I'm not always like this and the rest of me is not hot as in a flush. More a hot feeling just on my face cheeks. I don't think it is high blood pressure although i'm sure it is up when this is happening. Does anyone else get this sensation? I'm off to the dr. this morning to discuss more of the unknown explanations of my condition!
I'd appreciate any feedback fellow journeyors!

Hi CC,

Could it be rosacea? Do your cheeks actually get red?

My mom had this right about the time of menopause (altho' she swears she had NO meno symptoms! ). I remember how upsetting it was for her - just very embarrassing.

Other than this, I've heard some people say they feel hot flashes primarily in their faces. For me, it's a warmth rising from my middle-up.

Did you see the doc? If so, did you get any answers?



Jacquie

I occasionally get that warm, tingly feeling - usually at night. At first, I thought it was some medication that I was taking that can cause flushing. My doc toldme to take an aspirin w/it to stop it.

I can't say it's a hot flash, but it does subside when I just sit and relax. I usually get into bed and read and it distracts me.

Can't say for sure it's peri related but the timing is such that it sure seems that way.
I don't think though, it's anything to worry about.

Yes~I get the burning sensation on my face and also since peri have a rash around my mouth and under nose, I think it is rosacea. The burning face feeling is annoying. I'm starting to get very itchy everywhere, and the feeling of things crawling on me. Just blows my mind what hormones can do to us

I've never visited this board (skin) because I only recently developed the burning face thing. But now, my cheeks and EARS start to burn when I wake up. Then, when the hot shower water hits it, LOOK OUT! Burning fire.

I went to a dermatologist (don't waste your money) who said, "No, it's not rosacea, we'll call it dermatitis." So we called it that and the cream she prescribed about took my skin off--I had to run to wash it off or I'd have 2nd degree burns.

Of course, I had a sneaking suspicious it was hormonal. But you will NEVER convince any doctor that hormone do anything other than hot flashes, vaginal dryness or maybe one or two other things. They are mind-numbed robots.

What I do now is only wash my face in cool water, with Noxema. At least the pain is gone (still gets red though in the morning).

About the rosacea thing, I'd really like to know the reason sooo many 40- to 50-something women suddenly have this, hummm?

Well, no doctor on earth will ever put 2 and 2 together and get anything other than 5 or 6 or 8.

Hi Everyone,

My face began to break out last summer at which point my GP told me she thought it was hormone related. She checked my hormones but they were normal. She shared that during peri hormones change daily and many times will show as normal. She went ahead and referred me to a dermatologist. He determined it was rosacea and gave me couple of creams to use daily. They work well...but I still think this was the first sign of my many peri symptoms. In February many many more came along.

I think most of what I've experienced healthwise has been hormone related but doctors are hesitant to agree.

Take care...

Ah, but of course! How did I know you were going to say that, LOL?

hi everyone! I've been absent from the site for a few years, but I stopped back in to view some information.

I have Rosacea and I can tell you that menopause can be a big trigger for flushes (what can change your face). I was actually diagnosed by an ophlamologist.

Let me provide some background.
I always flushed easily and I would remain blotchy red for 30-50 minutes. I would be red if someone called my name, if I had a glass of wine, if I made a phone call home to a parent (even if the call were positive), I would be red for an hour. I blushed easily. One of my former doctors told me I had rosacea (my nose and cheeks were always flushed when he checked me). He told me he could prescribe something to help me out, but I hate to take medicine if I didn't have to. I didn't have any other problems, right?

]Fast forward a decade:
Last year, (3 days after my daughter's wedding) the school nurse sent me home from work with pinkeye. This happened 3 times in 2 weeks. Since it never went away, I decided to take the step up the medical ladder. I contacted Eye and Ear hospital in the city. They wanted to see me ASAP (as in leave work NOW) and I was diagnosed with Ocular Rosacea and skin rosacea. Now this, people, isn't fun.

Google up some pictures of Ocular Rosacea and the feeling in my eyes is worse than the pictures. My eyes feel as if they are in a bucket of sand with the blow dryer aimed at my eyes. I literally have to pull open my eyes in the morning. I have to take 3 pills a day for this and put a cream on my face every time I wash it (oh, and my face isn't 'bad').

rosacea is a gradual disease. It starts off mild and forgiving and slaps you hard in the face (no pun intended!) I wonder if I had listened to my first doctor, if I would have such severe symptoms now- in the prime of my life. Perhaps I could have post poned them until I was ready to retire and move away from the stress and heat/cold that can aggravate the flushing (which in turn aggravates my eyes).

rosacea

I'm posting this for the following reasons:
1) If you might have rosacea, check with a qualified doctor (the red 'mask' may also be lupus; my aunt had this) and get a 2nd opinion. You do NOT want to ignore Rosacea or Lupus. If it is not either of this disorders, you are fortunate. However, do your body a favor and be sure you do not have it.
2) many women are diagnosed with Rosacea during midlife because menapause changes bring the symptoms to the front (literally - the face).
3) if you have Rosacea and you use creams etc., for acne or other ailments, you could indeed make your rosacea worse.

** Take heed. If you feel that your dermatologist is blowing you off with a misdiagnosis, see another dermatologist to be sure you do not have it! In any case, if your dermatologist has incorrectly diagnosed you, you don't want to return anyway, right? Seek a second opinion to be sure.