title: Sensitive skin and rosacea: nosologic framework.
abstract: Flushing due to rosacea may be mistaken for sensitive skin, which can manifest as abnormal sensations during fairly acute reactions to a variety of triggers, many of which are shared by rosacea and sensitive skin. Nevertheless, the two conditions are clearly different. Rosacea is a vascular disease, worsens gradually over time, manifests as flares triggered chiefly by systemic factors, is largely confined to the facial and/or ocular regions, and responds to specific treatments. Sensitive skin, in contrast, is an epidermal cosmetic problem that runs a variable course, with diffuse skin involvement and flares triggered mainly by contact factors. The flares respond to specific cosmetics and are usually worsened by treatments for rosacea.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Neurobiologie cutanée, Université de Brest, France; Service de Dermatologie, CHU de Brest, 29609 Brest, France. laurent.misery@chu-brest.fr
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Misery
mesh_terms: D003877:Dermatitis, Contact / Q000175:diagnosis*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005483:Flushing / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans; D012393:Rosacea / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis*