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"Skin gets thinner and more delicate over time, and blood vessels weaken and enlarge, so many women develop this type of discoloration as they age. Age-related redness can be heightened if you also have reactive skin (meaning you flush easily), visible &amp;quot;broken,&amp;quot; or dilated, capillaries, or rosacea. WHAT YOU CAN DO AT HOME While active products are usually very helpful, they&amp;#039;re a mistake for women who have sensitive skin. If a cleanser or moisturizer tingles or burns, trade it for something gentler, a product that doesn&amp;#039;t irritate your skin. Try Purpose Gentle Cleansing Wash ($6, drugstores) and Cetaphil Moisturizing Lotion ($10, drugstores). If you&amp;#039;re already using anything with retinoids, AHAs, or BHAs, scale back to a more gentle cream with antioxidants like green tea, soy, or idebenone. Try Prevage Anti-Aging Treatment ($150, department stores). Tip: Even if you don&amp;#039;t have rosacea, dermatologists say, you may benefit from using products designed to treat that condition. Try B. Kamins Chemist Booster Blue Rosacea Treatment ($70, bkamins.com). And in general, handle your skin with care: no scrubbing, picking, or unnecessary roughness, especially in the super-delicate undereye area. WHAT A DOCTOR CAN DO  Prescription medications that usually help include MetroGel (generic name: metronidazole), a topical, and Oracea (generic: doxycycline), which comes in pill form. In addition, an M.D. can use certain lasers to zap blood vessels and thereby help alleviate redness. One example: A pulsed-dye laser, like Vbeam or V Star, will reduce unwanted rosiness without leaving bruises and can target specific blood vessels. You should see a noticeable difference after two to four treatments, but laser therapy is pointless if you don&amp;#039;t add sunscreen to your daily routine, says Dr. Wieder.  Back to: Your Skin: Are You Doing Too Much or Too Little? "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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