Facial eczema or Rosacea?

Facial eczema may sometimes be confused with rosacea.

The symptoms of eczema include dry, rough, red, itchy, skin dryness, crusting, flaking, blistering, cracking, oozing or bleeding skin and scaling of the skin. A most common is the itch that is a side effect of eczema.

The symptoms of rosacea include facial redness which begins slowly and gradually becomes more persistent with spidery blood vessels which become progressively prominent on the nose and cheeks. Inflammatory papules (without pus) and pustules (with pus) develop and over time continue to worsen. Facial pores often become larger and more prominent. If there has been much sun exposure damage over the years, the skin becomes more leathery skin becomes more wrinkled as it is not elastic or as soft to bend. Eventually, the sides of the neck as well as the area down to the center of the chest began to redden and later the ears and area behind the ears also become more red. The facial skin contours gradually become coarse and thickened.