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Your face blushing at a joke nobody told.
means A chronic skin condition causing facial redness, visible blood vessels, and sometimes small red bumps, typically across the cheeks, nose, and forehead.
from From Latin 'rosaceus,' meaning 'rosy' or 'rose-colored,' itself from 'rosa,' the rose. The name is simple description dressed up in botanical elegance — doctors looked at the persistent pink-to-red flush and bloom-like bumps and reached for the flower that blushes hardest.
- peak age
- 30s to 50s, not teenagers
- common trigger
- spicy food, wine, sudden temperature swings
- commonly mistaken for
- acne, but oil has nothing to do with it
- fun fact
- nicknamed the curse of the celts