Joseph Sheehan may be a thick-skinned individual, but when his rosacea got out of control, it was more than he could bear.
Sheehan, a naval architect who teaches ship design, developed rosacea around 60. "At first it was basically just a redness, and oily skin around the nose," he said.
He tried a few home remedies and lived with the symptoms for about a year. Finally, he saw a dermatologist.
"He prescribed an oral antibiotic, but I didn't like the idea of having to use it indefinitely," Sheehan said. "So I never took it."