Rosacea patients may suffer from a variety of emo-tional disorders as the facial features change and papules and pustules and other so-called unsightly features progress. Patients report embarrassment or anxiety about the facial flushing in social situ-ations.
Nearly 70% of rosacea patients report low self-esteem, while 41% avoid public contact. The facial disfigurement impairs their career advancement; 70% of severely affected patients report that rosacea adversely affects their profes-sional relationships. They also report that rosacea affects their sexual desirability. The inaccurate per-ception by the public and social stigmatization of rhinophyma as a sign of alcohol abuse is a source of frustration for rosacea patients.
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