How To Keep A Rosacea Diary
Manage and heal your rosacea through tracking your rosacea flare ups
‘How do I find out what is making my rosacea flare up?’
It’s a fair question, but it’s also a really big question. Rosacea is a tricky beast and one that requires a lot of attention and time, which many of us don’t have. So in order to help, I designed a FREE Rosacea Flare Up Diary, which you can download below.
(P.S I’ve also designed a Rosacea Triggers Checklist, there’s more information about that at the bottom of the page!)
What Is A Rosacea Flare Up Diary And Why Do I Need One?
The name should be pretty descriptive, but I have designed an easy way to make a note of your flare ups, which can then be used to identify patterns and hopefully help to eliminate or reduce your triggers.
When I first sat down to design this Rosacea Flare Up Diary, I tried to remember how I felt when I was diagnosed 20 years ago. I tried to think of the resources and information that I would have found helpful and I kept coming back to anything to do with triggers and tracking what I believed caused my flare ups.
It can feel so overwhelming when you’re first diagnosed with (or beginning to wonder if you have) rosacea, as it can often feel like you are flaring up at random, with a million and one things which could be contributing to your issues. It can often feel like we have so many things to consider which can be off-putting. But – for me – the effort to identify my triggers and causes of my flares ups has absolutely been worth it.
With all this in mind I have put together a digital download Rosacea Flare Up Diary. On each A4 page there are 3 separate entry sections, with each entry designed to cover one flare up.
There are also instructions here on how to print double-sided to save paper – something that took me ages to figure out because I’m apparently technologically enfeebled! This is a free printable that you can download and use as you need to.
Download The Rosacea Flare Up Diary
I hope the Rosacea Flare Up Diary is self-explanatory but let me know if anything isn’t clear.
I made this diary because I wish that I’d had something like this when I was first diagnosed. Not only would these sheets be great to track the flare ups for your own information, but I also think these would be really helpful to take to your doctor/dermatologist to help you discuss potential triggers and what may be affecting your skin.
I hope you find this download useful. Please do let me know in the comments below if there is anything missing from these sheets that you would find useful, as I can potentially add to them in the future.
I also designed a Rosacea Triggers Checklist that you can download for free here:
Each download is designed to work independently, but I also think they will work well alongside each other to help you to diarise your rosacea flare ups and – in turn – help you to manage them.
