The Effects of Water on Rosacea
For the rosacea sufferer, simply increasing your water intake can help to reduce the facial redness associated with rosacea!
Drink at least 8 eight ounce glasses (2 liters) of water per day if you are a smaller person! Considerably more is needed if one is larger, working outside, playing a sport, or doing something else physically taxing. Since heat relates to vascular dilation (also referred to as flushing) in most people, the rosacea sufferer needs even more water. Those with rosacea should consume between 10 and 12 glasses (3 liters) of icy water per day to cool the face and body and to assist the body in proper excretion of oil, waste, and toxins. The water must be icy cold to help prevent flushing and to reduce it once it has occurred.
Consider how hot coffee, hot soup, and many other hot foods can make you flush (vascular dilation) -- by contrast, ice water curbs the flushing reaction by cooling the blood flowing to the brain's temperature center, which controls flushing (vascular constriction). Water also moistens the skin, greatly reducing clogged pores. Most importantly, water helps relieve stress during the day and relaxes the body for sleep. We cannot stress enough how important it is to drink water.
The hypothalamus is the body's thermostat which regulates temperature, but it cannot achieve this objective without adequate water. The body is approximately 70% water while the eye is approximately 96% water. Water is needed for skin tissue repair, efficient digestion, absorption, circulation and secretion. Water carries nutrients to the skin and body cells and removes waste from the cell. Urine should be white or a very light straw yellow.
A camel can go without water by allowing its body temperature to rise without sweating, and by tolerating extreme dehydration. Humans aren't camels; we can't survive such treatment. A human needs, on average, eight glasses of water daily in addition to other fluids (unless you're part camel). The rosacea sufferer benefits from more: eight to sixteen glasses of ice water each day help keep the condition under control.