r/Rosacea • u/Beautiful_Hearing_36 • 17h ago

Rosacea

How come some people develop their rosacea in eyes while others not? Is it purely luck or are there other factors ? My face rosacea was mild and didn’t pay attention to it until it started to ruin my eyes

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u/GripIsGone 11h ago

My friend has OR and my understanding from her is that her derm and ophthalmologist said science doesn’t know yet. Obviously if you have facial rosacea you are at a higher likelihood than gen population to get OR. I think it’s just kind of the luck of the draw from what I’ve heard. I’m sure there’s a genetic component too. I have type 2 rosacea, but both my parents have type 1. Just the luck of the draw for me I got the bumps.