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Bianca from County Durham had pretty much flawless skin throughout her teen years and early twenties. But her first pregnancy at 22 triggered her developing rosacea — a long-term inflammatory skin condition.
What started out as the occasional flare-up of redness and sensitivity progressed into more substantial rashes, peppered with small spots. And unfortunately, this didn’t clear up after she’d given birth. GPs suggested various over-the-counter creams, but none of them made any difference — with some even making the symptoms worse.
‘Over the next nine years, I went from having regular flare ups, to becoming permanently red, bumpy, and blotchy across my cheeks and nose,’ Bianca shares.
‘It got to the stage whereby I couldn’t even think of leaving the house without a thick base layer of foundation to cover up the redness — and I’d often need to reapply it during the day.’
Desperate for relief, Bianca says she began spending pretty much every spare minute searching online for product suggestions.
Luckily, she stumbled across a woman on Instagram with a very similar story to her own — and she swore by Kalme products. Inspired by this woman’s results, Bianca decided to try out a few of the products for herself, and she was instantly impressed.
‘Unlike anything else I had tried for my rosacea so far, my skin felt instantly calmer and more comfortable when I applied the Kalme Day Defence Cream,’ Bianca explains.
‘One time I ran out of it — and didn’t re-buy it for a few weeks — and almost immediately my skin started to flare red more regularly, and feel itchy and sensitive. Now, I always make sure I have a supply.’
The Kalme Day Defence Cream is included in this brilliant bundle — alongside the Kalme Night Cream, and Kalme Cleanser. And best of all, Metro readers you can bank an extra £10 off when they apply the code METRO10 at check-out.
Made with a combination of unique skincare innovations to reduce redness, the hero ingredient of the range has to be a patented caper extract called Derma Sensitive, which has been clinically proven in trials to reduce redness and skincare sensitivity by up to 70%. Meanwhile, Indinyl has a 24-hour moisturising action to combat dryness, and the antioxidant NDGA reduces the underlying inflammation that causes bumpiness and spots. Plus, the moisturiser also provides protection against UV damage.
Unhelpfully, the beginnings of rosacea can look quite a lot like adult acne, dermatologist Dr Eva Melegh explains. ‘Catching and treating rosacea in its earlier stages is the most effective way of not letting it intensify and spread — but unfortunately, it’s still one of the most misdiagnosed skin conditions.’
As far as Bianca’s concerned, spreading awareness is key. With rosacea now a far smaller part of her day-to-day life, she hopes that sharing her experience will help other sufferers feel less alone and helpless. ‘I’ll always have rosacea, but it doesn’t rule my life like it used to,’ she adds. ‘I now know exactly how to keep the condition under control.’
Consider us sold.
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