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Rosacea sufferer Lex:'You have to present the perfect face online'
Rosacea sufferer and blogger Lex said her rosacea can feel like sunburn, like a pulse in her face.
Lex, aka 'Talonted Lex', said the pressure to show the 'perfect' face online makes it hard for her to be honest about her skin condition.
She told Â鶹Éç Radio 5 live,"if you're scrolling through a feed and all you see is perfection, perfection, perfection, and then someone with a skin condition comes up then it's going to be, by contrast, even more shocking".
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