Mirvaso and Pain: What Users Say

• Agr...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• May 28, 2016

For Rosacea "DO NOT USE! I tried this product for two days. On day three, my skin went purple on my cheeks and became very painful, like severe sunburn. I read a report from the company that makes the stuff, and they said that patients forget what they looked like before, which is why they think it is worse! I took before and after pictures, and I look like I've been burned! TERRIBLE STUFF! I rarely used to flush, and now it won't go away!!!!"

• Pad...
• September 21, 2016

For Rosacea "My husband was given this medication by our dermatologist 6 months ago, and he was thrilled to have finally found an answer to his rosacea. The last 3 months have been a living hell! His skin became bright red and looks almost purple. For weeks, his face became crusty and was oozing fluid onto his pillow to the point where I was washing his pillowcases every day. We have been to a variety of specialists who say it's contact dermatitis. He has been on prednisone and antibiotics 3 different times, and nothing is helping. For the first month, he couldn't sleep because he was in such agony, and only an ice pack gave him relief. I plan on calling the FDA hotline, which I found on the Mirvaso website."

• Be ...
• June 29, 2014

For Rosacea "Awful experience. First 2 days were perfect, and then the rebound flushing began. I never have flushed that bad before. It was dark red/purple, painful, and swollen. I should have stopped then, but I kept thinking my skin would adjust. Didn't want to give up on it, but finally quit using after 3 weeks. Took a week for the rebound flushing to quit after discontinuing use. I went back to my baseline redness everywhere but my forehead. It is redder than when I began treatment."

• Cap...
• Taken for less than 1 month
• June 7, 2015

For Rosacea "My derm gave me some samples to try because I can't afford laser treatments. Applied some on day one. A little sting, but that was gone quickly. Within minutes, I noticed a definite reduction in the redness. Within an hour, my face was just slightly pink. Spent the day enjoying not having to look at the deep red on my face in the mirror. Day two was a different story. The rebound was so bad, the redness was back even worse than before, and the pain was excruciating. Even had some puffiness, like my skin was rebelling. I chucked all the samples in the trash. I'll never use Mirvaso again. Hope others have better luck."

• Tro...
• Taken for 2 to 5 years
• August 29, 2022

For Rosacea "This 'magic' drug works. But you pay a price in pain, itching, severe redness the next day. All much worse than the original symptoms. READ THE WARNINGS. Vanity is not worth the price of this medication."

• Mel...
• Taken for 1 to 2 years
• January 8, 2017

For Rosacea "I still have flare-ups during the day, but there are times when my skin is completely free from any redness, especially about an hour after it's applied. It loses its effectiveness after about 6 hours for me. After the tube is open, I've tried to stretch it out past 30 days, but its effectiveness is not as good when the tube is first opened, I've found. I remember it taking a few weeks when I first started using it, along with a topical cream at night, for my skin to start to change. My script ran out, and I went without it for a week, and I hated not having it. My skin burned and hurt again when I stopped using it for that time. Although it doesn't completely eliminate symptoms, it sure does help, and I will not go a day without it."