Treating yourself is a great step toward treating your rosacea. However, while spas, salons and cosmetics counters provide plenty of pampering and products to improve your appearance and mood, they come with caveats. Here are a few suggestions on how to avoid potential physical and mental stressors found in certain beauty regimens and environments.

Spas are supposed to be soothing and tranquil places. Yet, as a rosacea patient, the idea of entering a space offering hot and cold treatments, facials, steam baths and other potential triggers may stress you out. Call ahead to find out if there’s a licensed esthetician on staff who knows how to handle rosacea-prone skin. Ask what products they use and research their ingredients. If they contain materials that provoke flare-ups for you, ask about substitutes. Of course, some spa offerings—like massages, cool drinks and meditation — are both relaxing and risk-free.

Cosmetics enhance your best features, making you feel more attractive and confident, but if they contain irritating ingredients they may induce flare-ups. Before purchasing a new blush, eye shadow or lipstick, ask for a sample and try it out on your wrist, neck or forearm and note any negative reactions. Combination products, such as tinted moisturizer or cosmetics containing sunscreen, can reduce the number of products you use, simplifying your routine and reducing the potential for triggers.

Staying hydrated can go a long way toward feeling good about your body. There’s simply no drawback to drinking more water: it keeps skin cells happy and healthy, fends off fine wrinkles, and flushes out toxins.