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The cream is marketed to help relieve eczema symptoms including itching, dryness, redness, cracking and irritation.—Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 15 May 2026 That means a course of action that targets everything from blackheads to excess sebum production to sebaceous filaments, the thin threads that tend to pop up on your nose, to even redness, which can cause skin to swell, enhancing the appearance of pores.—Diana Tsui, Footwear News, 15 May 2026 This is also linked to a change known as Darier’s sign, which is a common finding in mastocytosis, where rubbing a skin lesion causes redness or swelling.—Suchandrima Bhowmik, Health, 15 May 2026 That, in turn, may worsen redness and cause additional dryness or irritation.—Kara Nesvig, Allure, 14 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for redness
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First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined above
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The first known use of redness was
before the 12th century