Globally, the rosacea treatment market, including antibiotics, alpha agonists, retinoids and corticosteroids, was estimated at US $2.08 billion in 2024, and is projected to rise at a 7.1% CAGR (2025 to 2030), per Grand View Research. The source cites drivers including urbanization, environmental changes, lifestyle shifts and the rapidly growing aging population, since rosacea is more common in middle-aged and older adults. Rosacea can cause facial redness, pimples and visible blood vessels, which can have significant cosmetic and psychological effects, Grand View Research explains. The firm adds that combinations of therapies, such as antibiotics with topical treatments, or light therapy with oral medications, have become more common. The Aveeno brand Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser, featuring feverfew, provides a topical product example.
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Globally, the rosacea treatment market, including antibiotics, alpha agonists, retinoids and corticosteroids, was estimated at US $2.08 billion in 2024, and is projected to rise at a 7.1% CAGR (2025 to 2030), per Grand View Research. The source cites drivers including urbanization, environmental changes, lifestyle shifts and the rapidly growing aging population, since rosacea is more common in middle-aged and older adults. Rosacea can cause facial redness, pimples and visible blood vessels, which can have significant cosmetic and psychological effects, Grand View Research explains. The firm adds that combinations of therapies, such as antibiotics with topical treatments, or light therapy with oral medications, have become more common. The Aveeno brand Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser, featuring feverfew, provides a topical product example.
Product Spotlight: Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser
Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser is designed to gently cleanse and wash away dirt, oil and makeup to leave skin looking and feeling healthy. The product is an oil-free, hypoallergenic, non-comedogenic and lightweight formula that contains soothing feverfew, which per Kenvue, helps visibly reduce redness and calm irritated, dry, sensitive skin.
Feverfew is naturally high in antioxidants, reportedly 10 times more than vitamin C. According to the company, it has been shown to fight external aggressors, making this extract ideal for sensitive facial skin.
Kenvue adds that the product is consciously crafted — i.e., without animal testing and delivering nourishing ingredients in a recyclable bottle to reduce the environmental footprint.
Ingredients: Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser
The product website's ingredient disclosure outlines components individually, providing an explanation for each as follows.
Per the company, ~98% of the ingredients were selected to benefit skin, for easy application, and to provide moisturizing and cleansing benefits. These include (listed as provided on the company website as of March 31, 2025):
- Chrysanthemum Parthenium (Feverfew) Flower/Leaf/Stem Juice: This ingredient works with other ingredients to moisturize skin and is a powerful antioxidant. Derived from the wild chamomile plant.
- Water: This ingredient helps provide desired consistency and supports an optimal application experience.
- Cocamidopropyl Betaine: This ingredient is used to gently cleanse skin. Derived from coconut or palm oil.
- Glycerin: This ingredient works with other ingredients to moisturize skin. Derived from vegetable oil.
- Decyl Glucoside: This ingredient is used to gently cleanse skin. Derived from wheat or vegetable oil.
- Sodium Hydrolyzed Potato Starch Dodecenylsuccinate: This ingredient is used to gently cleanse skin.
- Linoleamidopropyl PG-Dimonium Chloride Phosphate: This ingredient works with other ingredients to condition and soften the skin.
The remaining ~2% of ingredients, per the company, were selected "to protect the product." These are described as a group of "skin friendly ingredients" that has been "carefully chosen to work together to maintain high quality by helping prevent the formula from separating, losing its texture or growing mold and harmful bacteria." These include:
- Sodium Chloride: This ingredient gives the product thickness and makes it easy to apply.
- Citric Acid: This ingredient is used to create the ideal pH. Derived from corn.
- Sodium Benzoate: This ingredient helps keep products free from harmful bacteria and mold growth.
- Disodium EDTA: This ingredient helps to maintain the product's freshness.
- Sodium Hydroxide: This ingredient is specifically used to create the ideal pH.
- Potassium Acrylates Copolymer: This ingredient works as a thickening agent and gives the product a consistent texture.
User Reviews: Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser
Following are example user reviews (edited for style), selected for their anecdotal insights on product form and function.
- I started using Retin-A and had irritation while adjusting to the gel, so I did a Google search for calming products for irritated skin and found the Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Foaming Cleanser....On the first use there was immediate soothing relief, the product is so gentle, and I followed it up with the Aveeno Calm + Restore Redness Relief Moisturizing Cream because I was so desperate for relief -power duo! In 24 hr my face felt normal again.
- My skin is really red and super sensitive. This face wash cleans well without hurting. It pumps out the foam very nicely and provides just the right amount. I have noticed my skin has calmed down a little bit since using it. I also like how it’s fragrance free! That also keeps my skin a lot calmer.
- This cleanser gets my face so clean and I feel refreshed and rejuvenated. I use it at night before bed to take off the day, my makeup and also in the shower. It smells great and leaves my sensitive skin happy and not bothered a bit.
- We love this product. My husband uses it every day. He says it really helps to sooth and clean his skin. It really gets down and cleans all of the dirt out of his pores. He says it takes away the redness. He loves the way his skin feels after his showers.
Understanding Sensitive Skin
In formulating products for sensitive skin such as that presenting with rosacea, Draelos provided several tips. "Formulating for sensitive skin can be challenging, since there is no agreed upon definition," she wrote. "However, following are my opinions, as a dermatologist, regarding how sensitive skin formulas might be approached based on nine key concepts."
- Less is more
- Avoid sensates
- Avoid vehicles that rapidly evaporate upon skin contact
- Eliminate common allergens and irritants
- Include occlusive agents to decrease TEWL
- Formulate at a slightly acidic pH
- Ensure ingredient purity
- Carefully construct emulsifier systems
- Avoid exfoliants
