It can take you a few weeks or months of using one of these medicines for your skin to improve:
Brimonidine (Mirvaso), a gel that tightens blood vessels in the skin to get rid of some of your redness
Azelaic acid, a gel and foam that clears up bumps, swelling, and redness
Metronidazole (Flagyl) and doxycycline, antibiotics that kill bacteria on your skin and bring down redness and swelling
Isotretinoin (Amnesteem, Claravis, and others), an acne drug that clears up skin bumps