Skin Condition Diagnostic Quiz
Eight questions about where your symptoms appear and how they behave — then a read on your dominant pattern and what to do next. About three minutes, no sign-up.
8 questions · feature breakdown · 3 minutes · not a medical diagnosis
Reviewed by Dr. Lena Caldwell, MD, FAAD
Where is your redness most concentrated?
Pick the area you'd point to most often.
These first eight questions separate rosacea from look-alikes. Editorial process →
How this diagnostic quiz works
The quiz scores the individual rosacea features dermatologists look for — the phenotype approach the National Rosacea Society and the global ROSCO consensus use — checked against American Academy of Dermatology guidance. It asks where your symptoms appear, how they behave over time, and what sets them off — then weighs your answers to estimate your dominant feature pattern, and whether a look-alike condition is more likely.
It's a screening aid, not a diagnosis. The result is probabilistic and meant to help you understand what's likely going on and prepare for a clinician visit. A board-certified dermatologist remains the source of any diagnosis or prescription.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
Still unsure whether it's rosacea? The quiz is free, takes about three minutes, and there's no sign-up to see your result.
It's a screening aid, not a diagnostic test. It reflects the symptom patterns dermatologists look for, but it can't examine your skin — so treat the result as a strong starting point to confirm with a clinician, not a verdict.
Dermatologists now describe rosacea by phenotype — the individual features you have, such as persistent redness, visible vessels, bumps and pimples, skin thickening, and eye involvement — because most people have more than one at once. The four classic subtype labels (redness and flushing, bumps and pustules, skin thickening, ocular) come from an older 2002 framework; we keep them as a familiar way to organize plans, not as separate diagnoses.
The questions are designed to flag common look-alikes like adult acne and perioral dermatitis, and the result will tell you when one of those looks more likely. Confirming which condition you have still needs a clinician.
No. The quiz is free and your answers are stored only in your browser. You can see your full result without signing up or giving an email address.