COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2) pandemic is associated with aggravation of facial dermatoses caused by professional prophylactic measures, mostly face masks, especially reported in healthcare workers, such as irritant and contact dermatitis, seborrheic dermatitis, rosacea, acne. We present a case of flare-up of rosacea in a nurse working in an Intensive Care Unit for COVID-19 patients, using FFP1 type mask at work and textile or paper mask outside the hospital.