Thanks for all the suggestions, friends. I'll check out the ski protection ointment first, I think. Actually, Docfrau, my doc did say I have a touch of rosacae, and prescribed a very expensive cream (Azelex?) that seemed to do nothing at all. As I've become more fit, my cheeks are a lot less pink than they used to be. I assumed the capillaries were from weather - I see them on women farmers.