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Rosacea Treatment Clinic

Dedicated to the art and science of rosacea management, The Rosacea Treatment Clinic is a world of comfort and discretion, utilizing a crossover of the most advanced and natural methods.

People across the world suffering from the most difficult rosacea cases have come to rely on the practice's respected methods.

The Rosacea Treatment Clinic treats rosacea patients with respect, professionalism and integrity while it provides the best in high performance, tested and naturally-based rosacea treatments.

A Protocol for "Confused" Skin

If your skin is a mixture of being slightly oily and slightly dry, it can be challenging to find the right products to use.

Products for oily skin can be drying, leading to dehydration and a loss of your skin's natural radiance, while products for dry skin can exacerbate rosacea, visibly open pores and lead to unflattering shine.

A reliable solution is to adopt the following protocol:

Cleanse skin twice-daily with Rosacea Oil-Free Purifying Gel Cleanser. It provides deep-cleansing and oil-free hydration together with anti-inflammatory, antioxidant and healing factors which help avoid disrupting your skin, preventing redness and burning, tingling and itching sensations.

Follow with Rosacea Purifying De-Sensitizing Mist, a 95% decoction in 5% deionized water, which purifies, hydrates and gently stimulates skin to promote a fresh appearance. The purifying properties of the mist are 100% non-drying yet help to purge follicles of sebum, wax, papules and pustules.

Finally, hydrate and protect against environmental triggers and the photoaging responsible for rosacea symptoms by applying Rosacea Hydrating Serum, then Rosacea Treatment Fluid and finally one of the Rosacea Sunscreens.

In the evening, follow the same protocol, leaving out sunscreen, and optionally using Rosacea Anti-Inflammatory Clearing Serum in place of Rosacea Hydrating Serum.

If your skin is experiencing a flare-up, you can also use Rosacea Cooling Lotion in place of Rosacea Treatment Fluid, which is lighter than Rosacea Treatment Cream and provides a stronger anti-inflammatory and soothing effect.

The above protocol will bring rapid relief from inappropriate skin care and balance skin toward a more uniform state, less easily provoked by triggers, and more responsive to conventional topical rosacea medications.

Updates on the Pathophysiology and Management of Acne Rosacea

There are many options for the treatment of acne rosacea, including topical and systemic therapies, laser and light-based therapies [intense pulsed light], and surgical procedures.

A classification system for rosacea identifies 4 subtypes (ie, erythematotelangiectatic, papulopustular, phymatous, and ocular), which may help guide therapeutic decision making.

Until recently, the pathophysiology of acne rosacea has been poorly understood and limited to descriptions of factors that exacerbate or improve this disorder.

Recent molecular studies suggest that an altered innate immune response is involved in the pathogenesis of the vascular and inflammatory disease seen in patients with rosacea.

These findings may help explain the benefits of current treatments and suggest new therapeutic strategies helpful for alleviating this disease.

The goals of therapy include reduction of papules, pustules, erythema, physical discomfort, and an improvement in quality of life.

Standard topical treatment agents include metronidazole, azelaic acid, and sodium sulfacetamide-sulfur.

Second-line therapies include benzoyl peroxide, clindamycin, calcineurin inhibitors, and permethrin. There are also various systemic therapy options.

Excess Iron Exacerbates Rosacea

During the past half century, excessive/misplaced iron has been observed to be a risk factor for an increasing number and diversity of disease conditions.

An extensive list of conditions and of the types of iron association were published in early 2008.

Within the subsequent year, four additional disorders have been recognized to be enhanced by iron: aging muscle atrophy, viral replication, rosacea and pulmonary alveolar proteinosis.

This paper adds new data and emphasis on these disorders as entities associated with increased iron load and toxicity.

An Introduction to Rosacea

Rosacea is a complex, varied and progressive inflammatory skin disorder, distinct from acne and "sensitive skin."

Free radicals produced by rosacea affect the entire skin structure, from dermis to epidermis.

The dense structure of skin is composed of approximately 19 million skin cells, nineteen feet of capillaries and nineteen thousand sensory cells in every square inch.

Subject to chronic inflammatory processes or improper treatment, it can give rise to what can seem like endless difficulty.

Rosacea Is Progressive

In the beginning, rosacea produces symptoms of frequent, lasting flushing and skin irritation.

Left untreated, rosacea worsens and produces a broad spectrum of clinical signs: coarse skin texture, acne-like papules and pustules, and more permanent facial damage in the form of broken capillaries, scarring, tissue hyperplasia and rhinophyma.

Typical Rosacea Treatment

The trajectory of typical rosacea treatment is unsatisfactory:

  • Rosacea patients are frequently too embarrassed to seek help, or feel that their condition is simply "cosmetic" and unworthy of professional care.

  • Standard medical regimens (metronidazole/azelaic acid/sulfacetamide and oral antibiotics) are poorly adhered to and are associated with negative side effects. Topical drugs lessen symptoms but deteriorate other aspects of skin quality.

  • Poorly informed beauty journalists and members of the cosmetics industry have served to confuse rosacea treatment and make recommendations firmly grounded in marketing rather than science — a serious issue given that effective, early treatment is vital.

  • The current climate has resulted in rosacea patients seeking a quick and easy cure. Such patients are usually unable to remain compliant and flexible in therapy, and present at semi-regular intervals with accelerated, even more treatment-resistant symptoms.

Improperly treated rosacea is both a physical and emotional burden.

Rosacea patients owe it to themselves to seek out the best information, and the best therapy.

Questions: E-Mail questions2010@rosacea-treatment-clinic.com.au

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