Treatment of Rosacea starts with a good skin care plan and includes use of various prescription only skin treatments which require supervision by a Doctor.

Rosacea Skin care plan

1. Cleanse with a gentle water based cleanser such as Cetaphil.
2. Treatment active choices: 1-2 % BHA (salicylic acid), topical metronidazole gels or azelaic acid.
3. Moisturise with a gentle moisturiser
4. Sunscreen in the morning: Non-chemical sunscreen that contains only zinc oxide or titanium dioxide as rosacea tends to be very sensitive to chemicals.

Rosacea responds well to Intense Pulsed Light Treatments.

The redness of rosacea is very effectively treated with Intense Pulsed Light Treatments.

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The redness of rosacea is caused from small facial vessels or capillaries and can often be corrected through a combination of skin product and Intense Pulsed Light treatments.

These treatments can reduce redness and the appearance of broken blood vessels on the face.

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Rosacea is not fun. It is a stubborn skin condition that is difficult to treat and affects a large number of Australians with fair skin. It sneaks up slowly: starting as a tendency to blush and progresses until eventually there is permanent dilation of blood vessels.

Signs of rosacea- do you have one or more of the following?

1. Redness of face affecting nose and cheeks first but spreading to affect all areas.
2. Pimples and papules (red raised bumps) that resemble acne.
3. Bulbous enlargement of nose called rhinophyma (Think of Rumpole)
4. Redness of eyes and eyelids, with a gritty feeling. (ocular rosacea)

Effective management of rosacea begins with a skin treatment plan and Intense Pulsed light treatments.

Rosacea and Intense pulsed light treatments

Because the underlying problem in Rosacea is surface capillaries intense pulsed light treatments work in a high percentage of people troubled with rosacea.

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Because the primary underlying cause of facial redness in rosacea is from surface capillaries, pulsed light treatments provide a very effective treatment to settle rosacea.

How do Intense pulsed light treatments get rid of Rosacea

The basis of pulsed light treatments is that it delivers a pulse of light that is attracted to chromophores (colour attracting elements) in the skin. The blood in dilated capillaries is a chromophore. When the light hits the chromophore it turn to heat and destroys the dilated surface vessels causing the redness.

Does Intense Pulsed light treatment work in everyone with Rosacea?

Pulsed light treatments are not effective in every one with rosacea but work in the vast majority. In one study on rosacea sufferers, 174 out of 188 patients achieved 75%- 100% clearances in 1 to 4 treatments. That is fairly good odds.

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What triggers flare ups of rosacea varies enormously between individuals. It is important to work out your own individual triggers and to avoid these.

Lifestyle factors that aggravate Rosacea

Skin care products that aggravate Rosacea

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