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Rosacea and its treatment

"Rosacea is a common facial dermatitis that currently affects an estimated 13 million Americans. It is a chronic and progressive cutaneous vascular disorder, and often begins as a redness that looks like a blush across the nose, cheeks and chin. Put simply, it is an abnormality/dysfunction of the facial blood vessels."

Adapted from an article by D. A. Chalmers in Rosacea: recognition and management for the primary care provider Integrated Cardiovascular Therapeutics

Characteristics:
Rosacea is characterised by flushing, erythema, papules, pustules, telanglectasia, facial edema, ocular lesions, and, in its most advanced and severe form, rhinophyma. Ocular lesions are common, including mild conjunctivitis, burning and grittiness. Blepharitis, the most common ocular manifestation is a nonulcerative condition of the lid margins.

Who gets it?
Anyone past the age of puberty can get it, but rosacea most commonly occurs between the ages of 30 to 60, and may be seen in women experiencing hormonal changes associated with menopause. Women are more frequently affected than men; the most severe cases, however, are seen in men. Fair complexioned individuals of Northern European descent are most likely to be at risk from rosacea; most appear to be pre-disposed to flushing and blushing.

Women are more likely to get rosacea on the cheeks and chin, but men are more likely to get rosacea on the nose.

Alcohol, stress, spicy foods, and extremes of temperature have all been implicated, but have not been found to actually cause rosacea.

Does the Sher System cure Rosacea?
No, but we believe it is the next best thing - and some of our rosacea clients have seen an incredible improvement in their skin (see rosacea testimonials). The Sher System for rosacea soothes the skin, restores its natural balance, has anti-inflammatory properties and helps reduce redness.

Another definition of Rosacea

The following information is taken from a book entitled;
Skin Deep, by Alix Kirsta
Published by Century Publishing Co.

Rosacea:
The medical term acne rosacea is a confusing one, since this is a chronic hyper-sensitivity of the face which bears no relationship whatever to the greasiness and pore problems of acne vulgaris, other than the appearance of tiny pinhead pimples or purplish lumps beneath the skin's surface. Characterised by sporadic outbreaks or a perpetual state of violent flushing or acute redness of the face, often accompanied by swelling, bumps, lumps and broken veins, rosacea usually develops in middle age and its cause remains unknown. Rosacea is invariably aggravated by extremes of temperature, sunlight (sufferers must take every precaution to avoid undue exposure to strong UV light), alcohol, very hot drinks and spicy foods, and emotional stress. In short, anything that causes the already congested and weakened blood vessels of the face to dilate even further, and the skins sensitive surface to become irritated and inflamed. In severe cases, a long-term course of tetracycline may be prescribed, although, as with acne, when treatment is stopped the spots may reappear, triggered by a vigorous rebound action.

Synthetic Vitamin A:
A recent study conducted at Glasgow Royal Infirmary shows that isotretinoin - a potent synthetic vitamin-A derivative used to treat skin problems - may reduce the number of pustular lesions sometimes accompanying rosacea, although the high number of possible side effects associated with the drug hardly make it a viable treatment. Iatrogenic Rosacea (i.e. therapy-induced rosacea) is technically a rosacea-like dermatitis which can occur when sufferers have undergone prolonged therapy with a fluorinated corticosteroid ointment on the face and then stopped using the ointment, with the result that the now sensitised, thinned and fragile skin sometimes becomes red and flushed, burns, becomes spotty, lumpy and swollen, and the capillary walls, weakened by the action of the steroid, rupture and cause flushing of the face.

Broken Veins (Telangiectases):
Broken veins are by comparison a relatively minor cosmetic problem caused by excessive dilation and thus more noticeable capillaries whose walls have become weakened and sometimes ruptured. It is a problem that can occur at any age and affect every skin type, not just dry or delicate skin as is popularly supposed. Usually these red spidery streaks are most prominent on the cheeks, bridge and sides of the nose, under the eyes where the facial skin is thinnest, and on the legs, where they tend to be more bluish, profuse and bruise-like, and portent varicose veins or circulatory problems. They have a multitude of possible causes or combination of causes including excessive sun damage, exposure to extreme hard weather conditions, drinking alcohol, very hot tea and coffee, eating spicy food, high blood pressure and the use of topical steroid ointments. Broken capillaries appear as a result of the weakening of the vessel walls.