Once you face Rosacea (and it is literary said), you’ll put all your forces to fight it – this unpleasant disease marks the face with redness, flushing, pimples and bumps, moreover it may cause the inflammation of adjacent areas. The causes of rosacea vary, but the cosmetic effect is produced by the dilation of blood vessels, located under the upper areas of facial skin, and in the advanced stages – damaged skin surface.

Rosacea subtypes vary according to the affected areas and symptoms that reveal on them. Permanent flushing with small visible blood vessels is the erythematotelangiectatic subtype; it is often accompanied by itching and irritation of the facial skin. When pus-filled bumps appear – people are dealing with the papulopustular rosacea. It is often confused with acne, so be careful before getting to making conclusions.

The most unpleasant, in the matter of disshaping human face, is phymatous rosacea –it reveals with enlargment of the nose (rhinophyma), skin thickening and nodules over the surface. These conditions may also appear at the adjacent areas. Ocular rosacea is often experienced by people who have facial condition, and as the result – itching, burning, and tearing of the eyes, eyelids become inflamed and swollen. As a rule, it happens in the advanced stages of the disease.

Different rosacea subtypes and conditions are treated in different ways. Mostly oral and topical antibiotics are applied, such as Monoxidine, Doxycycline and Tetracycline. But in some cases doctors suggest to “raise the sward”. But wait; throw away the image of the sharp razor from your head, those in Star Wars were more aesthetically beautiful with their green light. Right, it goes about the laser therapy.

Laser is able to work destroying the enlarged blood vessels. It delivers intense pulsed light (IPL) to the skin, heating enlarged or broken capillaries to the point of destruction and in this way disabling blood circulation in them. This is the way to fight with the skin redness produced by the dilated blood vessels. But you should be careful here: some aged equipment may cause the worsening effect - those lasers work not on target, but destroy blood vessels in deeper areas. Newer IPL devices are more careful in this matter.

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The rhinophyma changes can become permanent – and here the magic ray also comes in use. It removes the thickened tissue that occurs around the nose and generally helps in cosmetic treatment of damaged by rosacea face areas. When rosacea pimples don’t respond to the Metronidazole, Clindamycin, and Azelaic topical treatments or oral antibiotics, laser is also applied. In this case pulsed light method is used.

Generally, the procedure is not painful; it resembles a pinch of a rubber band. The specialists that perform the procedure use various techniques to prevent discomfort (applying chilled gel and others). These are the basics of the rosacea laser treatment, you probably realise it is serious step and should first consult your dermatologist as for all the aspects of the procedure before getting to this.

Diana L.

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