Rosacea is one of the more serious skin diseases because it can lead to even more serious complications, most notably telangictasia and rhinophyma. To avoid this, it is important to catch and diagnose rosacea at its earliest stages and have a a treament plan in place. A dermatologist should be consulted as soon as one suspects that he or she may have this condition. While there is no known cure yet for rosacea, its symptoms are manageable and most of the more severe symptoms could be avoided as long as medical help is sought as early as possible.
Additionally, there is already a wide selection of available treatments and therapies for alleviating rosacea. Treatment nowadays includes laser therapies, oral medication, and even some surgical procedures to address rhinophyma. Dermatologists assess the condition of the patient, then they would recommend oral medications or topical products, or a combination of both. There may be marked improvement after only a month’s use of topical products and antibiotics, but it is safe to continue these medications until at least two months in order to have the best results. Antibiotics such as minocycline, doxycycline, tetracycline, and erythromycin usually act fast and are used to treat bumps and pimples that rosacea may bring. Topical medicines like azelaic acis, clindamycin, and benzoyl peroxide are used to treat pustules and papules that appear on the skin.
Glycolic acid is also an effective medication to alleviate the symptoms of rosacea. It is used specially if the rosacea symptoms are already healing. This chemical can be found in peels, washes, and creams. For more severe cases of rosacea, doctors and dermatologists may prescribe a medicine known as Isotreonin, which is powerful enough to reduce nodular rosacea and prevent skin infections. However, Isotreonin has been known to have some severe side effects.
Rosacea, while primarily a skin disease, can also affect the eyes. When the eyes are irritated, a great home remedy is to clean the eyelids using mild shampoo. For infections in the eye, antibiotics are more effective.
The redness and flushing of the face is often caused by the dilation of blood vessels. For this, the dermatologist have the option of prescribing from a wide selection of possible treatments: anti-inflammatory medication, intense light and laser therapy, electrosurgery, and vascular lasers. These are procedures that would address the visibility of the blood vessels under the skin.
However, these procedures cannot be expected to give results after only one session. Dermatologists usually ask patients to come back for repeated treatments. Rhinophyma, or the thickening of the tissue around the nose, can be addressed by dermabrasion, laser surgery, or electrosurgery in order to bring the nose back to its natural shape.
