Rosacea treatment with Intense Pulsed Light
A safe and effective treatment that can significantly reduce the facial redness experienced by rosacea sufferers
Rosacea is a long-term disorder that affects the skin of the face and the eyes. The exact cause of rosacea remains unknown, although there seems to be an inherited component to it. It can be described as a vascular and inflammatory disorder affecting the tiny blood vessels and connective tissue in diseased areas.
Rosacea typically causes reddened coarse skin with the following traits:
pimples with or without pus (papules and pustules)
Broken veins (telangiectasia)
swelling (hypertrophy)
oiliness of skin.
The condition is characterised by episodes of flushing of the affected areas and flare-ups, in association with certain factors that sufferers learn to recognise.
How is it treated?
Rosacea is a long-term condition characterised by flare-ups, which can become disfiguring with time if left untreated. Although it cannot be cured, it can be effectively managed. In addition to avoidance of triggers, various therapies are used to treat it.
The mainstay of treatment has been oral antibiotic therapy; drugs from the tetracycline group are used most commonly (tetracycline, minocycline, doxycycline). Oral antibiotics treat the pimples (papules and pustules) more effectively than the red skin and broken veins.
Medically based skin products used daily at home can dramatically improve the appearance of rosacea.
At the Orchard Cosmetic Skin Centre we recommend combining home-care with clinic based Intense Pulsed Light treatments, measurably improving the appearance of the skin in rosacea sufferers.
Intense Pulsed Light systems release precisely controlled strong pulses of filtered light that are absorbed by the superficial blood vessels which cause the redness in Rosacea sufferers, heating them to a point where they are destroyed.
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Before and After Intense Pulsed Light
