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20 May 2009, 06:50
Rosacea symptoms
Rosacea treatment will be more effective if rosacea triggers are determined. It is not always easy to figure out what set off
your rosacea but it is not impossible task and with that in mind, most people find out their rosacea triggers.
Among most common rosacea triggers are:
Drinking alcohol
Spicy foods
Hot weather
Exercise
Hot baths
Hot drinks
Cold weather
Sun Exposure
Stress
Wind
Very often, first stages of rosacea are confused with acne. Most people think they have acne and try to treat acne instead of rosacea.
There are people who believe that rosacea is another form of acne. If you want to treat rosacea effectively while it is in the initial stage, first you
need to get the most possible information regarding rosacea. Good knowledge of rosacea and its symptoms as well as rosacea triggers will help with correct treatment.
It is obvious that Rosacea is a skin disease, which causes facial redness and inflammation of the skin. Some rosacea symptoms are little red bumps which looks like acne but filled with pus.
Some people also mistakenly confuse rosacea with such skin problems like eczema and allergies. Many believe that rosacea is a result of drinking alcohol.
Besides the fact that rosacea often confused with acne, it is often called acne rosacea or adult acne. The difference between acne and rosacea, that acne also involves blackheads and pimples mostly among teenagers. Rosacea mainly affects adults and people with very fair skin. The age group between 30 - 60 years old are most affected by rosacea. For unknown reason, rosacea affects more women than men. As a desease, rosacea is harmless and as soon as right treatment is found, rosacea can be controlled. What rosacea does though, it causes a good deal of stress, most people with rosacea worried about the red mars on their face loosing self-esteem.
Rosacea is a mysterious skin diseasewhich must be treated as it will get worse overtime without proper treatment. But as soon as the rosacea triggers are determined and found right rosacea medication, there is nothing to worry about. Most natural rosacea treatments are very effective in controlling the desease. It is also noted that best results in rosacea treatment achieved by rosacea natural treatments in forms of creams.
The natural rosacea treatments can be used for long time with out any side effects. Normally, skin affected by rosacea is most sensitive. It is suggested to avoid rosacea treatments with antibiotics and chemicals as they have harsh side effects.
There are many rosacea resourses available. The problem with most of them is that they are limited to one or two different treatments with very little information on rosacea itself. Best way is to get most knowledge about rosacea is to get a book. There are few of them around. Some rosacea books can be found in Barns and Nouble and some even available to download from the internet. The one i like is written by Robert Campbell. It is the most valuable book, full of information on how to effectively treat rosacea.
The book: BANISH ROSACEA can be found here - http://www.banish-rosacea.com/
19 May 2009, 09:18
Accutane in acne treatment may trigger rosacea.
Accutane is widely prescribed as acne treatment in the US as well as in other countries.
Even though the Accutane had been used not as long as Benzoyl peroxide, the usage of accutane
as one of many acne medications is quite frequent among people with acne. Accutane (
Isotretinoin), also can be found in other brand names: Amnesteem, Claravis, Sotret. It is usually prescribed when most acne medications failed, but can not be used for long time.
I have never used Accutane or Benzoyl Peroxide (BP) in my days when I was going through the hormone changes and had acne. Eventhough there were some acne medications with Benzoyl Peroxide and Accutane as main ingredients. The days when we had just a few acne creams to choose from are long gone. Now, the market of acne and rosacea medications abundant with acne creams, jells, pills and other natural and chemical acne treatments.
While searching some acne and rosacea related blogs and articles, reading comments from people who use Accutane or Benzoyl Peroxide, it has cought my eye that there are many reports of side effects and allergic reactions from people who had been using different acne and rosacea medications with Benzoyl Peroxide and Accutane. There are also some articles and comments from people who used accutane and believed that it had triggered their rosacea.
Dealing with acne or rosacea everyday is not easy. Even though both of these skin conditions (acne and rosacea) are well studied, and there are many treatments and medications available - there is no cure invented yet. Both, acne and rosacea can be controlled with topical creams or pills. It is at most important to use topical acne and rosacea treatments as they considered most effective with less or no side effects. Acne pills are used in severe acne cases, they can not be used for long time and may have some side effects.
09 May 2009, 10:49
Rosacea and acne
Adult acne and rosacea, eventhough completely diffent in its symptoms,
have some connection to each other. Acne pimples may appear in
vast majority of rosacea cases. Different rosacea researches show different numbers
of such cases. Approximately 80% of rosaceans have acne pimples at one point.
The main link between the adult acne and rosacea is use of antibiotics and harsh chemicals as their rosacea daily regiment. Many rosaceans, who uses antibiotics and chemicals 2 - 3 times a day in order to control rosacea have much higher risk of developing the adult acne.
Most chemical products, when applied to the skin for long time, will upset the skin's natural balance and immune system. This, long use of harsh chemicals will lead over time to over production of sebaceous oils, yeast infections, perioral dermatitis and worsening of acne.
Choosing the rosacea treatment is very important. As it appears in many cases, after the skin natural balance is disturbed by the antibiotics or chemicals; the skin will react in forms of pimples, papules, redness, itching and flaking. Using natural rosacea products would be the right thing to do in order to avoid all of the above. Ovante rosacea cream
has proven itself as effective - natural rosacea product. The complete list of the ingredients and the review of Ovante rosacea cream by many rosaceans can be found on this web site.
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