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What is Rosacea?
Rosacea is a chronic condition that is characterized by facial redness. It is often accompanied by small bumps and pimples.

What are the symptoms of Rosacea?
Flushing: This is facial redness that may come and go.
Persistent Redness: Similar to a blush or sunburn that will not go away.
Bumps and Pimples: Bumps or pimples on the skin, which can be either solid or pus filled. This may resemble acne without the blackheads. Burning or stinging may occur. This is often referred to as acne rosacea
Visible Blood Vessels: Red lines or telangiectasia in the face caused by enlarged blood vessels. This is commonly known as spider veins of the face.
Dry Appearance: The facial skin is rough and dry.
Plaques: Raised red patches may develop in the affected area.
Thickening of the Skin: The skin can thicken and enlarge. This condition is often seen on the nose and is called rhinophyma.

What causes Rosacea?
The exact cause of rosacea is unknown and unproven. There is little doubt however that certain foods and stress seem to trigger rosacea in people.

What treatments are available for rosacea?
There is no cure for rosacea but there is medical help that can control the signs and symptoms of rosacea. It is important to get treatment as rosacea will worsen if let untreated.

Treatments:
Fotofacials/photofacials: The Sciton BBL is a broadband light technology offer the best treatments for rosacea, particularly the redness of the skin. They use light to penetrate the epidermis to target the capillaries in the dermal layer of the skin. The light is absorbed by the oxy-hemoglobin which heat up the capillary, damaging them, causing them to be absorbed by the body’s natural defense system.

Multiple treatments are necessary and fotofacials may even eliminate the redness completely. Periodic treatments will be necessary to remove newly formed capillaries.

Medications:
Oral and topical antibiotics may be prescribed to relieve the papules, pustules, inflammation and some redness. Vitamin A in low dosages is also proven to be effective.

Obagi Rosaclear System, How does it work?
The easy-to-use Rosaclear System offers immediate benefits by effectively meeting the needs of rosacea patients with an all-in-one system that:
Treats redness and flushing, as well as inflammatory papules and pustules (acne-like pimples)
Reduces the appearance of redness and blotchiness
Helps achieve a clearer, calmer, more balanced-looking complexion
Provides gentle, non-comedogenic skin care to calm and protect inflamed, irritated skin
Delivers immediate benefits with continued improvement
Can be combined with topical antibiotics such as Metrogel or laser for even better results.