Rosacea
What is Rosacea?
Rosacea is a common condition that usually starts with a faint blush or redness on the nose, cheeks, forehead, and chin that comes and goes. Over time, the redness becomes more visible and more persistent. Acne-like pimples also can develop.
Who gets Rosacea?
Adult patients, both men and women, of European descent. There is usually a genetic component to rosacea and it tends to run in families.
What makes Rosacea better or worse?
Sunlight, alcohol, spicy foods, stressful situations can exacerbate the condition.
Can Rosacea be improved?
Treatments for rosacea are extremely effective. Medical treatments such as topical prescription creams and oral antibiotics can improve the acne-like component. Lasers (such as Vbeam) can help reduce the redness component of rosacea with very few adverse side effects.
Some patients with rosacea may develop an enlarged or bulbous nose, called “rhinophyma” (or the WC Fields nose). Laser resurfacing can be extremely effective in reshaping rhinophyma and smoothening the contour of the nose.
Vbeam Laser
Many of us have redness of some type on our skin due to genetic factors, sun damage, injury, or skin conditions such as rosacea. In most cases, the only means of reducing such redness is through laser treatment. The Vbeam® laser is a state-of-the-art treatment that specifically targets redness only, leaving the rest of the skin undisturbed.
What is the Vbeam Laser?
The Vbeam laser energy is absorbed by the oxyhemoglobin in red blood cells but not by the surrounding tissues. Heating the blood cells destroys the associated blood vessels and reduces the unwanted redness.
What Does the Vbeam Laser Treat?
The Vbeam laser is safe to use on both the face and body to reduce redness due to sun damage, rosacea, broken blood vessels (telangiectasias), bruises, acne scars, surgical scars, stretch marks, and port wine stains. Intense pulsed light (IPL) treatments correct excess pigmentation in addition to redness for more comprehensive skin rejuvenation.
What Can I Expect?
There is mild discomfort during treatment, which patients often compare to a mild rubber band snap on the skin. Immediately after treatment, there is typically mild redness and swelling, which lasts anywhere from a few minutes up to a day. Make-up may be applied immediately after treatment, and patients resume their normal activities immediately. Most patients require 2 to 5 treatments, spaced a month apart, for best results.
Rosacea is a common condition that usually starts with a faint blush or redness on the nose, cheeks, forehead, and chin that comes and goes. Over time, the redness becomes more visible and more persistent. Acne-like pimples also can develop.
Who gets Rosacea?
Adult patients, both men and women, of European descent. There is usually a genetic component to rosacea and it tends to run in families.
What makes Rosacea better or worse?
Sunlight, alcohol, spicy foods, stressful situations can exacerbate the condition.
Can Rosacea be improved?
Treatments for rosacea are extremely effective. Medical treatments such as topical prescription creams and oral antibiotics can improve the acne-like component. Lasers (such as Vbeam) can help reduce the redness component of rosacea with very few adverse side effects.
Some patients with rosacea may develop an enlarged or bulbous nose, called “rhinophyma” (or the WC Fields nose). Laser resurfacing can be extremely effective in reshaping rhinophyma and smoothening the contour of the nose.
Vbeam Laser
Many of us have redness of some type on our skin due to genetic factors, sun damage, injury, or skin conditions such as rosacea. In most cases, the only means of reducing such redness is through laser treatment. The Vbeam® laser is a state-of-the-art treatment that specifically targets redness only, leaving the rest of the skin undisturbed.
What is the Vbeam Laser?
The Vbeam laser energy is absorbed by the oxyhemoglobin in red blood cells but not by the surrounding tissues. Heating the blood cells destroys the associated blood vessels and reduces the unwanted redness.
What Does the Vbeam Laser Treat?
The Vbeam laser is safe to use on both the face and body to reduce redness due to sun damage, rosacea, broken blood vessels (telangiectasias), bruises, acne scars, surgical scars, stretch marks, and port wine stains. Intense pulsed light (IPL) treatments correct excess pigmentation in addition to redness for more comprehensive skin rejuvenation.
What Can I Expect?
There is mild discomfort during treatment, which patients often compare to a mild rubber band snap on the skin. Immediately after treatment, there is typically mild redness and swelling, which lasts anywhere from a few minutes up to a day. Make-up may be applied immediately after treatment, and patients resume their normal activities immediately. Most patients require 2 to 5 treatments, spaced a month apart, for best results.
