Rosacea is a chronic cutaneous condition with a prevalence rate ranging from 9.6% to 22% in recent studies. Facial erythema (transient and permanent) is considered a common denominator that is frequently observed in all subtypes of rosacea and is estimated to affect more than 40 million people worldwide. Brimonidine tartrate is a selective α2-adrenergic receptor agonist and is the first topical...

BACKGROUND Rosacea is a common disfiguring skin disease of primarily Caucasians characterized by central erythema of the face, with telangiectatic blood vessels, papules and pustules, and can produce skin thickening, especially on the nose of men, creating rhinophyma. Rosacea can also produce dry, itchy eyes with irritation of the lids, keratitis and corneal scarring. The cause of rosacea has b...

Acne and rosacea cause significant psychological distress and impairment of psychosocial functioning for many patients. Feelings of embarrassment lead many individuals to withdraw from social situations, and reports of depression and body image problems are common. Most studies, although not all, have found that patients with acne report higher rates of emotional and psychological problems than...

Mucin deposit is a feature that is not commonly mentioned in textbooks when talking about rosacea. Nevertheless, it is one of the prominent findings of a severe variant of the phymatous type of rosacea known as the fibrous type. We retrospectively investigated 20 cases of early stages of rosacea and examined the mucin deposit in them, with histochemical stains (Alcian Blue and Periodic Acid-Sch...

Rosacea is a common inflammatory facial dermatoses affecting primarily adults with fair skin, although all skin types may be affected. The diagnostic term “rosacea” reflects a spectrum of clinical features with the more common presentations characterized by increased blood flow and vasodilation during disease flares, which accentuate central facial erythema. Inflammatory lesions, usually papule...

A prospective study was conducted to compare the efficacy of Metronidazole and Tetracycline in the management of acne rosacea. Ninteen patients took part in the study who had papulo-pustular rosacea. Metronidazole (200 mg twice daily) was found as effective as Tetracycline (250 mg twice daily). No significant side effects of Metronidazole were observed in the eight weeks study (JPMA 35 : 148, 1...

Rosacea fulminans is a rare variant of rosacea characterized by sudden onset of papules, pustules, and coalescing nodules on the face in postadolescent women. A combination regimen including systemic isotretinoin and oral plus topical potent corticosteroids is the recommended therapy. We report a case of rosacea fulminans in Taiwan in a 48-year-old woman who still had persistent facial erythema...

BACKGROUND Rosacea is a chronic and common cutaneous condition characterised by symptoms of facial flushing and a broad spectrum of clinical signs. The clinical presentation for rosacea is varied, and there are four primary subtypes, which may overlap - erythrotelangiectatic, inflammatory, phymatous and ocular. It is important to recognise the different subtypes because of the differences in th...

INTRODUCTION The central diagnostic feature of rosacea is diffuse central-facial erythema. The objective was to summarize published and unpublished health-related quality of life (HRQoL) data from seven previous studies in rosacea patients. METHODS A meta-analysis was performed on baseline HRQoL data of subjects with erythema of rosacea from five randomized controlled trials, one open-label s...