OBJECTIVE To evaluate the clinical characteristics and epidermal barrier function of papulopustular rosacea by comparing with acne vulgaris. METHODS Four hundred and sixty-three papulopustular rosacea patients and four hundred and twelve acne vulgaris patients were selected for the study in Xiangya Hospital of Central South University from March 2015 to May 2016. They were analyzed for major ...

Oral azithromycin has been used successfully to treat rosacea, a chronic skin disease that requires long-term therapy. A study was undertaken to determine if C. pneumoniae could play a causative role in acne rosacea. A series of 10 adults presenting with acne rosacea were selected to receive azithromycin alone for the treatment of acne rosacea. C. pneumoniae was detected in cheek biopsy specime...

Acne, one of the most common skin diseases, affects approximately 85% of the adolescent population, and occurs most prominently at skin sites with a high density of sebaceous glands such as the face, back, and chest. Although often considered a disease of teenagers, acne is occurring at an increasingly early age. Rosacea is a chronic facial inflammatory dermatosis characterized by flushing (or ...

BACKGROUND There are controversial reports about the role of Demodex mites in pathogenesis of acne rosacea. The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between the presence and number of Demodex mites and the pathogenesis of rosacea. METHODS In this case-control study, the prevalence of Demodex mites was studied in facial biopsy of 75 patients with acne rosacea as case group, and in...

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...

A Medline search of the world literature turned up over 600 papers published in the last ten years in which the term rosacea appeared in the title. National and international dermatologic meetings have prominently featured symposia on acne vulgaris for more than four decades. It is only in the last decade that rosacea has begun to receive comparable attention on the educational programs. Rosace...

OBJECTIVE The authors describe the clinical findings and surgical treatment of two patients affected by chronic eyelid lymphedema associated with facial acne rosacea. DESIGN Two interventional case reports. METHODS AND INTERVENTION: The clinical diagnosis of acne rosacea was based on the physical examination and confirmed by the histopathologic findings obtained from biopsy of the involved ti...

Objective: Acne rosacea is a difficult to treat disease and current treatments remain unsatisfactory. Our aim was to assess and present the photographic evaluation of the effectiveness and tolerability of azelaic acid 15 % gel for the treatment of acne rosacea. Methods: Healthy male and female adult outpatients (>18 years of age) with mild to moderate acne rosacea. All patients were instructed ...

Acne rosacea is a relatively common disease, which usually manifests in the third and fourth decades of life. It has an inflammatory condition (Papules and pustules) associated with telangiectasis, erythema and sometimes rhinophyma at the end stage of the disease. Pulsed-dye-laser (PDL), which has been designed for treatment of vascular lesions, may be used in treatment of acne rosacea. We pres...