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Ocular Rosacea Video Worth a Watch

Thanks to a tip from Dori, on the Rosacea Support Group Email Group, here is a link to a video of a lecture giving a good overview of ocular rosacea and treatments.
Ocular Rosacea: Curse of the Celts and Celeb…

 

Topical Ivermectin + Metrogel from Galderma

An update to the 2009 filing of the patent covering preparations of Ivermectin and Metronidazole has emerged at the USPTO Patent Application Site. That application was in turn a followup to the original French language application 0505918 from 2005. The patent covers many different combinations of ivermectin and metronidazole such as emulsion, cream, gel with ivermectin present in an amount of from 0.01% to …

 

Demodex Infestation: the Missing Link ?

Firmly in the pure speculation category is a recent paper that proposes that pityriasis folliculorum (or demodex mite infestation) is the missing link in our understanding of rosacea. Plainly put, Dr. Forton, a dermatologist from Belgium, suggests that rosacea is a …

 

What role do micro-organisms in play in Rosacea?

This abstract promises to tell us everything we need to know about the possible role of micro-organisms in the way that the disease Rosacea starts and develops. Even though the role of published research is not to provide reading material for the general public, I still look to journal …

 

NRS Blog highlights ocular demodex bacteria correlation

The NRS Blog has an article today which is an easy to read summary of some recent research into ocular symptoms and demodex mite bacteria. Mites and Eye Symptoms A new study has found there may be a link between ocular rosacea and bacteria associated with Demodex mites, microscopic inhabitants of normal skin that tend to …