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Looks like the FDA has finally caught up with Melanocorp for selling Melanotan II over the internet. Their web site currently down. FDA Issues Warning Letter to Melanocorp, Inc. For Illegal Sale of Melanotan II Melanocorp, Inc. advertises the product Melanotan II on its Web site as an injectable tanning product, with additional claims that it is effective in protecting against skin …

Dr. Peter D. Drummond, PhD, Professor in the School of Psychology, Murdoch University, in Perth, Western Australia, kindly answered a few questions on the links between rosacea and the SNS (Sympathetic Nervous System). Dr. Drummond’s research interests include the neural control of facial blood flow, and the role of the sympathetic nervous system in pain and inflammation.See Dr. Dummond’s Publication …

This paper explores the different problems that may be causing flushing. The list of possible reasons other than rosacea is extensive. It is worth consider what other conditions may be causing your red face before embarking on any treatment regime. Treatments that are good for some of the conditions listed here may make your rosacea worse, so read as widely as you …

propranolol (also known as inderal) is a non-selective beta-blocker. Some extracts from the article ;On the other hand, flushing associated with rosacea commonly fails to respond to standard therapies for rosacea. Idiopathic flushing rends to occur in women and the symptoms persist for a long duration. Treatment of flushing is difficult primarily because it has been assoicated with multiple …

Treating rosacea symptoms with botox is a new and potentially interesting area. There isn’t a lot of published information relating to the efficacy of treating rosacea with botox. Here is one paper that looks useful.

Botulinum Toxin for the Treatment of Facial Flushing, Dermatologic Surgery, Volume 30, Number 1, January 2004, pp. 102-104, Melanie Yuraitis, MS, and Carolyn I. Jacob, MD

Background: Facial flushing is a …