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A recent article in the Dermatology Online Journal introduced me to a new online support group site. Apparently curetogether.com is a major medical crowdsourcing site. What is crowdsourcing? Well crowdsourcing is a new buzzword which basically means to get your information from the “crowd” or as many people as you can. Online this term generally means something like “just asking everyone …

If you were able to attend the 2012 annual meeting of the AAD in San Diego you would have been able to attend the following discussion group on Rosacea.  The director of the session, Prof. Powell is known to rosacea sufferers because of his excellent book Rosacea Diagnosis and Management. Powell has been a consultant dermatologist at the Mater Private Hospital in Dublin, …

The following video from the American Acne & Rosacea Society will be interesting to those who are looking for more information about how to treat acne in children. Children require special attention when presenting with acne as some of the adult treatments may be unsuitable for children. The guidelines offer advice for adolescent acne, preadolescent acne, infantile and neonatal acne. …

News this week that the Japanese company Maruho is to acquire Pennsylvania based Cutanea Life Sciences. Cutanea Life Sciences is developing Omiganan as a treatment for rosacea.
Maruho Co., Ltd. Acquires Cutanea Life Sciences, Inc.

Cutanea to Become a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of Maruho

OSAKA, Japan, Feb 13, 2012 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX) — Mr. Koichi Takagi, President and CEO of Maruho Co., Ltd, headquartered in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, …

An article in this Weekend’s West Australian highlighting the dangers of IPL Treatments from untrained operators. This article is a reminder of the dangers of IPL in the wrong hands. Other warnings are, sadly, easy to find. Finding the right practitioner to treat you with IPL is not an easy task. This is a real dilemma for rosacea sufferers as we …