October 5th, 2010, by David Pascoe | laser therapy, metrogel, moisturizers
Some press this week about an emerging diagnostic technology known as Raman Spectroscopy. Raman Spectroscopy looks at the way that light scatters when it interacts with different molecules. The technology can analyse the scatter patterns to determine exacting …
March 30th, 2010, by E.L. Hodge | flushing, laser therapy, patents
Today we welcome a new writer for Rosacea News – E.L. Hodge. Great to have you and we are all looking forward to hearing more of your thoughts !
How to best optimize laser and IPL treatments has long been debated. Should the rosacean deliberately engineer a flush prior to treatment? Should anti-inflammatories or anti-hypertensives be taken after treatment? Of course, many have long since reached …
February 17th, 2010, by David Pascoe | laser therapy, LED Therapy, PDT
Photodynamic Therapy (a treatment usually consisting of a photosensitizing agent, light and tissue oxygen) is gaining popularity for its ability to treat more than just skin diseases. Internal organs and cancer sites are now being treated with PDT using endoscopes and fibre optic catheters. Even though some research papers about rosacea and PDT are available, as a rosacea treatment the usage of …
February 2nd, 2010, by David Pascoe | IPL, laser therapy
A recent segment on ABC-TV’s Good Morning America Health featured rosacea. One slant put on this television story was promoted by a followup press release that highlights the use of Aesthera’s Isolaz technology. In the past Aesthera’s …
November 13th, 2009, by David Pascoe | laser therapy, red face
A recently published paper is proposing the use of Vitamin K Oxide (Phytonadione Epoxide Hexane) as a treatment to accelerate the recovery from the redness and purple lesions following Pulsed Dye Laser.
A previous study in 1994 also found that Vitamin K cream reduced the severity of post PDL purpura.
Whilst the redness and indeed purpleness that Pulsed Dye Laser treatments can cause …
