A few newspapers have picked up this Question & Answer article where rosacea sufferers are encouraged to try Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) or Milk of Magnesia on their skin.
One can imagine that a bath with Epsom salts would be relaxing, but …
August 21st, 2009, by David Pascoe | in the news, natural treatments
A few newspapers have picked up this Question & Answer article where rosacea sufferers are encouraged to try Epsom salts (magnesium sulfate) or Milk of Magnesia on their skin.
One can imagine that a bath with Epsom salts would be relaxing, but …
July 14th, 2009, by David Pascoe | in the news, natural treatments
We are seeing more and more newspaper health and beauty articles that relate to rosacea. Today the UK’s MailOnline has an intriguingly titled article – How waggling my feet has helped my red face. To save you …
June 26th, 2009, by David Pascoe | in the news, natural treatments
The New York Times has an article today keenly titled Natural Remedies for Rosacea?. The question is one that many rosacea sufferer seek answered – are there any effective treatments for rosacea that don’t include the use of antibiotics or prescription potions and lotions ? The answer comes from one of the premier rosacea experts – Dr. Frank C. Powell. Here is an extract …
June 1st, 2009, by David Pascoe | IPL, green tea, natural treatments, topicals
This just published paper is suggesting that the topical application of polyphenol antioxidants (aka green tea) post IPL treatment resulted in more hydrated skin and reduced oxidative degradation of skin lipids. The authors suggest that this will enhance the effects of the IPL therapy. This post-treatment therapy is in addition to some other recently published research that patients treated immediately after IPL with a …
March 25th, 2009, by David Pascoe | in the news, natural treatments
As promised in my 67th AAD Meeting SFO, rosacea highlights news item, here are some updates from the conference proceedings and handouts. In this update we’ll look at how Dr. Downie suggests that natural ingredients do have a role in the treatment of rosacea. It is encouraging to see these complementary ingredients feverfew, green tea and licorice getting some mainstream …