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Smokers Much Less Likely to get Rosacea

Yes you read correctly, some recent research conducted in the UK has found that smoking is associated with a substantially reduced risk of developing rosacea. The study …

 

How Much Would You Pay to Cure Your Rosacea?

Most published abstracts are a pretty dry read. This one is about as dry as they come. How about titling it “Rosacea Sufferers Willing To Pay Less than Vitiligo, …

 

“Medical Crowdsourcing” via CureTogether – the new cheap data collection method

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 …

 

Uriage Thermal Water for a Red Face (2012 AAD San Diego)

I have to admit that I had never heard of Uriage Thermal Water before reading this poster abstract. Best I can tell, Uriage Thermal Water is a mineral water sourced from the French Alps.  It “possesses an exceptionally high content of mineral salts and trace elements in comparison with thermal waters used in dermatology (i.e. 11,000 mg/l). These mineral salts and trace elements have …

 

La Roche-Posay and L’Oreal Sensitive Skin Research

Thought that the following Poster Session from the recent 2012 AAD Annual Meeting in San Diego was encouraging because we really do want to see new products being developed specifically for people with sensitive skin. La Roche Posay is one of the skincare brands owned by L’Oreal. La Roche Posay may be known to rosacea sufferers through the actually little-known Rosaliac UV …