rhinophyma articles ↓

The red swollen nose of rosacea is a much hated symptom. I know that this was the symptom that I despised most and indeed drove me 10 years ago to start to look for good information about how to treat rosacea. …

Hot on the tails of the recent paper about getting rosacea on areas other than your face comes this paper about rosacea related swelling and growth of the ear. This case report covers a patient who had an enlarged ear which was found to be caused by the same sort of rosacea growth seen in rhinophyma - called lymphedema. An additional suggestion is that …

If you are suffering from early stage rhinophyma you may like to consider accutane. There are some good, recently published articles that focus on rosacea and low-dose accutane. It is more difficult to find studies that specificially  address treating rhinophyma with accutane.

Unfortunately doctors are finding it harder and harder to prescribe accutane. The wikipedia page on iPledge  (the mandatory distribution program in the United States for isotretinoin) …

New surgical adjuncts in the treatment of rhinophyma: the microdebrider and FloSeal. Short Communication. The Journal of Laryngology & Otology. 2003 Jul;117(7):551-2. Kaushik V, Tahery J, Malik TH, Jones PH. Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, South Manchester University Hospitals NHS Trust, Manchester, UK

The paper’s author was kind enough to supply a copy of the paper. Email me if you’d like to …

This paper documents a case report where a patient who was suffering from rhinphyma also had a basal cell carcinoma - a type of skin cancer. The skin cancer growth would normally have been obvious, but the rhinophyma growths made it difficult to diagnose. The paper warns that in the case of severe rhinophyma, biopsies may be required to confirm that skin cancer is not …