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moderate exercise may help your rosacea

Some rosacea sufferers report good results if they exercise moderately but regularly. It is well known that regular exercise is good for stress relief and of course your general well being. But what about improving your skin ? Is that possible ? This paper is suggesting that exercise can reduce the amount of cytokines generated as part of the inflammatory response that …

 

how metrogel works II – free oxygen radicals

Another recently published paper that seeks to understand the role of Reactive Oxygen Species in the development of rosacea. The inflammatory pathway that leads to rosacea symptoms is slowly gaining more and more attention.

All rosacea sufferers should do themselves a favor and do some reading on the role of inflammation in rosacea. This is the most exciting direction for rosacea research, in my opinion. Though …

 

Cathelicidins make the news

Lots of buzz at the moment about the publicity raised by a nature.com article about Cathelicidins. Increased serine protease activity and cathelicidin promotes skin inflammation in rosacea Acne rosacea is an inflammatory skin disease that affects 3% of the US population over 30 years of age and is characterized by erythema, papulopustules and telangiectasia. The etiology of this disorder is unknown, …

 

so just how does metrogel work ?

I have mentioned a few times in the past that the way that metrogel helps rosacea is unknown. This statement deserves some clarification. Actually the way that metronidazole works is well known. How the effect of metrogel leads to a benefit in rosacea, well, that is something worth exploring some more later on. You may wonder why there is so much emphasis on the metronidazole based products …

 

pathogen infection (Chlamydia pneumoniae) cause theory

A really interesting thread is going on in the rosacea-support group. Dan is airing some of his thoughts on how a pathogen might lead to the chronic inflammation we see in rosacea. Even though Dan clearly states he has no medical background (and indeed it is worth remembering this point) it is clear that he has done a lot of reading on this topic.

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