Rhinophyma
Treating Rhinophyma can be a non trivial journey. Collected here are the best articles you will find on how to treat the swollen nose of rosacea.
Be sure to checkout Treating Rhinophyma with Accutane.
Recent Rosacea Blog Posts
Do you sometimes feel that you are better read than your doctor when it comes to rosacea? Well this might be the case, especially when you consider that there are so many medical conditions for your doctor to consider, and the generally easily available medical information available on the internet. Of course the quality of […]
So we all know the official rosacea subtypes right ? Erythematotelangiectatic, Papulopustular, Phymatous and Ocular rosacea (Lets ignore neurogenic rosacea for now). Well, are these 4 sub types related, and in what way? Will rosacea progress in severity and can your rosacea proceed between subtypes? If we are in a question asking mood, then why […]
The Daily Mail continues to show itself as the premier newspaper for rosacea related news stories. Typically rhinophyma surgery is risky and can lead to complicates with bleeding and scarring. This last weekend the paper has a great article highlighting a new corrective surgical treatment for rhinophyma. The new technique highlighted by The Daily Mail […]
A few updates for rhinophyma have been published recently, worth mentioning here as a quick update. Carbon dioxide laser treatment of rhinophyma: a review of 124 patients. (Br J Dermatol. 2009 Oct;161(4):814-8. Epub 2009 Jul 14.) Gives the conclusion that “The CO2 laser is an effective and durable treatment for rhinophyma. Treatment carries a low […]
Did you know that the first known rhinophyma surgery was performed by Daniel Sennert in 1629 ? Were you also aware that the proven link between rosacea and rhinophyma was established in 1846 ? Rhinophyma and rosacea sure have been with us for a long time. Rhinophyma that is severe enough to require surgery is […]
