Rosacea Review

Winter 2003

• FEATURE: New Research Grants Awarded to Advance Knowledge of Rosacea
• FEATURE: Right Makeup Helps Create Flawless Look
• FEATURE: Patient Survey Finds Daily Double Hits Facial Cleansing Jackpot
• FEATURE: Rosacea Signs May Be Common Beyond the Face
• Q & A: Answers to Readers' Questions
• TIPS: Deciphering Rosacea Terminology
• READER SURVEY ON ROSACEA
• SUCCESS STORY: She Is Always Cautious with Her Delicate Skin

Tips for Deciphering Rosacea Terminology

If you're keeping up on rosacea, you may come across medical terminology that is commonly used to describe and explain the condition. Here is a list of frequently used technical terms and their meanings.

• Chalazion: A cyst on the eyelid due to plugging of the meibomian glands, fat-secreting glands of the eyes.



• Edema: Swelling from abnormally large amounts of fluids in the tissues.



• Erythema: Abnormal redness of the skin.



• Flushing: Transient redness of the face and neck.



• Ocular: Relating to the eyes.



• Papule: A small, dome-shaped, solid, usually inflamed elevation of the skin.



• Paranasal: Alongside the nose.



• Phymatous: Enlarged due to the growth of excess tissue.



• Plaque: An elevated red patch on the skin.



• Pustule: A small elevation of the skin filled with a white substance.



• Rhinophyma: Enlargement of the nose with excess tissue.



• Telangiectasia: Blood vessels visible through the skin.