Rosacea Review

Winter 2004

• FEATURE: Research Grants Awarded to Study Causes of Little-Known Disorder
• FEATURE: Ocular Rosacea Can Threaten Sight
• BRIEF: New Study Shows Rosacea Complexity
• BRIEF: H. pylori Linked to Inflammation
• Q & A: Answers to Readers' Questions
• TIPS: Promoting Healthy Skin
• READER SURVEY ON ROSACEA
• FEATURE: Survey Lists Wine as Top Alcohol Trigger

New Study Shows Rosacea Complexity

In a study reported at the Society for Investigative Dermatology annual meeting, Dr. Mats Berg and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden concluded that vascular lesions (redness, visible blood vessels) may not be the origin of all forms of rosacea.¹

In the investigator-blinded, splitface controlled study of 10 rosacea patients, all subjects experienced improvement in vascular lesions after laser treatment, but only two had significantly fewer bumps (papules) and pimples (pustules) of subtype 2 rosacea. After five years, both of these patients continued to have fewer vascular lesions, while bumps and pimples remained.

Associated Reference

1. Berg M, Erdstroem D, et al: Flash-lamp pulse dye laser did not cure papulopustular rosacea, Poster presentation, Society for Investigative Dermatology annual meeting, Miami Beach, Florida, 2003.