Rosacea Review

Summer 2008

• FEATURE: Scientists Trace Rosacea Triggers to Discover Sources of Symptoms
• FEATURE: Careful Detective Work Helps Manage Rosacea
• FEATURE: Finding Causes of Rosacea Seen as Most Important to Patients
• Q & A: Answers to Readers' Questions
• TIPS: Tips for Applying Topical Medication
• READER SURVEY ON ROSACEA
• BRIEF: Check Eyes in Kids
• BRIEF: Cinnamon Awareness
• SUCCESS STORY: Seeking Aid of Specialist Pays Off with Clear Vision

Cinnamon Awareness

In a report of one patient, cinnamon was potentially linked to an increase in severity of the patient's rosacea, according to a report in the Journal of Drugs in Dermatology.¹

Researchers Dr. Tracy Campbell and colleagues at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago reported that a woman with diabetes and mild papulopustular rosacea on the nose experienced a sudden spread of symptoms from her eyelids to her chin after using 500-mg cinnamon supplements to help control blood sugar levels.

Cinnamon has vasodilatory properties, the researchers noted, and can also provoke an allergic reaction in some.

Associated Reference

1. Campbell TM, Neems R, Moore J. Severe exacerbation of rosacea induced by cinnamon supplements. Journal of Drugs in Dermatology. 2008;7:586-587.