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Introduction Background Rosacea is a common condition characterized by symptoms of facial flushing and a spectrum of clinical signs, including erythema, telangiectasia, coarseness of skin, and an inflammatory papulopustular eruption resembling acne. Definition and subtypes An expert committee assembled by the National Rosacea Society explicitly defined and classified rosacea in April 2002 into 4 different [...]

Introduction Background Acne vulgaris is a common skin disease that affects 60-70% of Americans at some time during their lives. Twenty percent will have severe acne, which results in permanent physical and mental scarring. Acne vulgaris is American’s most common disease and is characterized by noninflammatory, open or closed comedones and by inflammatory papules, pustules, [...]

Introduction Integumental injury initiates the cascade of wound-healing events. In most cases, wound healing results in restoration of skin that is smooth and normal in appearance. Despite its normal appearance, repaired skin achieves only 70-80% of its original tensile strength. This consequence of normal healing processes does not raise concern; rather, when healing deviates from [...]

Rosacea (cont.) What happens to the nose and the eyes? The nose is typically one of the first facial areas to be affected in rosacea. It can become red and bumpy and develop noticeable dilated small blood vessels. Left untreated, advanced stages of rosacea can cause a disfiguring nose condition called rhinophyma (ryno-fy-ma), literally growth [...]

Definition of Acne rosacea Acne rosacea: This term is actually a misnomer! The appropriate term is simply rosacea which is a chronic skin disease that affects the middle third of the face with persistent redness over the areas of the face and nose that normally blush: mainly the forehead, the chin and the lower half [...]