New topical oil therapy for rosacea and acne developed

Doctors have finally developed a possible effective therapy for acne and rosacea. The treatment involves topically applying a combination of seabuckthorn oil and other ingredients which kills the human demodex parasite. The treatment comes in the form of a soap under the name of Face Doctor. Even people with normal skin could benefit from a reduction in numbers of human demodex. Roughly 14 million people are affected by rosacea. It is often associated with facial burning, stinging, itching and sometimes swelling (edema). This swelling may contribute to excess nose tissue – rhinophyma. The condition is more common in women but more severe cases occur in men. Sunburn and medications such as niacin or certain hypertension drugs may also cause a similar appearance to rosacea leading to an overdiagnosis of the condition. Redness from blood vessel dilation (telangiectasia) may be present even when the disease is cured thus people may continue to take medication unnecessarily. They should instead be using camouflage makeup, sunscreen, vascular laser or intense pulsed light. There is no conclusive way to diagnose the condition apart from assessing the symptoms. Triggers for rosacea attacks include sun exposure, emotional stress, hot weather, cold weather, wind, alcohol, spicy food, heavy exercise, hot bath, hot drinks and some skin-care products. However, lupus, seborrheic dermatitis, drug eruptions and some forms of lymphoma have similar symptoms and may be misdiagnosed as rosacea.

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Related Disease Topics:

• Rosacea
• Parasitic infection
• Acne
• Hypertension
• Sunburn
• Stress
• Lupus
• Seborrheic dermatitis
• Lymphoma

Related Symptom Topics:

• Facial burning
• Facial stinging
• Facial itching
• Facial swelling
• Edema
• Rhinophyma
• Blood vessel dilation
• Telangiectasia

Article Source Details

About: New topical oil therapy for rosacea and acne developed

Date: 13 December 2004

Source: PR Web

Author: Neal Bhatia

URL: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2004/12/prweb187583.htm

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of rosacea
• Cause of parasitic infection
• Cause of acne
• Cause of facial burning
• Cause of facial stinging
• Cause of facial itching
• Cause of facial swelling
• Cause of edema
• Cause of rhinophyma
• Cause of blood vessel dilation
• Cause of telangiectasia
• Diagnosis and facial burning
• Diagnosis and facial stinging
• Diagnosis and facial itching
• Diagnosis and facial swelling
• Diagnosis and edema
• Diagnosis and rhinophyma
• Diagnosis and blood vessel dilation
• Diagnosis and telangiectasia
• Diagnosis and rosacea
• Diagnosis and parasitic infection
• Diagnosis and acne
• Diagnosis and hypertension
• Diagnosis and sunburn
• Diagnosis and stress
• Diagnosis and lupus
• Diagnosis and seborrheic dermatitis
• Diagnosis and lymphoma
• Misdiagnosis and facial burning
• Misdiagnosis and facial stinging
• Misdiagnosis and facial itching
• Misdiagnosis and facial swelling
• Misdiagnosis and edema
• Misdiagnosis and rhinophyma
• Misdiagnosis and blood vessel dilation
• Misdiagnosis and telangiectasia
• Misdiagnosis and rosacea
• Misdiagnosis and parasitic infection
• Misdiagnosis and acne
• Misdiagnosis and hypertension
• Misdiagnosis and sunburn
• Misdiagnosis and stress
• Misdiagnosis and lupus
• Misdiagnosis and seborrheic dermatitis
• Misdiagnosis and lymphoma