Rosacea treatment may take many forms from prevention to direct action. Unfortunately many people suffer unnecessarily for years. In early stages sufferers are often unaware that the problem is treatable, and may not seek help until the symptoms are pronounced and personally distressing.
 

Fortunately modern techniques such as IPL can reverse much of the damage caused by excessive blood flow, whilst careful diet and knowledge of triggers can control the condition over time.

Both topical and oral antibiotics may be effective in treating the mild cases of rosacea. In more severe cases anti-biotics such as Metronidazole are prescribed to help decrease spot formation. However, it is only minimally effective on facial redness and rarely affects the broken blood vessels or flushing aspects of rosacea.

In order to be effective, antibiotic treatment must be sustained. Whilst being treated, personal triggers must continue to be avoided. Triggers are not uncommon in rosacea sufferers, most of whom are very unhappy with their current treatment and are also severely limited in what they can do or eat. Common triggers include

• caffeine
• alcohol
• extreme hot and cold weather
• sun
• excessively greasy food
• allergies

Effective Treatment for Rosacea 

Oral and topical antibiotic therapy with the avoidance of all triggers is not a very satisfying strategy! IPL is effective at removing the structurally damaged blood vessels and diminishes the constant facial redness. This effectively treats more extensive areas of the face with less pain and greater speed than the older laser methods.

IPL experts who specialize in the treatment of rosacea are able to achieve excellent clearance of broken blood vessels and the chronic red face, as well as significantly decrease the intensity and duration of the facial flush. The Pulse Light Clinic has specialized exclusively in IPL for rosacea treatment for the past eight years.

We have been privileged to observe the phenomenal effects of this procedure. Its beneficial effects in the treatment of rosacea can be truly awe inspiring. Obviously a perfunctory pass of the face with one IPL head has little or no chance of achieving this, hence the need for extensive experience and expertise. It is well understood that IPL targets the red hemoglobin in the offending blood vessels of rosacea sufferers. What is less well understood is that the vessels must be targeted on different levels of the skin during each session. Knowledge and experience of the specific parameters required for treatment of rosacea

• depth of targeted blood vessels
• area and location of vessels
• pulse frequency and energy appropriate to target different vessel types
• understanding of the different impact of surface vessels vs feeder vessels

Consideration of these factors and an overall understanding of the underlying condition ensures a successful outcome to this distressing condition.

Successful treatment with IPL requires proper client selection and education, as well as finesse in technique. IPL is able to theoretically treat facial blood vessels of different sizes, depths and thickness, effectively reducing the broken veins of rosacea, chronic redness, flushing, swelling, burning and skin hypersensitivity. Nonetheless, for effective rosacea treatment, it takes an experienced IPL specialist to find the right parameters for rosacea sufferers in order to ensure maximum results. At the Pulse Light Clinic as much as 80% of all treatments are for the condition of rosacea.