Rosacea Treatment

The cause of rosacea is still unidentified and at this time there is no cure. However, we can manage rosacea with IPL sessions and a nutritional diet, reducing redness and preventing it getting worse. Regular treatments will help manage rosacea.

Strategies that can help include laser therapy, trigger avoidance, dietary changes, stress reduction, and gentle cleansing. Results may take time and vary between individuals, so be patient and communicate with our practitioners for a free consultation.

The main causes of rosacea can depend on many factors including, food intolerances, stress, genetics, hormones or severe sunburn.

The most well-known Rosacea symptoms are the below; however, you might have identified other less known symptoms, which doesn't mean they are less important.
First, you might evidence that your skin is often blushing or gets flushed easily, whether it's icy or very hot weather.
Other common symptoms are skin sensitivity, inflammation, following discomfort with a burning feeling and itchiness on the face. The appearance of tiny broken blood vessels that create redness is the typical first rosacea sign; additionally, you can notice thickened skin and/or persistent red pustules.

Rosacea has four subtypes and symptoms also vary from person to person. Symptoms may include facial blushing and flushing, burning, redness and small red bumps. These may come and go, and so the best way to find an answer is 'if you think you might be developing Rosacea', then visit a rosacea specialist; Pulse Light Clinic offers a free first consultation.

It would be useful if you arrive with no makeup on. We apply a cold gel on the area to be treated. Dark glasses are also provided to protect your eyes from the bright light. The hand piece is gently applied to your skin and pulses of light are applied. the feeling of the light being applied has frequently been described as a slight sting and sometimes even as having a small rubber band flicked at your skin

During treatment, the glass surface of the IPL hand piece is gently applied to the skin, normally by our trained nurse practitioner. Light is delivered to the skin surface in gradient movements.

IPL treats the damaged superficial layer of the skin while delivering thermal energy to deeper tissue. Clinical studies are now available to measure the effect this energy has on collagen production, which helps firm and tightens the skin.

Depending on the number of conditions you are treating, and severity of the individual problem, a series of four to six treatment sessions may be recommended every 3 weeks. You can return to work the same day and resume all your regular activities.

By dividing the full program into several treatments the procedure provides gradual improvement with very low risk – and, it preserves the wonderful “no downtime” feature that people really appreciate.

Whilst it varies from person to person, and people of all ages can be affected, and whilst it is not predictable, it does tend to gradually get worse as a person gets older, especially if untreated.

Without treatment, it can (and often does) progresses from 'early stages to middle stages' in a year, whilst in the early stages have been identified and treatment commenced, progression could have been prevented.

Again, there is no simple answer, this is because everyone is different, however, there is no doubt that diet is important. Additionally, some foods act as triggers.

Staff at Pulse Light Clinic have invested time and resources into research relating to diet and Rosacea. Lisa Borg (Dip BCNH) is a qualified Nutritional Therapist and a valued member of the 'Pulse Light Team'. 

Because diet is so important, supplements are incorporated into treatment programmes. Vitamin and mineral supplements also help control flare-ups and have been shown as being effective in reducing symptoms; check out our page on  'Rosacea diet'. One of the main reasons why the Pulse Light Clinic gets such good results with treating Rosacea is because they use a combination of diet and IPL.

Early signs of Rosacea can be recognised through redness in the area, inflammation of the skin and burning or itching sensations to the area. If you notice these symptoms you can prevent your rosacea from developing any further by taking action.

Staying hydrated and having the recommended intake of 2 litres of water everyday can not only help with rosacea but it can help with many other health concerns.

It can if you have a yeast intolerance, that’s why food intolerance testing is important to know what causes you facial flushing.

People with early signs of rosacea who only have redness to start with if left untreated this can develop to itching, burning and uneven skin texture. If advanced rosacea is left untreated blood vessels can expand causing parts of the face to become disfigured. Swelling of the nose is very common.