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Is There a Laser for Rosacea?
If a doctor could pls explain, what laser(s) work for treating rosacea on cheeks and nose
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Yes, if the subtype of rosacea is associated with telangiectasia and redness
There are 4 main subtypes of rosacea:
1. Persistent central facial redness (erythema) and broken blood vessels (telangiectasia)
2. Red bumps that look like "pimples"
3. Ocular rosacea where the lower eyelid margin is inflamed, red, itchy.
4. Skin thickening of the nose (rhinophyma), or chin (mentaphyma)
These subtypes are not mutually exclusive. Also, if you have one subtype it does not imply you will develop another.
So to answer your question, if you have subtype 1 or 4 (above)...
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Long Island Dermatologist
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Rosacea and Spider veins Can be Treated with Lasers
Many people, especially fair-skinned people in sunny climates (like North Carolina), will develop areas of the face as they age where superficial veins and capillaries in the skin become enlarged and highly visible. Because of their typically irregular and spidery appearance, these superficial cutaneous vessels are commonly referred to as 'spider veins'.
The medical term for this phenomenon is 'telangiectasia', which is essentially Greek for 'the stretching out of the very end of a blood...
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