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Best Laser Treatment for Rosacea Redness?
asked 1 year ago by NM575
Latest answer by Emily Altman, MD
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Tags: chin, nose, female, redness, best, sensitive skin
I have suferd from awful/embarasing rosacea facial redness for 15yrs, also have capilarys on nose/chin. Treatment-Im currently using Metrogel 1%/500mg tetracycline everynite for past 4 months and results have been ok but isnt enough. I have melasma & skin is sensitive to harsh stuf. My last resort is doing laser therapy to either completly remove/much better manage the redness-im @ my wits end. Which IPL or other laser treatment will drasticaly improve redness? How long will results last?
1 answer to Best Laser Treatment for Rosacea Redness?
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Which treatment is better for rosacea?
Antibiotics and topical rosacea medications work much better on papules or pustules, and don't really do a great job with diffuse redness.
For the type of diffuse redness you have IPL should work well. Make sure you are off the tetracycline if you decide to have any laser treatments, as tetracycline makes your skin more sensitive to light.
For discrete visible blood vessels, NdYAG or pulse dye laser would probably be better.
Also, it's necessary to control...
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