Rosacea Treatment: Q&A

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Best Laser Treatment for Rosacea Redness?

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?

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2 Doctor Answers | Asked by NM575
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Clearing Rosacea With the Vbeam laser

For Rosacea, I would recommend the V-beam laser over IPL. The difference between a laser and a light based therapy like IPL is that each laser only uses one specialized wavelength to do a specific job. IPL uses several. The V-beam laser uses the 595nm wavelength which is easily absorbed by hemoglobin in the blood vessels. This is how it enters the vessels in order to seal them up. The body will then dispose of this waste tissue which clears the redness from your skin. ... more
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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... more
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