Can Clear and Brilliant be a good treatment option for mild rosacea?

Yes, I use Clear + Brilliant for patients with Rosacea. For rosacea, I like a combination approach, using lasers (ProYellow, Pulsed Dye/Vbeam, Excel V, Clear + Brilliant), peels and botox to the cheeks. This makes dramatic changes in color and symptoms. I recommend getting a formal evaluation with a cosmetic dermatologist. Best, Dr. Emer

Fractional laser is an amazing and highly effective treatment in our office. We use the laser treatment to help with acne scars, large pores, fine wrinkles, tissue collagen loss, scars, sebaceous hyperplasia, active acne, and for brightening dark pigmentation. Although there are very strong fractional lasers such as CO2 laser, we use lighter treatments for corrective skincare and maintenance of results. Our Thulium fractional laser, clear and brilliant laser, and Ultra Thulium laser are excellent options in our clinic. We also perform CO2 fractional and erbium depending on skin tone and tolerance for downtime. Patients do have to use a Melarase cream before and after treatment to help further reduce pigmentation after laser. Melarase AM, Melarase PM, and Melapads can seriously improve surface sun damage and UV related pigmentation. Dark spots can improve with these treatments. I recommend fractional laser for incisional scars as well, especially after plastic surgery.
Best,
Dr. Karamanoukian
Realself100 Surgeon

C&B is not the best treatment for rosacea. It will deal with enlarged pores, pigment and improve skin texture, but does not address the redness/flushing associated with rosacea.
If you have broken capillaries and inflammatory rosacea, I would suggest a laser like the NdYag (1064 nm wavelength).
Dr. Anna Sylwestrowicz MD, FRCP(C)
Victoria, BC

Clear and Brilliant will not treat Rosacea.  If your symptoms are mild I would encourage you to consult with a medical provider for prescription topical and possibly an oral medication.  In addition to prescription medications you should consider BBL treatments by Sciton.  This type of light source can help with the mild inflammation and pimples as well.  Hope this helps.

It could be a good treatment for mild rosacea. It can address some of the redness and large pores. Patients with severe rosacea may get increased aggravation from it.

We have heard this question a lot and the correct answer is:  IPL is much much better.  Unfortunately, C&B doesn't seem to work as well on the "reds" associated with Rosacea and trainers even caution not to use it for this purpose.
IPL however has a long track record of success for this. I would find ways to manage the downtime and give yourself the better treatment.

C and B is not designed to treat rosacea. This excellent laser is designed to reduce pore size and improve skin texture and pigmentation, depending  on the setting and wavelength. IF you have redness, I suggest a vascular laser by a Dermatologist as it has less downtime than IPL and C and B. Rosacea is very complex and a tailored treatment program give the best results. This is because there are many types of rosacea (telengtctatic or capillaries, flushing and redness, acne like rosacea, ocular rosacea and even rhinophyma rosacea.)

To add to the complexity, everyone has different flare factors- Sunlight, stress, foods, chemical irritants, creams, changes in temperature, alcohol. The list goes on. 

A detailed history, together with a treatment tailored according to YOUR type of rosacea will give the best results. As a guide, I use a combination of -

1. Lasers ( to treat redness, broken capillaries, rhinophyma, flushing)- best laser is the V BEAM. IPL can be used, but usually not as effective. Laser toning using the long pulse Nd Yag at 1064 can help with background redness. 

2. Creams - anti inflammatory

3. Tablets -anti - inflammatory and sometimes low dose Vitamin A. 

4. For females- Mineral make up is recommend, over make up that contains parabens. 

For the best results, consult a dermatologist for both medical and laser treatment options. 

Kind regards.

Dr Davin S. Lim.

Laser Dermatologist.

Brisbane, Australia.