Rosacea, also known as couperose, is a benign chronic skin disease that can affect both women and men but occurs with prevalence in subjects with fair and sensitive complexion.
La rosacea si presenta con micro dilatazioni ai vasi sanguigni superficiali dovuti a problemi vascolari, che possono colpire il volto causando arrossamenti sul viso permanenti o temporanei.
The causes
To date, the causes of rosacea are unknown, but there is certainly a natural predisposition to capillary fragility triggered by sudden changes in temperature, by hot flashes of strong emotions, which cause the capillaries to break, loss of elasticity. Broken capillaries visible in the form of patches on the nose, cheeks and chin.
Other symptoms may include:
- dry skin
- swelling, especially around the eyes
- yellow-orange spots on the skin
- sore eyelids or scabs around the lash roots
- thickened skin, mainly on the nose
The four main types of rosacea
Erythematocangiectatic rosacea has redness and flushing with visible blood vessels.
Papulopustular rosacea involves redness, swelling and rashes that resemble acne.
Phymatous rosacea causes the skin to thicken and take on an uneven texture.
Ocular rosacea causes eye redness and irritation, and swollen eyelids. It may seem that the person has sty.
The treatments
In severe forms, antibiotics have been used in the past. "However, by increasing resistance to antibiotics, treatments are less effective; in addition, topical agents necessarily cause irritation due to sensitivity of the skin in rosacea patients. Therefore, more are needed. treatment options that are safe and effective ".
Radio Frequency therapy and LED light therapy used with different wavelengths, showed in an experimental study, a significant improvement in subjects treated with forms of different severity
Radio frequency and LED lights led to a significant improvement in severity and erythema scores, and 70% of patients receiving RF (Radio Frequency) treatment showed clinical improvement> 50%. No significant difference was noted between the RF treatment and LED lights in ETR (erythematotelangiectasis). However, RF treatment resulted in a significantly greater reduction in the number of papulopustular lesions and rosacea severity score in PPR (papulopustular rosacea) compared to led light treatment of RTE cases (erythematothelangiectasis).
In the treatment of rosacea it is useful to use only soothing creams with astringent action
The Biowave System allows you to treat rosacea successfully. The Biowave Face Lifter appliance, for home use, distributed in a professional case, integrates ultrasound technologies (RF = 3MHz) and LED lights. The Skin Cleaning gel, in addition to facilitating the sliding of the treatment head, has a strong soothing function. Finally, a tutorial included in the kit provides a useful guide to the different treatments.
