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Rosacea is a chronic (long-term) skin condition that causes redness and swelling, primarily on the face. Other areas that can be affected are the scalp, neck, ears, chest and back. Sometimes, rosacea affects the eyes.
Those with rosacea may first notice a tendency to flush or blush easily. The condition can occur over a long period of time and often progresses to a persistent redness, pimples and visible blood vessels in the center of the face that can eventually involve the cheeks, forehead, chin and nose.
Since rosacea causes facial swelling and redness, it is easily confused with other skin conditions, such as acne and sunburn. For this reason, rosacea is known as the 'great pretender'.
The severity of redness can increase as a result of the following stimuli:
These stimuli are believed to produce dilation or widening of the blood vessels. An increased amount of blood and/ or blood vessels produces the increased red colour.
It is believed that the IPL has two actions that help in Rosacea. Firstly red thread veins absorb the light energy, this makes them hot. This damage encourages the body to reabsorb them, improving the appearance. Secondly the light energy warms the collagen fibres in the skin this stimulates new collagen and collagen remodelling, this improves the support of the small blood vessels which helps to delay the development of more thread veins.
What Does the Treatment Involve?
You will be asked to keep your face as pale as possible by avoiding sun exposure before and during your course of treatment. At your first visit you can discuss the pros and cons of treatment and a patch test can be performed to check the reaction of your skin. A week later the first full, treatment is carried out. The whole of the affected are will be treated, There is a feeling of heat during the treatment and your face will be redder for a short while afterwards. Cooling packs can be applied afterwards. You will need to wear goggles to protect your eyes from the intense light. A course of 4-6 treatments at 3-4 week intervals produces the best benefit. Improvement may continue for many weeks after the course has finished. Rosacea is a relapsing condition and this treatment improves the appearance but does not cure the Rosacea. If you have active inflammatory Rosacea then this will need to be controlled with medication before you can have IPL treatment.
The treatment is generally well tolerated. Exposure is limited to an extremely short flash that feels like the snap of a rubber band. A mild burning sensation can be felt for a while afterwards. Occasionally there is some swelling that will subside in a day or two. Bruising is unlikely but if it occurs will settle in a few days. There is a chance that pigment changes may occur in the skin, either dark marks, hyperpigmentation, or pale marks, hypopigmentation. These are temporary and fade in 1 - 6 months. To help reduce the risk of this it is very important that sun exposure is avoided for 4 weeks before your treatment and throughout the course of treatment. Crusting and blistering may occur after the treatment, this is best left to heal undisturbed so as to reduce the risk of scarring. It is important that you follow any aftercare instructions carefully.
| Treatment Type | One Treatment |
Three Treatments |
Six |
| Rosacea (flushing) |
from £95 .00 | £235 .00 |
£425 .00 |