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In honor of April’s Rosacea Awareness Month, we wanted to share with you some expert tips from Dr. Michael Gold on how to best care for this condition that affects over 14 million people. Please find below Dr. Gold’s recommendations for treatment:

· People with rosacea need to be aware of and avoid the known triggers – alcohol, caffeine, spicy food, chocolates. They should be careful in the sun as well.

· Patients needing medical therapy have several options including the newer anti-inflammatory pill called Oracea – it is theoretically not an antibiotic because of its dosage and is the only FDA approved pill for rosacea. Other tetracycline medications – including minocycline (Soladyn, Minocin) work well as does the doxycycline medicines (Doryx, Monodox, Adoxa). Topically, prescription strength Metrogel and Finacea (azaleic acid) are the most common topically prescribed medicines.

· In addition to medicines – various lasers and light sources can be used to treat the red of rosacea. Intense pulsed light (IPL) devices such as the Lumenis One or the Sciton BBL can be used to treat the blood vessels – as can the pulsed dye lasers such as the V Beam or the Cynergy.

· Some would also benefit from the some of the dermatologic dispensed cosmeceuticals – we recommend the Obagi RosaClear system (cleanser, hydrator, and sunscreen), Avene’s anti redness cleansing fluid and Diroseal night time lotion, and Results RX REDuce serum.