What are the treatments for rosacea?

Rosacea is a skin disease located in the nose. Patients with rosacea will have redness in the nose, and may also have other adverse symptoms such as papules and pustules. Generally speaking, people with more oil secretion on their skin are more likely to suffer from rosacea. There are many ways to treat rosacea. In summary, there are three types: medication, internal therapy, and external therapy. The following is a detailed introduction to these three therapies.

1. Drug treatment

Rosacea is usually treated with antibiotics, either taken orally or topically with creams or gels such as tetracycline and metronidazole. This therapy ostensibly controls the symptoms of skin redness and vascular inflammation. However, antibiotics can quickly relieve symptoms, but patients may need to take the medication for a long time, and long-term use of antibiotics can affect the growth of probiotics in the intestines. More importantly, no matter how well antibiotics are used to treat the symptoms, they cannot cure rosacea.

2. In-vivo therapy

Many long-term rosacea sufferers have learned from experience which foods and drinks trigger their rosacea or make symptoms worse. These foods and drinks that should be avoided include: alcohol, coffee, hot drinks, spicy foods, and anything else that can obviously cause congestion. At the same time, we should also pay special attention to our intestinal function, including the secretion of gastric acid and pancreatic lipase. Both of these secretions are essential for food digestion. Low stomach acid levels don’t directly cause rosacea. But it is also closely related to the causes of rosacea.

The symptoms of insufficient lipase secretion are similar to those of insufficient gastric acid secretion. The easiest way to test whether lipase secretion is insufficient is to observe your digestion and absorption of high-fat foods. If you have trouble digesting these foods, you may not be producing enough lipase in your body. Similarly, you can choose to supplement your meals with capsules or tablets rich in lipase or other digestive enzymes. You can try a variety of digestive enzyme capsules or tablets to find the most suitable digestive enzyme combination based on different effects.

3. Extracorporeal Therapy

Because of the possible link between excess oil and microscopic Demodex mites on the skin, good daily skin care is important. We need to keep our facial skin clean and protect it from the sun, wind and cold weather. It is best not to use irritating facial cleansers, such as those containing alcohol or those that increase blood supply to the face. At the same time, try to avoid exposing the skin to an environment with rapidly changing temperatures to reduce the pressure of capillary contraction and expansion. Eating aloe vera products (usually aloe vera products on the market are sold in the form of gel) can soothe the burning sensation caused by sudden temperature changes. If the facial skin develops permanent red bloodshot due to sudden temperature changes, you can apply a little powder to modify it.