Couperose treatments

Recurrent skin disease and rosacea can be efficiently treated whatever its state.

Redness on the face, small blood vessels noticeable on the nose and cheeks, inflammations or small pimples on the nose, cheeks, forehead and chin… you are a victim of rosacea? In order to reduce or even stop the evolution of that skin disease, see a doctor of the Parisian laser center; solutions do exist!

What is rosacea?

Rosacea is a chronic and evolutionary skin disease causing inflammatory state and redness on the face. The nose and cheeks are usually touched first, subject to a purplish complexion and then followed by the forehead and chin. It corresponds to a genetic elasticity of the vessels which can evolve into 3 states of evolution:

• Erythrosis
• Rosacea acne
• Rhinophyma, swollen, bumpy red nose

Quite common, couperose touches about 15% of the population

Couperose can touch any individual within an age of 20 to 70, but adults between an age of 30 to 50 with a fair complexion, and whose skin tends to get easily red are more often infected. Although women are more subject to couperose / rosacea than men, men are prone to develop rhinophyma which is characterized by a swollen, bumpy red nose and usually the cause of a rosacea acne that must have been neglected. The treatment require the use of an ablative continuous or fractional laser

For an adapted treatment against rosacea, schedule an appointment at the Parisian laser center.

The symptoms of rosacea

Rosacea / couperose can appear and be noticeable through these following symptoms:

• Red face
• A tendency to easily become red
• Small blood vessels that appear on the nose and cheeks Small pimples on the face
• Irritated red eyes
• Red, swollen, nodular nose

Prevention against couperose / rosacea

• Avoid hot, spicy dishes and alcohol
• Avoid excessive temperatures, particularly big changes in temperature and strong winds
• Avoid intensive physical exercise
• If you are too hot, put some ice on your face
• Avoid saunas and hot baths
• In case of sun exposures, during summer as well as during winter time, use sunscreen
• Avoid anti aging creams on the affected areas
• Learn to deal with stress and strong emotions

Couperose treatments

Rosacea is an life time disease but available treatments can eliminate symptoms, especially if you start at an early stage of the disease: otherwise, rosacea can generate irreversible face damage.

Treatment depends on symptoms. Efficient vascular lasers can give substantial improvement or stabilize the disease.

Antibiotics

For acne, the doctor can prescribe antibiotics

Electrocoagulation

This efficient treatment may require several treatments and may have various side effects:

• Pain during the treatment
• Slight bleeding, redness and the formation of small crusts in the first few days
• A risk of permanent scars and skin depigmentation

Treatment cannot be undertaken in the summertime (there is a risk of causing brown marks). The treatment is inappropriate to people with pacemakers.

Laser, much more efficient and less painful

The vascular pulsed dye laser can eliminate, by photocoagulation or selective photo thermolysis, small dilated blood vessels which give that red colour to the skin. Without damaging the tissues around, the treatment is far more safe than other traditional treatments. The long-pulsed neodymium-Yag laser is also used for the treatment against couperose / rosacea and varicosities in the lower limbs.

Learn more about:

• The 3 evolution stages of rosacea
• Factors that can make rosacea worse
• Pregnancy and couperose
• Couperose after a surgical operation of the face
• Couperose manifesting among babies or kids
• Same kind of disorder: Rosacea