Our Mission

The International Rosacea Foundation is a non-profit organization whose primary mission is to provide information of the best rosacea treatments and rosacea symptoms information that are easy to read on one web site. This information has been chosen from medical books, medical journal articles, and on the web and with available credits to those medical expert writers and medical doctors specializing in rosacea and various other related skin disorders. Information provided by the International Rosacea Foundation about products and the best known treatments, medical conditions, and symptoms, has been obtained from the manufacturer's prescription product information inserts and from their web sites sponsoring these products. Rosacea symptoms and past treatments vary from one patient to another, and treatment must be tailored for each individual case. Therefore, we do not answer individual questions about your skin condition. The secondary mission is to provide research for the best rosacea treatments for rosacea sufferers currently available and those for the future.

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Many dermatologist and medical researchers find that it is sometimes hard to diagnose rosacea as often there are other skin conditions that co-exist such as acne, seborrheic, eczema, psoriasis or lupus symptoms being very similar and existing at the same time on the same patient. The primary problem is that medications used in the treatment of acne can be too harsh or aggressive leading to the onset of 'acne rosacea'. Aggressive acne treatments to reduce oiliness of the skin can result in the flaking associated with seborrheic dermatitis. The butterfly rash of lupus can lead to a mis-diagnosis of rosacea. Within this site you will learn the difference between rosacea, eczema, acne, lupus and psoriasis. Very often these skin conditions co-exist making successful treatment a very difficult endeavor. Within this web site, we offer skin care recommendations on healthy basic ways in which you can change habits and in doing so, change the texture, redness and condition of your skin. Treating rosacea need not involve an endless round of laser treatments, oral or topical antibiotics or the worst of all, the use of steroid. It can be as simple as modifying your lifestyle to include positive healthy skin care habits. Below you will find the defintion or "What is Rosacea".

Definition - What is Rosacea?

Most rosacea suffers have gained much knowledge and most often, most of the gained knowledge is erroneous thus they continue in a vicious cycle. Sadly most information available is about things that do not work and this results in years of frustration for the patient. So the patient continue seeking information and migrate from their past dermatologist to a new dermatologist for years in their seeking the best rosacea treatment. Knowledge of the symptoms is interesting to know as most all patients have most of the same symptoms. However, knowledge of symptoms does not solve the 'cause or etiology' of rosacea.

The rosacea classic symptoms are patchy flushing and redness (erythema) and inflammation, particularly on the cheeks, nose, forehead, and around the mouth. Rosacea typically appears between the ages of 30 and 50 and affects more women than men. As the patient becomes older, acid accumulates with the body organs, bones, in the face and in the brain. We all have known for years that the largest blood supply is to the head with the brain, and thus the face always having a larger blood supply.

Rosacea is 'not' a hereditary condition as many medical doctors believe as hereditary denotes a genetic condition that is inherited. Yes, rosacea is a chronic or long term skin disorder that most often affects the nose, cheeks, and forehead, but you will hopefully have noticed that these areas have the largest arteries and veins blood supply. And thus the brain and facial skin area well supplied with blood have the larger accumulations of acids over the years. If it were an inherited skin disorder, rosacea would start from a very early age of two weeks or several years after birth when most other inherited genetic disorders are noticed. Patients accumulate symptoms from the triggers of foods, drinks, sun exposure, poor skin products and very believably poor medical treatment that causes the condition to be long term and thus a migration from one dermatologist to another and from one or two rosacea medications to several medications.

Rosacea is persistent and usually worsen with time which results in changes in appearance and self-esteem. Most cases can be controlled easily by avoiding factors that trigger flushing, using sun protection, and by keeping the body well hydrated with water.

As the condition progresses, flushing becomes more persistent and noticeable. Small, red, solid bumps called papules and pus-filled pimples (called acne pustules) may appear on the skin and are often termed 'acne rosacea'. However, though rosacea is sometimes referred to as "adult acne," it is a distinctly different and often more serious condition than acne vulgaris, which most commonly occurs during adolescence. While both conditions can cause pimples, rosacea requires different therapy as acne treatments makes it worse and rosacea rarely goes away by itself.

Also dilated blood vessels may become visible. Often when patients blush or flush, the blood vessels enlarge in their faces can look like thin red lines. In advanced cases, the skin displays symptoms such as swelling, cysts form, and small, knobby bumps develop on the nose, making it appear red and swollen. This condition, called rhinophyma, is relatively uncommon and primarily affects men. It was the cause of the late comedian W.C. Fields' best known feature - his trademark bulbous nose. The most outstanding treatment for rosacea has an unusual mechanism of healing that makes total sense as it's objective is "to simply do the opposite of most rosacea treatments" by leaving the sensitive skin intact on the face and is known as Rosacea-Ltd III. This non-irritating natural rosacea treatment has patients stating, "you can't lose anything by using this product except your rosacea", therefore the naming of the product was "Rosacea-Ltd" meaning "to limit rosacea". The third generation received the name of Rosacea-Ltd III and is in the 13 years of worldwide sales.

What is Ocular Rosacea?

Up to 85% of rosacea patients may experience symptoms related to their eyes. Ocular rosacea, as it is called, frequently precedes the other manifestations on the skin. Most of these ocular symptoms do not threaten sight,unless the ocular treatment of a 1/3 steroid and 2/'3 antibiotic is used.

Ocular Rosacea can also cause a persistent burning and feeling of grittiness in the eyes or inflamed and swollen eyelids with small inflamed bumps. The eyes may become bloodshot and eye lashes sometimes fall out (Dr. Thiboutot). The ocular signs are exceedingly variable, including blepharitis, conjunctivitis, iritis, iridocyclitis, hypopyoniritis, and even keratitis. The ocular complications are independent of the severity of facial rosacea symptoms. Keratitis has an unfavorable prognosis, and in extreme cases can lead to corneal opacity with blindness. Dermatologist have found Rosacea-Ltd III to be the best ocular treatment with great accuracy as you will learn from the excellent information that can be found on the Rosacea-Ltd III Ocular Rosacea page. The most frequent ocular symptoms, which may never progress, are chronically inflamed margins of the eyelids with scales and crusts, quite similar to seborrheic dermatitis, with which it is often confused. Pain and photophobia may be present. It is instructive to ask patients how their eyes react to bright sunlight.

The Cause or Etiology of Rosacea:

It is easy to understand the cause or etiology. Most dermatologist and many medical researchers are baffled, many patients have easily summarized their various "rosacea triggers" and now have learned the cause or etiology by experiencing the facaial and ocular flare ups resulting from the intake of the acid foods and drinks and related stress that the patients has from the 'hyperness' of the acid consumption. Most patients have known many of their 'triggers' that cause the flushing and redness such as alcohol, coffee, exercise, stress, etc. that are all acidic in nature. The problem is "how to overcome" this obstacle as these foods and drinks have been a big part of their entire life. The intake of foods and drinks need to be more alkaline to 'offset' or neutralize or buffer the acids to return the body to a more alkaline condition. A secondary cause is the nature of not enough facial exercise known as the Sobye Massage is to improve the flow of arterial or red blood that does not flow well enough through the facial area and to evacuate the acidic blood containing more plaque or cholesterol that does not flow as smoothly as the more alkaline blood with a 7.42 pH.

Any one of the following warning signs can be a signal to seek help before the signs and symptoms become increasingly severe:

Redness on the cheeks, nose, chin or forehead.
Small visible blood vessels on the face.
Bumps or pimples on the face.
Watery or irritated eyes.

Therefore, the treatment of rosacea or any skin condition must involve treatment of the whole body. An excellent product is Rosacea-Ltd III which has wonderful information and a product that provides great satisfaction for patients and can be purchased directly from the internet. Dr. Jonathan Wilkin, a prominent rosacea expert and former Chief of the FDA Division of Dermatologic and Dental Drug Products stated, "We know less about rosacea than any other skin disorder." Dermatologists are frustrated with this misunderstood disorder due to a lack of personal patient history of past rosacea medications and lifestyles as patients often migrated from one dermatologist to another in there desire to find a remedy for their rosacea papules, redness and seborrheic dermatitis.

Likewise, some patients and a few dermatologist confuse rosacea with some of the minor but dissimilar cases of: psoriasis, eczema, and atopic dermatitis which 35% of rosacea patients have these conditions to co-exist with their already sensitive facial rosacea. Yes, the patient can have a difficult time in the proper diagnosis and an even more difficult time in gaining the proper treatment especially when combined or with the co-existence of the various types of eczema and psoriasis. It becomes more more difficult to treat the patient than to comprehend the complexity. The most logical and best medical concept is not for any one treatment to harm the other skin condition or to harm the already sensitive skin. Again, Rosacea-Ltd III performs the best and with a 100% refund within 120 days so you can't loose anything but your rosacea or related skin problems.

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