Wednesday, March 30, 2005

Dr. Nase Speaks on His Own Poor Results With IPL

I was burned with the pulse dye laser by the Chair of the Dept.of Dermatology at U. of Pittsburg. I was in the burn unit for twodays and had to wear special burn moistened gauze for 21 days. My face was a mess, even worse than my severe symptoms to begin with.

Geoffrey
Dr. Geoffrey NasePh.D.
Neurovascular Physiologist

Friday, March 11, 2005

Treating Rosacea With Oil of Oregano

Dr. Meschino, Director of the RenaiSanté Institute of Integrative Medicine, has been treating rosaceans with herbs and probiotics. "The only other thing that I do, which is remarkably successful, is to give those clients with rosacea a supplement containing oil of oregano and have them use an oil of oregano topical lotion at night," Dr. Meschino says.

Friday, March 04, 2005

Controlling Rosacea Through Stress-Management

Rosacea flushing usually occurs when the body becomes fatigued and/or stressed. The key to this is the autonomic nervous system (more specifically, the sympathetic postganglionic efferent nerves). Any activation of these nerves causes vasoconstriction of "body blood vessels" -- except in the "facial blush/flush areas" where it induces potent vasodilatation or flushing with the resulting "rosacea flush".Stress stimulates the sympathetic nervous system. Lack of sleep stimulates the sympathetic nervous system with a minimum of 8 to 9 hours being needed nightly to reduce stress. Anxiety (fight or flight) stimulates the sympathetic nervous system. An increase in internal body temperature stimulates the sympathetic nervous system, whereas obviously a decrease in body temperature decreases the sympathetic system due to the parasympathetic system calming the system.The sympathetic nervous system is especially important to rosacea patients who tend to have one or more of the following: genetically weak blood vessels; damaged blood vessels from years of sun; damaged support system for blood vessels (collagen-elastic of skin); or an increased number of blood vessels.