Pyoderma Faciale May Be Mistaken For Rosacea

Pyoderma faciale is an unusual skin condition occurring in young adult women. It can resemble severe acne or rosacea.
Unlike acne, pyoderma faciale:
Starts abruptly
Rarely persists more than a year or so
Is not associated with oily skin
Does not arise from comedones
Is confined to the face
Does not affect males
Compared with rosacea, pyoderma faciale:
Affects younger women
Is not associated with flushing
Does not affect eyes
There are unsightly and painful large red bumps (nodules), pustules and sores on very red areas of the cheeks, chin and/or forehead. The lesions may leave scars. When there are nodules but no pustules, it is sometimes called "rosacea fulminans". There is some debate whether pyoderma faciale is the same as or different from rosacea fulminans.
Despite the severity of the inflammation, there are no internal symptoms. No infective organisms are found in bacterial cultures of the affected skin.
Pyoderma faciale
Treatment
As this condition is rare, it is not certain which is the best medication to use. The following oral medications may help:
Antibiotics
Isotretinoin
Steroids
Most cases can be expected to clear up with a combination of these medications taken for three to six months. The patient should be under the care of a dermatologist.

Skin Care And Spa Expo May 20-22, 2006

America's Expo for Skin Care & Spa, which will take place in May 20-22, 2006 at Navy Pier, Chicago, is totally different from any skin care event you may have attended in other cities in the United States or abroad.

The Expo provides the type of education that is just for serious facial skin care professionals - intensive education on the latest skin care, acne and rosacea treatments and techniques. Participants will have the opportunity to see the newest products from skin care manufacturers and to attend demonstration workshops.

“Cosmetologists Chicago and Skin Inc. magazine have worked together to make America's Expo for Skin Care & Spa one of the most dynamic networking experiences of the year by welcoming renowned educational experts in the skin care field and exhibitors offering the latest in products, services and equipment required for any successful spa business.” - says Paul Dykstra, CEO of Cosmetologists Chicago.

One of the important things to learn is how to analyze you skin professionally. All of the Expo guests will be provided with the vital guidelines to a successful analysis, will be able to classify skin types and effectively target racial skin differences, recognize primary and secondary cutaneous lesions and their importance.

Recent breakthroughs in antiaging research demonstrate that many aspects of aging can be prevented, slowed and even reversed with the implementation of an anti-aging nutrition, supplementation and exercise regimen.

America's Expo gives a chance to find a clue to such things as key dietary, environmental and genetic factors that affect the aging process, and provides evidence-based strategies to enable participants to assist and cosmetically reverse, the signs of aging. Skin care studies show concerns and needs of the ethnic client.

The most important questions the Expo to answer are the following:
- How to focus on these concerns and needs, how to analyze ethnic skin, ingredients to use in helping to correct these conditions?
- How to recommend home care maintenance by knowing ethnic skin care needs?

Acne is the most common skin disease in the United States affecting over 17 million people. The other America's widespread skin condition is rosacea. America's Expo provides you with scientific causes and solutions for acne, rosacea and sensitive skin. The participants will learn about the evolution of rosacea and acne rosacea, and how to address these conditions and what one should know about these skin disorders.

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