3 Treatments For Rosacea That Will Clear Up Acne in Days

Rosacea is often described as the "acne that isn't really acne," because it less a skin condition than a neurological condition. The skin overreacts to changes in temperature and to various chemicals to cause itching, redness, and troubling changes in texture. Here are three treatments for rosacea that will often clear up the condition in just days.

Treatment #1. Try deglycyrrhizinated licorice, also known as DGL.

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There is a relationship between rosacea and the bacterium Helicobacter pylorans that dermatologists are only slowly beginning to understand. This bacterium is found in about 85 per cent of stomachs that are inflamed by peptic ulcers. Killing the bacterium stops the ulcers. When antibiotic therapy became standard for stomach ulcers, doctors started noticing that the antibiotics also cleared up rosacea.

Exactly why treating the bacteria that cause ulcers should also clear up rosacea is not something that medical has worked out. If you have rosacea, however, you can try an herbal remedy that is specific to Helicobacter pylorans, deglycyrrhizinated licorice, abbreviated DGL. This is a form of licorice that has been treated to remove a chemical that causes high blood pressure in some sensitive people. It kills Helicobacter bacteria. Even though there is no proof that this bacterium causes rosacea, getting rid of the bacteria also clears up rosacea about 70 per cent of the time. Results are sometimes obvious in as little as two days.

Treatment #2. Avoid acne triggers.

Another peculiarity of rosacea is that blemishes break out in minutes, not over a period of days or weeks the way they do with common acne. That is because rosacea-affected skin is super-sensitive to changes in temperature, sunlight, and certain chemicals. Capsaicin in chili peppers is a major trigger for most people who have rosacea; the chemical activates a nerve that runs from the tear glands down to the heart, and the moment a rosacea pops a pepper into the mouth the skin on the nose and cheeks may break out. In fact, even cooking with chili peppers can cause some people to break out.

The more times you break out, the more permanent the changes to your skin. Avoid sudden changes in temperature to your face, hot drinks, cold drinks, and chili peppers. Stopping new outbreaks gives your skin a chance to heal.

Treatment #3. Avoid antacids.

It is not unusual for people who have rosacea also to have low stomach acid, even if they also have bacterial infections that cause ulcers! Low stomach acid leads to a variety of food sensitivities and nutritional deficiencies that cause broken capillaries around the nose and cracking or peeling nails. If you have these symptoms, avoid antacids for a few days and see if you skin does not clear up. In fact, taking a single tablet of betaine hydrochloride 30 minutes before a meal may provide your stomach with additional acid to break down complex proteins in food that, for reasons medical science does not completely understand, aggravate rosacea. Don't take betaine if you have active peptic ulcer disease, acid reflux or gastroesophageal reflux disease, or heartburn. The product should cause a warm sensation, not pain. If you experience any kind of pain after using betaine hydrochloride, discontinue the product.

3 Treatments For Rosacea That Will Clear Up Acne in Days

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