Couperose is often confused with Rosacea, but this is not the same.
Couperose is an innocent but annoying skin condition where dilated red and / or blue blood vessels are visible in your face, mainly on chin, cheeks and nose. The dilated blood vessels can also cause symptoms such as itching, irritations or burning.
Recognize Couperose
By pressing your fingertip on an expanded vial, the redness disappears for a moment, but after a few seconds it returns.
Couperose does not automatically pass. It can remain stable over the years, but also worsen and / or expand.
In the case of Couperose, superficial blood vessels are widened in the skin because they have become drowsy.
Couperose is especially common in people over thirty years with fair skin. In addition, it is more common in women than in men. The medical term for rosacea subtype 1 is telangiectasia.
At first, Couperose was often treated as a vein for vein with a warm needle. This was not only painful, but also took a long time. Now that is no longer necessary and Couperose can be removed with a laser treatment. Depending on the severity of your Couperose, on average one to five treatments are needed to remove it.
What is Rosacea?
In Rosacea, red bumps, pus heads and swellings occur in contrast to Couperose. The redness and broken capillaries are the same, which makes many to confuse them. A doctor can make the diagnosis of rosacea on the naked eye: no skin biopsy is needed.
Causes of rosacea
There are a number of factors that can cause a flare or aggravate rosacea:
Excessive exposure to the sun
Alcohol consumption
Temperature changes
Skin type: people with fair skin are more likely to be diagnosed with rosacea
Prolonged use of corticosteroid creams or ointments on the face
Heredity: if you have rosacea within your family, you have a greater chance of getting it
Treating Rosacea symptoms
There are creams for sale that reduce the redness, but the rosacea does not disappear. However, the creams can reduce the burning or tingling sensation of your skin. These creams are available at the drugstore, pharmacy, aesthetician skincare salon, and some stronger prescriptions at the dermatologist clinic.
In addition, there are a number of things that you can do yourself to reduce rosacea flares:
Use good sun protection all year round, to prevent skin damage.
Use mild skin care products.
Protect your skin with a greasy cream when it is cold.
Try to avoid large temperature differences (such as in the sauna and very cold climate).
Moderate alcohol, spicy food and hot drinks consumption
Treat rosacea symptoms with laser therapy (This is the most effective and safe way to reduce the redness and all other symptoms.)
With a laser treatment to treat telangiectasia (visible and broken capillaries), your skin is treated with a combination of light and radiofrequency energy. The red color in the blood (hemoglobin) absorbs this light and converts it into heat. This destroys the dilated blood vessel. After a treatment the vessels are immediately less visible. Anesthesia is not necessary: you may feel slight stinging sensations, but it does not hurt. To prevent complications, it is important that the correct techniques and equipment are used. You may need a series of 5 to 6 treatments.
Another treatment that is cheaper and takes around 15 sessions at 3-4 days interval is Led Light Therapy, followed with serious moisturization home skincare routine (this procedure will dehydrate your skin at the moment). This procedure takes longer but does not create complications.
Recognize Couperose
By pressing your fingertip on an expanded vial, the redness disappears for a moment, but after a few seconds it returns.
Couperose does not automatically pass. It can remain stable over the years, but also worsen and / or expand.
In the case of Couperose, superficial blood vessels are widened in the skin because they have become drowsy.
Couperose is especially common in people over thirty years with fair skin. In addition, it is more common in women than in men. The medical term for rosacea subtype 1 is telangiectasia.
At first, Couperose was often treated as a vein for vein with a warm needle. This was not only painful, but also took a long time. Now that is no longer necessary and Couperose can be removed with a laser treatment. Depending on the severity of your Couperose, on average one to five treatments are needed to remove it.
What is Rosacea?
In Rosacea, red bumps, pus heads and swellings occur in contrast to Couperose. The redness and broken capillaries are the same, which makes many to confuse them. A doctor can make the diagnosis of rosacea on the naked eye: no skin biopsy is needed.
Causes of rosacea
There are a number of factors that can cause a flare or aggravate rosacea:
Excessive exposure to the sun
Alcohol consumption
Temperature changes
Skin type: people with fair skin are more likely to be diagnosed with rosacea
Prolonged use of corticosteroid creams or ointments on the face
Heredity: if you have rosacea within your family, you have a greater chance of getting it
Treating Rosacea symptoms
There are creams for sale that reduce the redness, but the rosacea does not disappear. However, the creams can reduce the burning or tingling sensation of your skin. These creams are available at the drugstore, pharmacy, aesthetician skincare salon, and some stronger prescriptions at the dermatologist clinic.
In addition, there are a number of things that you can do yourself to reduce rosacea flares:
Use good sun protection all year round, to prevent skin damage.
Use mild skin care products.
Protect your skin with a greasy cream when it is cold.
Try to avoid large temperature differences (such as in the sauna and very cold climate).
Moderate alcohol, spicy food and hot drinks consumption
Treat rosacea symptoms with laser therapy (This is the most effective and safe way to reduce the redness and all other symptoms.)
With a laser treatment to treat telangiectasia (visible and broken capillaries), your skin is treated with a combination of light and radiofrequency energy. The red color in the blood (hemoglobin) absorbs this light and converts it into heat. This destroys the dilated blood vessel. After a treatment the vessels are immediately less visible. Anesthesia is not necessary: you may feel slight stinging sensations, but it does not hurt. To prevent complications, it is important that the correct techniques and equipment are used. You may need a series of 5 to 6 treatments.
Another treatment that is cheaper and takes around 15 sessions at 3-4 days interval is Led Light Therapy, followed with serious moisturization home skincare routine (this procedure will dehydrate your skin at the moment). This procedure takes longer but does not create complications.
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