Health and Fitness

Over a million Americans suffer from 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. 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 food, drinks, sun exposure, poor skin care products and poor medical treatment that cause the condition to worsen.

This facial condition leaves the skin vulnerable and irritable to a lot of external factors like sun exposure, ointments and creams, and sometimes, even water. Anything a rosacea patient puts on their face must be dermatology-approved and recommended by the doctor. Each condition may be different, which means one facial treatment for one person could not have the same effect for another.

One possible option for rosacea treatment is the use of jojoba oil-based lotions and skin care products. Recent researches have observed the positive effect of lotions and facial creams infused with natural jojoba oil for rosacea sufferers. Jojoba oil will help reverse damage to the epidermis caused by harsh soaps, facial washes, and some topical rosacea medications. Studies have shown that jojoba oil also helps replace moisture lost from the use of facial peels, chemical treatments, and laser and light treatments. It is beneficial in enhancing skin healing (cell division and growth) within the middle layer of the epidermis. The oil also helps balance sebum excretion (related to acne) and helps normalize keratin sloughing off from the dermis (related to acne).