Rosacea/Glossary

B

 * Blushing:
 * A relatively short-term extra redness due to various mental causes such as embarrassment, shame, modesty; often accompanied by warm/hot sensations.

E

 * Erythema
 * Abnormal redness of the skin.

F

 * Flushing:
 * A prolonged (extra)redness of the face(and neck) caused by cutaneous vasodilation often due to physical causes, such as cold weather/wind, sunshine, heat etc. Flushing often includes a burning sensation.

I

 * IPL:
 * Intense Pulsed Light &mdash; A treatment to remove blood vessels from the skin.

N

 * Nd-YAG
 * Neodymium-doped Yttrium Aluminium Garnet &mdash; A compound that is used as the lasing medium for certain solid-state lasers.


 * NRS
 * National Rosacea Society &mdash; A U.S. organisation for patients and doctors.

O

 * Ocular / Occular:
 * Of, or relating to the eye, or the sense of sight.

P

 * Pustule:
 * A raised lesion that contains pus and sometimes water.


 * Papule:
 * A small, solid and usually conical elevation of the skin which does not contain pus.

R

 * RRDI
 * Rosacea Research & Development Institute &mdash; A worldwide organisation devoted to funding research.


 * RLT
 * Red Light Therapy — A certain phototherapy that improves skin and can be beneficial to rosacea.


 * Rhinophyma:
 * A large, bulbous and ruddy appearance of the nose caused by (advanced)phymatous rosacea.

S

 * SR
 * Skin Rejuvenation &mdash; A term used for specific types of Intense Pulsed Light and Laser treatments.

T

 * Telangiectasia:
 * Small dilated blood vessels near the surface of the skin, also known as spider veins.

V

 * VL
 * Vascular Lesions &mdash; A term used for specific types of Intense Pulsed Light and Laser treatments that treat vascular lesions.