Health & Nature

Rosacea is a chronic inflammatory skin condition of the face that impacts approximately 16 million people in the United States alone.

Although the exact cause of rosacea is still unknown, various theories about its origin have evolved. These include facial blood 🩸 vessels that dilate too easily, whereby the increased blood near the skin surface makes the skin appear red and flushed; certain bacteria 🦠 present on otherwise harmless Demuxed mites that could prompt an inflammatory response; overproduction of two inflammatory proteins that increase the levels of a third protein that leads to rosacea symptoms; a high level of stratum corneumtryptic enzymes (SCTE), the precursor of a rosacea-causing peptide.Many of these potential mechanisms have been studied, but none have yielded a cure for condition.