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The RRDi is pleased to announce that Edward Jarka, O.D., M.S., Assistant Clinical Professor, University of Missouri – St. Louis College of Optometry, has been appointed to serve on the RRDi MAC. Dr. Jarka wrote an article, Dry-eye--Is inflammation just the tip of the iceberg?, published in Optometry.

The RRDi uses Google Hangouts for it members who have domain accounts for video conferencing. This thread is to help newbies understand how this works. I have found this tutorial by Sue Soucy the best tutorial which you watch by clicking on her YouTube video tutorial below. However, you can learn a lot from the Official Google Hangouts Learning Center. This what you will require to join private Official RRDi Google Hangouts: (1) You will need a RRDi domain account since we are only allowing members to connect to official RRDi Google Hangouts. If you don't have one you can first join

If you can read Russian, an article was released, THE MORPHOLOGY OF BIOFILMS IN THE FACE AT ACNE-LIKE DERMATOSES COMPLICATED BY DEMODEX, which we have some questions about. Here is a translation: Elistratova L.L., Potaturkinа-Nesterova N.I., Nesterov A.S. Ulyanovsk State University, Ulyanovsk, e-mail: webmaster@ulsu.ru The article shows that skin microbiocenosis acne-like dermatoses complicated by demodex is characterized by a wide range of species composition. The greatest diversity was found in bacteria of the genus Staphylococcus, which identifi ed seven species (in the compar

An article about improving rosacea with probiotics was written by Whitney Bowe, MD, RRDi MAC Member. More information on probiotics for rosacea. You should really consider taking PROBIOTICS rather than antibiotics for rosacea by considering the following: Long term risks and side effects of antibiotic treatment of rosacea. Our affiliate store has many probiotic treatments you should consider. Reply to this Topic There is a reply to this topic button somewhere on the device you are reading this post. If you never heard about this topic and you learned abou

NOTE: When upgrading the forum you are viewing now to Version 4, we dropped the Guest Forum since it did not prove popular. So the following post is only kept for a record of the history of what the RRDi has done to try improve our mission and encourage rosacea sufferers. We now allow members to join with just an email address. -------------------------- The RRDi now has a guest forum where anonymous users may post without registering their first and last name or any contact information other than an email. Many are reluctant to reveal their personal contact information in the

The RRDi uses Google Drive and Docs for collaboration on a team document. This post is for newbies to understand how to do this. (1) Watch this video to understand the basics: (2) The best source of instruction is from Google at this url: https://support.google.com/drive/?hl=en#topic=2375188 (3) A more detailed tutorial on sharing and collaborating as a team on a Google Doc by Anson Alexander who has several tutorials to view on Google Docs:

The AARS has provided articles on: Consensus Recommendations From the American Acne & Rosacea Society on the Management of Rosacea, Part 1: A Status Report on Topical Agents Consensus Recommendations From the American Acne & Rosacea Society on the Management of Rosacea, Part 2: A Status Report on Topical Agents published by Cutis Also these articles have been published as: American Acne & Rosacea Society rosacea medical management guidelines

Has any of the RRDi MAC members have a comment on Mirvaso? Have any of you treated patients successfully with Mirvaso? We have been hearing a number of negative anecdotal reports with Mirvaso and have accumulated a list. Do you have any comment on why the negative reports out weigh the positive reports 4 to 1? We have one report from a physician reported on Pascoe's RS group site who says: "As a physician, I have prescribed Mirvaso to many patients over the past several months and have not received any complaints or negative feedback. I have seen many patients back for fo

What is phototherapy? A more accurate term is photo rejuvenation. This refers to the use of light to rejuvenate skin. An even more accurate term is IPL or BBL photo rejuvenation. This term refers to a process using Intense Pulsed Light (IPL) or the newer and more advanced Broad Band Light (BBL) to rejuvenate aged and sun damaged skin non-invasively. The number one thing people should know about BBL and IPL photo-rejuvenation is that almost everyone can benefit from this treatment and the results are not results that can be gotten with chemical peels, skin care products or surgery. BBL techn

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This Question and Answer was published in the Albuquerque Journal (also reported in the People's Pharmacy) Q: I am a 53-year-old man. When I turned 50, I developed severe rosacea. I tried everything, and nothing helped. I just returned from a two-week vacation in the South Pacific. I learned to snorkel and scuba dive and was in the ocean every day. By the time I left, all signs of rosacea were completely gone. I don’t know why salt water works to clear up the skin, but it’s almost miraculous. A: Thank you for sharing your great results. For those who may not have the opport

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