I was flipping through Shape magazine and came across a piece of information that made me very happy – there may be a cure for rosacea. A study was recently published that identified the probable cause of rosacea (it was previously impossible to cure due to not knowing the cause) as the B. oleronius bacteria. This is good news, since a bacteria can be treated with antibiotics like tetracycline or minocycline, thus destroying the bacteria.
If you have rosacea, make an appointment with a dermatologist to ask if it would work for you – only certain types of antibiotics get rid of this particular bacteria, so if you have had antibiotic courses with some success (but no cure) in the past, you may want to give this a try.
