ROSACEA

Rosacea (acne rosacea) is a chronic inflammatory disorder characterized by facial flushing, telangiectasias, erythema, papules, pustules, and in severe cases, rhinophyma. Diagnosis is based on characteristic appearance.

Treatment depends on severity and includes topical water based customised medicinal plant extract creams, systemic medicinal plant extract tinctures, as well as addressing life style and dietary requirements.

Etiology and Epidemiology

The etiology of rosacea is unknown, although associations with impaired facial venous drainage, an increase in hair mites (Demodex folliculorum), and Helicobacter pylori infection have been proposed. The basic disturbance seems to be one of vasomotor control. Rosacea most commonly affects patients aged 30 to 50 with fair complexions, most notably those of Irish and Northern European descent, but it affects and is probably under-recognized in darker-skinned patients. The age of onset helps distinguish rosacea from acne.

Zest Magazine 01/08
Zest loves Claudia's Customised Skin-care.

Pregnancy & Birth Magazine 01/08
Claudia's advice on skin-care for acne during pregnancy.

Tatler 11 & 12/07 & 01/08
Claudia's Skin-care as seen 3-months consecutively in Tatler magazine.

Family Health 08/07
Claudia's patient is interviewed by Family Health, the magazine issued by the Royal College of Nursing, to be found in all GP surgeries.

Claudia Louch
^{BSc Hons
MCPP; MSc Pharm; MSc RNutr}

Practitioner of Nutritional Science; Pharmacologist;
Phytotherapist

BBC Two

June 2008

Claudia Louch is the Nutritionist on the BBC programme 'The Supersizers'

The Observer Magazine 03/08
The Observer features Claudia's treatment options for Oral Allergy Syndrome (OAS).

Natural Health Magazine 02/08
Natural Health votes Claudia's skin-care as the treatment of the month and the equivalent of choosing haute couture over high street!