Rosacea: Practical Guidance and Challenges for Clinical Management

Cassidy Nguyen,1,* Guilherme Kuceki,1,* Michael Birdsall,1 Dev Ram Sahni,2,3 Vikram Nath Sahni,2 Christopher M Hull2 1School of Medicine, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 2Department of Dermatology, University of Utah Health, Salt Lake City, UT, USA; 3Department of Dermatology, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Dev Ram Sahni, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, 221 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA, Tel +16177324918, Email sahnidr@alumni.vcu.eduAbstract: Rosacea is a common chronic dermatosis. Clinically, rosacea can present with flushing, erythema, papules, pustules, telangiectasias, phymatous changes, pruritus, burning, and stinging. In 2017, the National Rosacea Society Expert Committee recommended a phenotype-based classification for therapy. In this review, we identify monotherapies and multimodal treatment approaches for the clinical management of rosacea including topical, systemic, laser and light, alternative, and combination therapies.Keywords: combination therapy, management, monotherapy, rosacea, therapy, treatment