Friday
03Nov
Rosacea? Melasma? Acne? Building community sites around medical conditions.
Self Organized Patient Communities
Patients with medical conditions often turn to each other for support. The web allows them to build a community no matter where they're located or how uncommon the condition.
Rosacea Patient Communities
If you read these types of community posts you'll discover that there's a lot if information, but there are very few if any physicians participation in the discussion, even anonymously.
- Rosacea Support Group
- Rosacea, Yahoo Health Group
- Rosacea News (a blog about Rosacea)
I read any number of sites each day where physicians are disseminating information, but not in these groups. Curious.
Jeff Barson
Reader Comments (4)
It depends on what technology you have. If the problem is not to bad then I would go topically and use the Obagi NuDerm System. This is the type of skin it was designed for. You always have to worry about using any lasers because of PIH. I assume they are Fitz IV. You have to be concerned when using any of the Qswitched lasers. Let us know what you have for technology and then we can help.
With that in mind, I think I would go topically first.