Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Rosacea Triggered by Vitamin E?

I have searched the internet for any connection between rosacea and vitamin e. The only connection I have found is product advertisement toting vitamin e's skin benefits. Based on my experience, I am ready to conclude that vitamin e is actually the trigger for rosacea. Think about it - rosacea appears to be a vascular disorder (http://www.rosacea.org/patients/faq.php). Vitamin E is a vasodilator (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16046707). Research shows that people with high levels of cathelcidin and stratum corneum tryptic enzymes have a response such as flushing, pustules, and/or papules and theoretically the vascular structure of the face has changed and dilation of the blood vessels are tied to the reaction. Finally, when you consider the most common food triggers of rosacea (http://www.rosacea.org/rr/1999/winter/article_3.php), most of these foods are high in vitamin e. I will continue monitoring my vitamin e consumption, but for the past 2 weeks I have not had another outbreak of pustules since I have limited my vitamin e consumption.

2 comments:

  1. have you discovered more since this post about fit E? how interesting. doesn't fit B cause flushing too?

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