Objective and quantitative improvement of rosacea-associated erythema after intense pulsed light treatment.

Background: Despite the widespread and quite successful use of various lasers and light sources to treat facial erythema, the literature contains little, if any, objective and quantitative improvement. In addition, very few studies specifically address rosacea-associated erythema.

Objective: To assess quantitatively the degree of improvement in patients with rosacea after intense pulsed light treatment.

Colchicine and indomethacin for the treatment of relapsing polychondritis.

This report describes the effectiveness of oral colchicine and indomethacin in the maintenance phase of treatment of relapsing polychondritis. Systemic corticosteroids are commonly used in the induction phase of managing cases of relapsing polychondritis. Clinicians are then faced with the challenge of controlling the patient's symptoms while trying to decrease the dose of steroid.