"Intense pulsed light appears to kill Demodex mites around hair follicles and
sebaceous
glands.... Dr. Sadick of Cornell University, New York, conducted an
investigation in which
24 patients with a mean age of 47 years and Fitzpatrick skin types I-IV were
treated with
an intense pulsed light device (Quantum SR, ESC-Lumenis, Palo Alto, Calif.),
which emits a
noncoherent, multiwavelength of light of 500-1,100 nm. All patients were treated
monthly, up to five times, using an average fluence of 25-45 J/cm2....

"If you treat patients with intense pulsed light, you can eradicate almost all
the
organisms," he said.

The findings help explain the results already observed with intense pulsed
light, Dr. Sadick
said. They also suggest that the patient who will benefit most is the person in
his or her
mid-40s who wants to reverse early sun damage but does not need dramatic rhytid
improvement.

...Killing of the Demodex organisms, and consequently toning down inflammatory
processes, probably explains why intense pulsed light improves redness. Many
patients
believe that they have a decrease in pore size, and this may be due to shrinkage
of the
sebaceous glands. Normalization of the elastin fibers may improve elasticity and
account
for some of the smoothing of texture that is seen. Decreased melanin production
accounts
for the improvements in dyschromia...."

Source >

http://rosacea-control.com/html/iplkillsmites.html

More on IPL and other light emitting devices >

http://rosacea-control.com/html/ipl.html

Demodex Editorial >

http://rosacea-control.com/html/demodex.html

Brady


--- In rosacea-support@yahoogroups.com, "Brian Shaffner" <brianshaffner@...>
wrote:
>
> You know, after Tamara's recent succcess with the demodex slaying Z cream,
> and others speaking of theirs with the red LED lamps, it would be an
> interesting experiment to put some of the lil' buggers under red LED light
> for awhile and see what happens to them... decrease in vitality or life
> span, effects on reproduction, etc. etc.
>
> If it did negatively impact them in someway, it would certainly be another
> significant indicator for demodex as a root cause in rosacea.
> Unfortunately, I do not as yet possess an LED array nor a microscope. Not
> even a petri dish, lol. So someone else would have to conduct it.
>
> Fry you little bastards, fry!!! ; D
>
>
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