A Review of the Challenges and Nuances in Treating Rosacea in Asian Skin Types Using Cleansers and Moisturizers as Adjuncts

January 2023 | Volume 22 | Issue 1 | 45 | Copyright © January 2023


Published online January 1, 2023

Kanokvalai Kulthanan MDa, Anneke Andriessen PhDb, Xian Jiang MD PhDc, Chih-Hung Lee MD PhDd, Cheng-Feng Zhang MD PhDe

aDepartment of Dermatology, Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
bAndriessen Consultants and Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
cDepartment of Dermatology, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China; Laboratory of Dermatology, Clinical Institute of Inflammation and Immunology (CIII), Frontiers Science Center for Disease-Related Molecular Network, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
dDepartment of Dermatology, Kaohsiung Chang Gung Memorial Hospital and Chang Gung University College of Medicine, Kaohsiung, Taiwan eDepartment of Dermatology, Huashan Hospital of Fudan University, Shanghai, China

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AUTHOR CORRESPONDENCE

Anneke Andriessen PhD anneke.a@tiscali.nl