Manage Your Rosacea With Topical Live Probiotics

Protection - The microorganisms on the skin can help protect against pathogenic bacteria by competing for space and nutrients. They can also produce antimicrobial compounds that inhibit the growth of harmful microorganisms. Immune System

Support - The skin microbiome can interact with the immune system, helping to educate it and maintain its balance. This interaction is important for the skin's ability to respond to pathogens and other challenges.

Skin Health - The microbiome contributes to the maintenance of skin health by helping to regulate inflammation, supporting wound healing, and influencing skin conditions like rosacea.

Nutrient Metabolism - Some microorganisms in the skin microbiome can break down components of sweat and sebum, producing beneficial metabolites that can nourish the skin. This includes antimicrobials, ceramides, AHAs, BHAs, PHAs, antioxidants, vitamins, and minerals. 

What many do not realize is that individuals who have rosacea often have an overexpression of receptors in the skin microbiome, which leads to an increased inflammatory response by over-producing peptides such as cathelicid

This increased inflammation can also cause the skin to increase in temperature, which affects bacterial growth and balance in addition to discouraging the growth of beneficial bacteria on the skin. When the skin temperature has increased, Staph. epidermidis can also release more proteins than normal, amping up the inflammation of the skin even more.

It’s also been determined that people who have rosacea have a higher concentration of bacterial strains like Firmicutes and Proteobacteria, and lower ratios of Actinobacteria. As shown here on bar second to the left. These changes in the diversity of the types of bacteria on the skin can leave it prone to infection and inflammatory responses, which is why it’s so important to support the skin microbiome's balance rather than disrupt it.

There is also one more cause for rosacea, beyond bacteria imbalances that many of us don’t even like to think about…  And that’s mites.

The demodex mite to be exact.

This naturally occurring mite lives within the skin microbiome and at the end of its life cycle it explodes spreading even more harmful bacteria. If your client has an overgrowth of these mites and no way to counteract them it’s going to be an uphill battle for overcoming rosacea.