[Oxidative stress level in patients with rosacea and a rationale for the therapeutic use of an ozone-oxygen mixture]

The paper gives information on the possible involvement of pro- and antioxidant imbalance in the pathogenesis of rosacea. Eighty patients with different clinical types of rosacea were examined; the parameters of primary and intermediate products of lipid peroxidation, superoxide dismutase, plasma total antioxidative activity, and protein oxidative modification were studied. Based on the findings, oxidative therapy options for rosacea, treatment with an ozone-oxygen mixture in particular, are proposed.