Originally published March 28 2005
Rosacea sufferers test experimental green tea cream with promising results
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
A dermatologist at the University of California at San Francisco has developed a facial cream containing green tea extract that has shown great results in its first trial. The cream was tested on 70 women with rosacea--a skin condition that causes redness and blistering on the face-- who used it twice a day for four weeks. At the end of the trial, 70 percent of the women who used the cream showed a marked decrease in redness. Other dermatologists say the study is promising, but more testing is needed.
- A cream containing a green tea extract is showing promise in the treatment of rosacea in women, California researchers report.
- Rosacea is a chronic condition most often characterized by redness, bumps, pimples and visible blood vessels on the face.
- People with fair skin who tend to blush easily are thought to be at highest risk.
- Dr. Tanweer Syed, a dermatologist at the University of California in San Francisco, reports that a cream containing a green tea extract called polyphenone produces a 70 per cent improvement in rosacea compared with an inactive cream.
- The study included 60 women, ages 25 to 50 years, half of whom were treated with the green tea cream and half treated with inactive cream.
- The women applied the cream to their face twice a day for four weeks.
- Guy Webster, a dermatologist at Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia who was not involved in the study.
- "These women obviously had rosacea and blushing.
- There is not much you can do for this.
- But the faces were looking distinctively red (at the beginning of the study) and they are coming out not distinctively red."
- However, Webster cautions the work is in the early stages and needs confirming.
- The cream also has been shown to have anti-aging and anti-acne properties, Syed says.
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