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Throughout this web site, we explain that the best cure for rosacea is balancing acid and alkaline in the body. Acids typically found in the body have many names: cholesterol, plaque, fat, and peptides, for instance. All of these acids can be buffered or neutralized with alkaline foods and drinks, as well as relaxation to reduce the production of stress hormones (which happen to be peptides). Peptides can be solubized or neutralized by water, as confirmed by this Global Peptide Services FAQ.

The Gallio study states that sufferers of rosacea "express abnormally high levels of cathelicidin in their facial skin and that the proteolytically processed forms of cathelicidin peptides found in rosacea are different from those present in normal individuals." Cathelicidin (as noted in this Wikipedia article) is a polypeptide, which is acidic. The Gallio study does not offer any suggestions for treatment options based on this "new" evidence.

We of Bass & Boney Pharmaceuticals, Inc. realized years ago that antibiotics are not effective at reducing rosacea (though they can be helpful temporarily for treating acne, which 82% of rosacea sufferers also have). Other pseudotreatments such as laser therapy are expensive and often hurt the skin in the long term more than they help. Our recommendation to rosacea sufferers remains the same: drink more water to neutralize the acids and increase your pH! Whether it's peptides causing your face to flush, cholesterol in the arteries causing heart failure, plaque in the arteries of the brain causing strokes, or fat on the stomach and backside, drinking alkaline water will improve your health by reducing these acids.