An Alternative for Rosaceans
Welcome to the RRDi official web site.
The Rosacea Research & Development Institute [RRDi] is the first 501 (c) (3) non profit corporation established June 7, 2004 in the State of Hawaii, USA for the purpose of researching rosacea established by volunteer rosaceans for rosacea sufferers. The Charter of the Corporation states the purpose and Mission Statement clearly outlines the goals of the corporation. The purpose is to research rosacea and form a non profit patient advocacy organization for rosacea patients. If you are interested in how and why this non profit organization was formed click here.
The inaugural edition of the Journal of the Rosacea Research & Development Institute is now available at iUniverse and Amazon.
The RRDi is a volunteeer member driven organization and invites rosaceans to become involved. Volunteering is the force that drives the organization and is an integral spirit of the RRDi philosophy. The RRDi warmly invites rosacean participation. You are not required to volunteer when you join, since we still want you to join even if you can't volunteer. But if you can volunteer, let us know on the application. Please join. For a limited time you may receive a free ebook, Rosacea 101: Includes the Rosacea Diet as a free gift from the founder/director. Click here for more info.
If you can't volunteer and simply want to join to increase our membership that would help too. Imagine if we had tens of thousands of members we might get the attention of the medical community and the public to our mission. Donating would be appreciated so we can continue to publish our journal and sponsor rosacea research. Please donate.
Any author who submits an article to our journal we would like to offer $1000 if we publish the author's article in the next edition of the Journal of the RRDi and choose the article as the best one submitted. For more info click here.
Please donate if you would like to help us reach our goals and continue to publish rosacea articles. If you would like to write an article for our journal please join and send us your article. We would be happy to consider your article for publication.
What is Rosacea?
Rosacea is a chronic and progressive disorder of the face, characterized by some or all of the following symptoms:
Extremely sensitive skin, blushing, flushing, permanent redness, burning, stinging, swelling, papules, pustules, broken red capillary veins, red gritty eyes (which can lead to visual disturbances) and in more advanced cases, a disfiguring bulbous nose. Men and women of all ages can be affected, with over 45 million estimated sufferers of Rosacea worldwide. For more info click here.
"Rosacea is probably a collection of many different diseases that are lumped together inappropriately." Zoe Diana Draelos, MD January 25, 2007. Dr. Draelos is a member of the ROSIE [ROSacea International Expert] Group that says the current classification of rosacea is controversial. Dr. Draelos is also a member of the RRDi MAC. Just because you have a red face might mean you have another skin condition besides rosacea. Your physician should differentiate rosacea from a plethora of other skin conditions. For more info click here.
Sometimes rosacea is misdiagnosed. No one really knows what causes rosacea and there are a number of theories on this for your consideration. Rosacea, therefore, can be confusing, a bewilderment and a mystery. For more info click here.
Check our FAQs about rosacea.
How to Join
You must register to join. The RRDi requires that you provide us with your identity and mailing address and agree to our policies. Once you ha've joined you can post in our secure members forum which will allow you to post questions to the Medical Advisory Consultants (MAC) and to fellow members.
The RRDi is registered at GuideStar
