A number of experts, scholars and practitioners delivered the opening speeches, including Professor Chen Xiang, Vice President of Central South University; Professor Gao Xinghua, Director-designate of Chinese Society of Dermatovenerology, Chinese Medical Association, President-designate of Dermatologist Chapter of Chinese Medical Doctor Association (CMDA), and Vice President of the First Hospital of China Medical University; Professor Lu Qianjin, Director of Chinese Society of Dermatovenerology, Chinese Medical Association; Professor Wang Gang, President of Dermatologist Chapter of CMDA and President of Xijing Dermatology Hospital of the Fourth Military Medical University; Li Xiaoping, a member of the Party Working Committee of Wangcheng Economic and Technological Development Zone, Changsha; and Chair of the Conference, Professor Li Ji from the Dermatology Department of Xiangya Hospital.

The First International Conference of Rosacea & Symposium on the Diagnosis and Treatment of Discosmetic Dermatosis Held in Changsha

It is learned that, rosacea is a chronic inflammatory dermatosis mainly occurring in the middle of the face of young and middle-aged women. The prevalence rate of Chinese people is close to 4%. Due to the poor operability of the previous diagnostic criteria for rosacea and the inconsistent understanding of rosacea in China, there are many missed and misdiagnosed clinical cases. The pathogenesis of rosacea is unclear and the basic research is relatively backward, leading to the lack of clinical treatment methods. It is currently a challenge and hot spot in the clinical diagnosis and treatment of dermatology in China.

Dermatologists from the United States, Germany, Qatar, Canada, South Korea and other countries were invited to give video lectures in the Conference, showing the latest international situation and cutting-edge trends in clinical and basic research of rosacea. Dirk M. Elston, editor-in-chief ofJAADin the United States, analyzed and explained the perspectives and ideas of editors based on several cases in the top dermatology journalJAAD. Professor Martin Schaller from the University of Tübingen, Germany, shared the therapy on cutaneous and ocular rosacea. Professor Martin Steinhoff from the Qatar University clarified the pathophysiology of rosacea from the perspective of neuroimmunity. Professor Jerry Tan, a clinical expert from the University of Western Ontario, Canada, shared his insights and experiences on the definition and diagnosis of rosacea. Professor Dae Hun Suh from Seoul National University College of Medicine (SNUCM), South Korea, gave an excellent presentation on photoelectric therapy of rosacea.

Several International Experts Delivered Online Lectures for the First Conference of Rosacea

Focusing on the clinical diagnosis and treatment of rosacea and other facial discosmetic dermatoses, participants at the Conference provided wonderful and rich presentations and carried out heated discussions on frontier researches. Gao Xinghua, Zhang Jianzhong, Zhang Furen, Gu Heng, Yao Zhirong, Shi Wei, Li Chunying, Tao Juan, He Li, Wang Honglin, Man Xiaoyong and other well-known professors in dermatology gave wonderful speeches on the diagnosis, treatment and mechanism research of facial discosmetic dermatoses such as facial vitiligo, facial inflammatory dermatosis, acne, craniofacial atopic dermatitis, craniofacial seborrheic dermatitis, facial stains, and psoriasis. Lu Hongguang, Jian Dan, Li Ji, Xiang Leihong, Wang Gang, Yang Rongya, Yang Bin, Lai Wei, Hao Fei, Xu Yang, Chen Liuqing, Lin Tong, Chen Lihong and other famous dermatology experts in China made in-depth discussions on the skin barrier, pathophysiology, diagnosis, drug therapy, photoelectric therapy and other aspects of rosacea. Professor Cui Yong described the skin imageological features and the database application direction of rosacea, providing a new thinking direction for the diagnosis and understanding of acne rosacea. At the same time, several professors including Liu Wei, Yang Yong, Ju Qiang, Ran Yuping, Lei Mingxing and Li Ji delivered speeches on the research of rosacea and micro-ecology, and the basic research frontier of the appendages of pilosebaceous unit. With abundant teaching contents and overwhelming response on the site, the Conference not only provided valuable learning opportunities for junior dermatologists and postgraduates, but also provided a platform for experts to exchange cutting-edge views.

All seats were occupied on site

At the Conference, a press conference for Rosacea was held. The monograph on rosacea is the first of its kind in China written by the team of Professors Xie Hongfu and Li Ji from the Department of Dermatology of Xiangya Hospital Central South University. Professor Xie Hongfu interpreted the guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of rosacea in China. In recent years, the team has done a lot of work in clinical diagnosis, treatment and basic research of rosacea, laying a foundation for the successful convening of this Conference. The team has established and improved the first big data system of rosacea clinical data and biological sample database in China, completed the first epidemiological survey of rosacea in China, proposed and discussed the diagnostic criteria and new clinical classification of rosacea in China, and led the formulation of the firstDiagnosis and Treatment of Rosacea in China: an Expert Consensus Statement (2016) and the first Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Treatment of Rosacea in China(2021 Edition). In recent years, the team has published more than 50 SCI papers inEMBO Mol Med,EMBO Jand other journals around discosmetic dermatoses such as rosacea and pilosebaceous unit homeostasis, and presided over 20 National Natural Science Foundation projects.

In addition, Jiang Hong, vice president of Xiangya Hospital, Zhang Maohong, director of Business Development Center, and Professor Xie Hongfu co-chaired the awarding ceremony for the third batch of rosacea medical alliance. The National Alliance of Rosacea is a special disease alliance initiated by the Department of Dermatology of Xiangya Hospital in 2018. Up to now, it has developed four batches of 259 member units, aiming at standardizing and improving the diagnosis and treatment of rosacea in China. This Conference has reflected the achievements made by the rosacea team of Xiangya Hospital in clinical and basic research and related education over the years.

The Awarding Ceremony for the Third Batch of Rosacea Medical Alliance