Beauty • Skin Care

Can Acne Be Cured Or Just Controlled?

Oct 09, 2011 • By Robert West • 104 Views

Acne is one of the most frequently occurring skin disorders that can affect people of all races, genders and ages. With millions of people affected with acne worldwide each year, the most important questions for the acne sufferers are "Can I successfully treat this problem or will I ever be able to get rid of acne completely?"

The good news, however, is that while acne is still considered "medically incurable", there are some good natural ways of "controlling acne permanently and completely". The following review focuses on different treatment options available for those who suffer from acne.

Medical therapy

Depending on the severity and type of acne you may be prescribed a medicine to be applied topically, taken orally, or both. Some of these medicines commonly include:

1-    Topical retinoids for treating comedones (blackheads). However, they have limited benefit for inflammatory lesions such as pustules or cysts.

2-    Topical antimicrobials (Benzoyl peroxide) help to reduce skin bacteria and provide good results in mild acne (pustules/pimples) but can be irritating to the skin.

3-    Antibiotic therapy is generally done in moderate to severe acne.  Topical antibiotics (e.g. Cleocin-T, Benzamycin) are often helpful for mild cases of acne.  Oral antibiotics (tetracycline, erythromycin) have been used for years but have various side effects.

Surgery

If you have scarring, your dermatologist may suggest surgery to help heal acne lesions and remove scarring. A laser can reshape scar tissue and reduce redness. Dermabrasion is a type of surgery that can remove surface scars and reduce the depth of deep scars. Another option is to transfer fat from one part of the body to the face. In some cases, a singletreatment can help scarring. But for lasting results, several are often needed.

Can more serious forms of acne be treated?

For more serious forms of acne that do not respond to OTCs or naturaltreatments, you should work with your doctor to find the best treatment.

All in all, while it is true that there has been no "medical cure" available for acne to date, various other options are rapidly emerging in the market with promising results. If you want to try one of such options, you must do your own research to find what will suit you the best.

Beautiful, Clear, Healthy, Cleaner feeling Skin Starts On The Inside!

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Health • Acne

How to Get Rid of Acne Inc With a Quick Acne Solution Called Acne Laser Surgery

Jul 14, 2010 • By C. Marie •

We live in a society that seeks to do everything as quickly as possible.  When we are in trouble or sick we want to escape that problem. Everyone who is suffering with the horror of acne is also looking for a Quick Acne Solution. Acne Laser Surgery is one such solution. But to Learn How to Get Rid of Acne with Acne Laser Surgery we must first understand all that is involved and who should participate.  It is not something we want to jump right into.  We want to go slowly and learn the pros and cons.

To start off with, Acne Laser Surgery is expensive and difficult to enduretherefore it should only be considered when someone has a very severe case of acne.  You have two choices with this procedure. The first choice will work to significantly lessen the amount of bacteria on your skin.  Bacteria is a major part of the problem and when there is too much bacteria acne will break out. This type of Acne Laser Surgery also helps to keep bacteria from coming back. The second choice of Acne Laser Surgery is for shrinking the sebaceous glands. The procedure known as Laser Resurfacing is a way to treat scars. It removes your old skin and new skin grows back. Your doctor may call Laser Resurfacing: Laser peel, Laser vaporization or lesabration.

The best and easiest type of Acne Laser Surgery is Erbium. There is much less burning of your skin and you will recover so much more quickly.

Like all kinds of plastic and cosmetic surgery used for the purpose of more beauty, acne laser surgery falls under the same category. In years gone by you would find it used only in prominent societies. Today it is used more widely in regular society as well. Recipents of Acne Laser Surgery may feel as if they have had a makeover and experience more confidence.

Nevertheless surgery is surgery. Not everyone will want to experience or endurethe painful effects of surgery to achieve the results we have mentioned here orendure the costs involved. After careful consideration you may feel it is your only choice.

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Writing • Non-Fiction

Surgery to Remove Acne Scarring

Apr 28, 2007 • By Kim Novak • 1,016 Views

The most difficult aspect about having acne is the fact that you know there will be scarring, regardless of whether or not you have been popping your pimples. Acne scarring, however, like acne, can be treated. The question is, what method should you choose? Should you have surgery to remove acne scarring?

The best thing you can do is be sure you really need to have the acne scarring treatment. Perhaps flawless skin is not all that flawless after all. Everyone has little marks within their skin and this is very normal. Unless under extremely close investigation, most small scars simply don't stand out.

Acne scarring treatment can be very expensive; and you have to be sure that you are not putting yourself in debt just to get super clear skin. The scars can be as difficult to live with as finding the right treatment for them is hard.

But the benefits are many. Acne scarring treatments come in a variety of forms; and often the most effective and most expensive of these is acne laser scarring treatment.

Scars are in fact deep inside the skin and only acne laser scarring treatment can help correct this.

You should always keep in mind that you will need to pay a reasonable amount of money if you want reasonable treatment results. Depending on how deep your scars are, you may need more treatment sessions than a milder case. Of course, in addition to the financial aspect you will need to research the clinic where you will have your treatment. These days there are many clinics and doctors specializing in acne treatment. Start with your local area and search the internet. Always visit and ask as many questions as you may deem necessary to assess the competency of your chosen clinic. It's o.k. to ask for referrals also.

You need to also remember that clearer skin is your responsibility and you have to be willing to put in as much effort as you can to maintain your skin.

The benefits of acne scarring treatment are that you get clear healthy skin. The acne does not usually come back because most of these treatments kill the bacteria and shrink the oil glands that produce the oil that block your pores.

Most of these acne scarring treatments require you to conduct personal research. Even though you are desperate, take it easy and do the work required. Your goal is to get beautiful, healthy skin. You had to work patiently with the acne treatment products to clear the acne, so why not do the same with your research on surgery to remove acne scarring?

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Health • Diseases and Conditions

Acne - What is Acne?

Aug 05, 2007 • By Kaushik Das •

What is acne? Acne is a term attributed to plugged pores, commonly known asblackheads and whiteheads, pimples, and even cysts or nodules, occur on the face, neck, chest, back, shoulders and upper arms. Follicles, often called pores, often get blocked with sebum (oil), which normally drains to the surface, and a bacteria propionibacterium acnes, begins to grow. Both whiteheads and blackheads start out as a "microcomedone" which then become skin blemishes called comedones. Acne can be upsetting, disfiguring, sometimes leading to permanent scarring.

There are different types of acne. A white head is a lesion where trapped sebum and bacteria stay below the skin surface. A blackhead, on the other hand, is a lesion where trapped sebum and bacteria partially open to the surface and turn black due to the skin pigment melanin.

A papule is a small solid lesion slightly elevated above the surface of the skin. A pustule, again, is a dome-shaped skin elevation containing pus: a mixture of white blood cells, dead skin cells, and bacteria. It often has a hair in the center. A macule is a temporary red spot left by a healed acne lesion. It is flat and pinkish, with well-defined borders that can persist for days to weeks. A number of macules can contribute to the "inflamed face" appearance of acne. A nodule is a solid dome-shaped or irregularly shaped lesion, characterized by pain, inflammation and extending into deeper layers of the skin. It may cause tissue destruction resulting in scarring.

A cyst is a sac-like lesion containing white blood cells, dead cells, and bacteria. It may be severely inflamed and painful, extending into deeper layers of the skin and can result in scarring.

Who gets acne? Acne affects teenagers mostly; however it can occur in adults of all age groups also. Acne starts between the ages of ten and thirteen and usually lasts for five to ten years. It normally goes away on its own in the early twenties but can stretch into the late twenties or thirties or even beyond. Some people get acne for the first time as adults.

The treatment of acne is not difficult at all. Following a clear regimen helps considerably. Gentle cleansing plus plenty of 2.5% Benzoyl Peroxide gives a clear skin as Benzoyl peroxide kills the acne bacteria well. A little itchiness after an application is quite normal, and some people also experience redness of the skin for the initial couple of weeks. However, this will definitely get better because it will cure the acne and prevent any new outbreaks.

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