Category: Acne

What many people do not realize about skin care for acne is that it does not start with creams and lotions. Although many people simply go to the doctor and get a prescription for retin a acne cream, they are always Surprised when it does not work as well as they wanted to. You see, […]

As a doctor, I am pretty suspicious of naturopathic medicine. Most of it is complete nonsense, made by manipulative people to con gullible people out of their hard earned money. Nevertheless, some natural home remedies really do work. There are some conditions that simply do not require harsh pharmaceutical drugs.  Acne is one of the […]

There are myriad acne alternative treatments being sold today, all purports to clear up your skin right away. Many websites a full of pages of testimonials from people who have used the treatments and been cured. And some of them have been. The trouble is that an acne alternative that works for one may not […]

For many people, acne are often a problem that has no immediate solution. That is why acne remedies are selling fast especially among teenagers. Teenagers are at the highest risk, with 70 percent of them affected with these unattractive and painful blemishes. Clear, glowing skin, free of acne is what we want.
Psychological trauma can also […]

Acne is a medical condition describing blocked skin pores that result in lesions.  For a variety of reasons that aren’t entirely understood, skin pores can become plugged with sebum, the natural oil produced by skins sebaceous glands.  Once plugged, dead cells and bacteria become trapped in the pore, resulting in the lesions common to acne.
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Teenagers all over the world struggle to control acne break outs. Acne is a problem that very few manage to avoid and the truth is that it is not just teenagers that have problems with acne. Many continue to have issues with acne breakouts well into adulthood and some people have problems with it though […]

The treatment of acne for each patient must be individualized, taking into account the main types of acne lesions present.
Lesions in acne can be inflammatory or non-inflammatory. Non-inflammatory lesions are comedones (whiteheads and blackheads). Inflammatory lesions are papules (small red bumps), pustules (small pus-filled bumps), nodules (larger painful red swellings), and cysts (pus-filled cavities). Both […]

Oral medications are used to treat moderate to severe inflammation in acne. Your doctor will consider using oral medication to clear the acne faster in cases where topical treatment is inadequate to control the inflammation, or when the risk of scarring is great, such as in nodulocystic acne (where there are nodules and cystic lesions).
Oral […]

Certain factors are known to cause or aggravate acne. Avoiding these factors contributes to better treatment results, as well as preventing relapses after successful treatment.
Picking and squeezing
It is common to pick at acne lesions and squeeze out the retained sebaceous materials, under the mistaken impression that this will unblock the pore and speed up healing. […]

Acne formation is a complex interplay between genetics, hormones, excessive sebum production, blockage of pore openings, bacteria, and the body’s immune response.
Acne begins at the pilo-sebaceous unit, the oil-producing gland and associated hair follicle. Around puberty, the sebaceous glands grow in size and start producing more sebum under the influence of increased amounts of androgens […]

Acne rosacea is an inflammatory condition of the facial oil glands and the skin in between them. It is more common in middle-aged women than in men.
These lesions were the cardinal signs of this condition, the telangiectasias or dilated blood vessels that are common in the disease.
For many years no one knew what influences initiated […]

Acne is a disease that can last for years in some teens. It is a process in which the tiny tubes leading from the oil glands become completely or partially plugged. This results in back pressure on the oil glands themselves and trapping of bacteria. These bacteria are called Propionibacterium acnes. These P acnes bacteria […]