Acne Talk

     The first step in treating acne and acne scars is knowing it’s source and how to treat it. It’s hard, if not impossible, to eliminate acne and acne scars if you don’t know anything about the acne products you are about to use. There is a big chance that they will nor work for you, because each individual’s skin is different.

Understanding what causes acne

     It is possible to have acne due to the family genes. But there are some environmental issues too. One thing is certain: you have it for a reason. Maybe your skin is oily and warm. Acne bacteria is attracted to the dead skin cells on your face, because it is what feeds it. The acne bacteria gets on your face, feeds with dead cells and enters the pores. Your skin becomes irritated and pimples appear.

Make acne go away

     Natural acne treatments, such as eating a ballanced diet and food supplements can help control your skin condition. A good sort of vitamins and minerals will help you stay acne free.

     For treating the acne infections you should go to your doctor. He will provide you with some antibiotics or natural skin care treatments, wich might work too. Either way, the acne bacteria is to be destroyed. After that you can try some exfoliating solutions to remove dead skin cells, to eliminate their food source and prevent further infections. 

     Many acne products can help on any stage of the acne condition. The important thing is to understand the causes of it’s appearance, what keeps it on your skin, how you can treat your acne and further prevent it.

            Acne is most common to people of age between 12 and 24. It is hard to determine the exact cause of acne. One of the sources for acne is the over secretion of the sebaceous gland, which produces oil, and the skin surface retains bacteria and all dust particles from the environment. The sebaceous gland is, therefore, an important acne cause.
             Pilosebaceous units are placed over the entire body skin, except for the soles of the feet and the palms
             Commonly affecting the skin condition of people between ages 12 to 24 is a disease called acne. The precise cause of acne is hard to determine. However, over secretion of the sebaceous glands is pointed as the cause to trigger most acne outbreaks. These are a combination of oil glands and hair folicules and they are responsible for secreting sebum. Under abnormal conditions (like stress, an unusual natural condition, hormonal imbalances etc.), they secrete excessive sebum, which clogs the pores. From the clogged pores to bacterial infection, then reaction of the immune system, the body’s response is acne inflammation.
             Acne problems appear on any skin type. For example, if you have a dry skin, you may be OK if the air humidity is high, but in the winter you might get some serious outbreaks. Oily skin is the most susceptible to acne problems, but it is also the easiest to treat. The normal skin acne problems are the lightest and the easiest to cure.
             In present time, there is no 100 % cure for acne, but many acne remedies exist, as well as several skin care methods. There are lots of medications that apply on the skin surface, but these (I’m referring to “pore strip pads” and others that actually remove whiteheads or blackheads) do not resolve the excessive sebum.
 

For remedy, but also for acne prevention, here are a few tips:
 

- Drink plenty of fluids like water, natural juices. Minimize the intake of carbonated drinks. Water helps eliminating bacteria from the body the “natural way” (by urine, not the skin surface). Not too much, though, because it may also eliminate the bacterial flora in your digestive system.
 - A healthy, well-balanced diet must be observed. Therefore, your food intake must incorporate all the essential nutrients your body needs.
 - Make up is NOT Recommended.
 - Wash your face with mild soap and water, to remove the plugs on the skin pores, which may be a combination of dead skin cells, bacteria and hardened sebum. Dirt is not truly the cause of acne, but it surely contributes to bacterial infection through its interaction with skin debris and particles and extra oil in the skin.
 - To remove the extra sebum you should use cleansing pads that may contain one or the combination of the following: salicylic acid, sulfur and benzoyl peroxide.
 - To greatly reduce the presence of extra oil in the skin you can also wash your face (and neck, shoulders, basically any part of your body that you consider of risk for acne from excessive sebum secretion) with water as hot as you can withstand.
 - Try not to use harsh cleansers and use acne skin care items that exfoliate mildly. Do not scrub vigorously to the affected areas; you will only make the irritation worse.
 - Try not to touch your face with dirty hands.
 - If the weather is hot and you have been perspiring, you should tie up your hair ( if it is long, that is ) to keep it away from your face.
 

            Remember that is better and safer to prevent acne than treating it. This way you can be sure that even if you get acne, it will be a lot easier and less painful to treat it and prevent it’s spreading or worsening.

     Acne is not a particularly attractive treat for anyone, whether adult or adolescent. Acne contributes to lowering one’s self-esteem. If you don’t treat acne, it can and surely will scar your skin, with direct effects upon your emotionally life forever.

     Fortunately the acne is curable. Acne is characterized by inflammation of the skin shaped as pus-filled bumps. These bumps are hair follicles clogged with dead skin cells and oil.

     Many things might cause acne. Here are a few frequent acne causes:

        - a genetic predisposition to acne

        - fluctuations in hormonal levels, especially of the testosterone. Acne is the body’s way of letting you know of these hormonal changes

        - stress, due to overworking of the adrenal glands.  - medications containing halogens, androgens, arbiturates, and iodides

        - exposure to chlorinated compounds

        - abnormalities in follicle physiology (too narrow channels, extremely wide and deep pores).

     Adult acne may also be due to conditions such as pregnancy, ovarian syndromes or a rare syndrome such as Cushing’s.

     Although highly unsightly and inconvenient, acne skin treatments really exist. Several ointments, containing either retinoic acid and/or benzoyl peroxide, have been proven to cure acne. These do not provide immediate results, but in time they work. And they are often expensive.

     Although many studies on acne show that sunlight makes acne problems worse, it’s actually the UV that causes skin damage. Nevertheless, treatment of acne by other wavelengths of light is now a common acne treatment, being painless, non-invasive, and decreases the incidence of acne.

     One type, light wave therapy, passes a blue light beam of high intensity over the skin. Originally used for cancer therapies, this acne treatment method is actually effective in acne removal.

     The light of blue light therapy is generated by lasers, fluorescent light bulbs or dichroic bulbs. If you use it daily, blue light can reduce acne considerably, because of the effect of the light on Propionibacterium acnes, the acne causing bacteria.

     The bacterium produces a set of molecules called porphyrins, which generates free radicals when exposed to blue light. These free radicals kill the bacteria and acne is reduced.

     Blue light acne treatment is safe and more effective by far than benzoyl peroxide, but for shorter periods only. It is considered expensive, but in reality is cheaper than using benzoyl peroxide, because it takes a long time to treat acne with the second, even years, in some cases.

     Laser surgery makes use of a high intensity laser beam passed over the skin to treat acne. This kind of acne treatment is used to treat acne scars, but is now commonly used to prevent acne.

Laser therapy works by one of the following methods:

     Lasers burn away the follicle sac, the opening in the follicle from which hair grows. Laser light is strong enough to completely remove the sebaceous glands.

The laser led to the formation of free oxygen radicals in acne bacteria and kills it, just like the blue light therapy.

     But laser surgery has disadvantages, like damage the skin. If used improperly, it can dry out skin, or lead to the formation of spots.

     You should consult your dermatologist before you use laser surgery, and find out all the advantages and disadvantages of this acne treatment solution. If used properly, laser surgery will give you a healthy, clearer, acne free skin.