Wednesday, March 21, 2012

How To Treat Acne

By James Smith


Acne can be a real problem. The good news is that there is plenty that you can do to tackle that problem. There are a multitude of anti-acne skin care products around, which fall into the following broad categories:

- Prevention
- Acne treatments avaiable without a prescription
- Prescribably medications

Generalised skin care products can be quite effective in preventing acne from occuring in the first place. These include cleansers and make-up removers and can be bough in any high-street pharmacy. These kinds of products should always be a part of your daily skincare regimine.

So how do these anti-acne products work? Basically, they all limit the production of oil on the skin. The most common cause of acne is this oil which is produced on the skin; it clogs up the pores and provides a fertile environement for bacteria to breed, so cleaning out the pores daily stops this from happening. Exfoliating the skin daily with a special facial wash can also help to remove oil from the pores.

If you're already suffering from acne, prevention isn't going to do much for you; in that case you'll need a specialised acne treatment designed to kill off acne once it has already appeared.. Some of these creams and lotions are available over the counter, without the need for a doctor's prescription. Once such treatment is vanishing creams, and they work simply by getting rid o any excess oil that is present on your skin. Salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide are the special ingredients in these creams; both of which kill dead the bacteria which causes acne. The best approach is to start with a low concentration of these ingredients in the cream that you choose, so that you can make sure that your skin doesn't get irritated by them You can also get hold of moisturising cream which can get rid of acne, which make use of alpha-hydroxy-acids, and you need to start slowly with these too.

These treatments are not universally effective, they have different results in different people, so you might need to give a few treatments a try before you hit upon the one that is right for you. If you can't find anything that works, you should seek advice from a skin doctor.




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