| Acne is a skin disease that the medical world | | | | Because they contain an active ingredient or |
| describes as acne vulgaris and which commonly | | | | chemical agent to treat acne, doctors refer to |
| occurs in adolescence and in young adulthood. | | | | them as topical medicine. The most used are: |
| Statistics show that Acne vulgaris is a widespread | | | | Benzoyl peroxide, resorcinol, salicylic acid, and |
| skin condition and that 8 people out of 10 are | | | | sulfur. |
| affected by it. In this article, we describe most | | | | Acne treatment by light : |
| treatments available today. The one best adapted | | | | The use of intense blue light within the spectral |
| to your needs is best prescribed by a doctor. | | | | range of 415-425 nm, has a positive effect in the |
| In medical terms, acne vulgaris is a skin disorder | | | | management of acne and may be beneficial for |
| of the sebaceous follicles. What causes it is not | | | | the treatment of mild to moderate acne patients. |
| yet absolutely clear, why some do not get it is | | | | P. acnes colony counts fail to show a significant |
| not either. What happens is known: pores of the | | | | decrease at the end of treatment by light. |
| skin get clogged (obstruction of sebaceous | | | | Heat treatment of acne: |
| follicles) by an overproduction of natural skin oil | | | | This refers to devices that locally heat the region |
| also known as sebum. This often starts happening | | | | of infectious lesions within a very specific |
| when hormonal levels rise. | | | | temperature range that clears pimples in patients |
| What happens next is that a microbe, known as | | | | with mild to moderate inflammatory acne. As in |
| Propionibacterium acnes, causes a disorder of the | | | | blue light acne treatment, it is highly localized. It will |
| pilosebaceous follicles and this results in the area | | | | help cure a local infection but will not make the |
| that is affected to become infected. It is then | | | | acne go away. |
| that pimples, zits or blackheads appear. It is | | | | Acne treatment by antibiotics: |
| invariably at this time that patients seek out | | | | It has long been known that Propionibacterium |
| some form of relief treatment for their acne. | | | | acnes, which promotes perifollicular inflammation, is |
| OTC (Over The Counter) acne treatment | | | | highly resistant. It is why doctors sometimes try |
| products: | | | | to treat it with antibiotics. Naming all different |
| These are freely available at pharmacy and health | | | | types of antibiotics exceeds the scope of this |
| stores as soaps, ointments, salves, gels or lotions. | | | | article. |