| Some of the best acne treatments offered | | | | caused by acne and researchers are now |
| today are based or developed through high | | | | focusing on whether the same method can be |
| technology and scientific innovations. The | | | | employed to prevent the actual formation of |
| emergence of high tech medical devices and | | | | acne. Laser technology is currently being |
| instruments has changed the way medical and | | | | developed to burn away follicle sac and sebaceous |
| health-related concerns are addressed by | | | | gland and induce the formation of oxygen in the |
| specialists and the public in general. | | | | bacteria to kill them. As of 2005, these scenarios |
| One of the areas of medicine that has benefited | | | | remain in the research stage and are not yet |
| from technology is dermatology. The emergence | | | | established as definite treatment methods. |
| of biotechnology, LEDs and laser has allowed | | | | Another area of high technology that presents a |
| scientists to develop some of the best acne | | | | lot of promise for treating acne is biotechnology, |
| treatments that man has ever seen. Arguably, | | | | particularly the fields tied with genetics. Since acne |
| technology is the best thing that has ever | | | | is believed to be linked with heredity, |
| happened to medicine. | | | | whole-genome DNA sequencing has been the |
| The discovery of LEDs, lasers and fluorescent | | | | focus of some research efforts. The aim is to |
| lighting has led to the development of the use of | | | | understand the body mechanisms involve in acne |
| visible light in treating acne, a process better | | | | formation. The use of gene therapy to alter the |
| known as phototherapy. This method of | | | | DNA of the skin also seems to be a not too far |
| treatment has been shown to reduce 64 percent | | | | possibility. |
| of acne lesions when used twice a week. The | | | | Technology has provided us with some of the |
| method apparently works better when combined | | | | best acne treatments ever known to man. More |
| with red visible light. The combination has been | | | | possibilities are still waiting to be discovered and |
| found to reduce lesions by 76 percent after three | | | | 21st century science is on the verge of making all |
| months of daily use. | | | | these possibilities a reality. |
| Laser surgery is already used in reducing scars | | | | |