Treatment for Acne

There are many common acne products available in the market for treatment of acne. Acne cleansers are facial care products designed to remove dead cells, open up pores, remove oil, dust, dirt and other harmful pollutants.
If your acne problem is not severe and you only encounter breakouts once in a while, you can actually just let your immune system do its job in fighting off the bacteria that caused your small zit and instigate the healing process of your skin. More often than not, if you leave your tiny pimple to expire on its own, you won't have any scarring problems in the future.

However, if you want your mild to moderate acne breakouts to disappear at the shortest possible time, then you might need the help of topical creams and medications.

A variety of acne medications with proved efficacy are used in the United States. The selection of the prescription medication for the patient is based on the severity and type of acne. Patients with mild to severe acne can be treated with topical or oral medicines. Although systemic therapy is mainly used for treatment of severe acne, it is sometimes needed for moderate cases.


Types of acne medicine products

Topical Antimicrobials

These acne medicine products work by attacking the bacteria causing acne to appear on the surface. As the term "topical" suggests, they are applied directly to your skin.

Topical Retinoid

This type of acne medicine product mainly uses vitamin A to unclog pores and minimize production of whiteheads and blackheads. This product however may cause a person to suffer skin irritation problems as well as heightened sensitivity to sun exposure.

Oral Antibiotics

Yes, its possible indeed that you can cure yourself from acne through oral medication. Its imperative however that you use the right dosage or risk having your body immune to the medicines effects.

Oral Contraceptives

Although this has been effective in treating acne, remember that it was not primarily intended for such use. As a result, manufacturers hadnt concentrated in ensuring that their products dont have any side effects when used for treating acne.

Benzoyl Peroxide

This is one of the most popular acne medicine products being used. It may however cause a slightly painful sensation when being applied. It may also cause your skin to become dry and your hair bleached so care must be exercised when using it.

Salicylic Acid

This ingredient can be found in numerous types of acne medicine products and in various forms such as creams, lotions, and even pads. It is only effective however in treating mild cases of acne.

Resorcinol

This ingredient is not as popular as the two previous acne medicine solutions discussed. Nevertheless, resorcinol is able to effectively treat mild acne and in mitigating blackhead and whitehead production.

Sulfur

This is another lesser-known ingredient found in several acne medicine products in spite of the fact that it has been used for more than half a century already.

Herbal Medications

Be wary when using herbal medications to treat acne because many herbal acne medicine products have not been approved by the Food and Drug Administration.


Treatments for comedonal, papulopustular, inflammatory and severe acne

In comedonal acne there is no inflammation. The way to cure such acne is to apply topical acne lotions of azelaic acid or salicylic acid or topical retinoidal acne lotions or benzoyl peroxide acne lotion. (Benzoyl peroxide is one of the best over the counter acne product).

Papulopustular acne or mild inflammatory acne can be cured by topical antibiotic acne lotions like erythromycin or benzoyl peroxide acne lotions or topical retinoidal acne lotions. The use of antibiotics kills bacteria momentarily but does not give permanent cure for acne.

Inflammatory acne or moderately inflammatory acne can be cured by topical retinoids or benzoyl peroxide acne lotions in combination with oral antibiotics. Oral antibiotics give longer relief but still are not effective for permanent cure for acne.

Severe Inflammatory acne can be cured by retinoidal acne lotions like isotretinoin or by hormonal treatment. The hormones that are beneficial are drospirenone and cyproterone. Hormonal treatment is more effective in women.

Self-medication can be dangerous. Consult your doctor before using any medicine listed here.

Some dietary supplements like acuzine are popular. The dietary supplements contain antioxidants, vitamins, collagen, herbal extracts etc, which are beneficial for the skin and speed up recovery.


If acne is severe it would be wise to consult a dermatologist, who can prescribe a treatment plan to reduce the number of outbreaks, and subsequent scarring.