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Monthly Archives: June 2009
Acne Treatment – a Full Review
Susan Moro asked: Acne is a part of growing up for almost every individual. Everyone faces some kind of acne in his/her lifetime at least once. Sometimes acne can become a nightmare of the teenager’s life. Some cases of acne … Continue reading
Excoriated Acne – If you pick at it, it WILL get worse.
When your mother used to tell you that picking at a cut would make it worse, she wasn’t kidding. If you are still doing it to this day, however, then the chances are that you have a compulsive skin picking … Continue reading
Hypertrophic Scars – Not Something You Need To Face
Among the many types of acne scar that can be found regularly among sufferers, the hypertrophic scar is unique in that it is rarely found on the face of a sufferer. It is also rare in that it is not … Continue reading
Rolling Scars – A Rare Form of Acne Scar, But Unpleasant Nonetheless
Although the majority of scarring caused by acne, particularly facial breakouts, falls into the categories of ice pick or box car scarring, there are other forms of scar which can afflict the acne sufferer. One of the two other major … Continue reading
Box Car Scars – The Aftermath of Inflammation
Although not as common as ice pick scars, nor as pronounced, box car scars are a familiar type of acne scar, most frequently found after an inflammatory acne breakout. In comparison with ice pick scars, box car scars are a … Continue reading
Ice Pick Scars – The Most Common Acne Scar
There are four major types of acne scar which affect acne sufferers in a major way. They are, in order of regularity: ice pick scars; boxcar scars; rolling scars and hypertrophic or keloid scars. The most common of these is … Continue reading
Laser Treatment – Burning Acne Away Without Harming You?
The fight against acne is one that has been going on since the time of the Ancient Romans, and is one that is set to continue for a while yet. Acne is not a syndrome that takes the punishment lying … Continue reading
What does the future hold for acne sufferers?
There are plans constantly afoot to develop a “silver bullet” in the fight against acne, and these plans are getting closer incrementally, perhaps a day at a time. The latest plan to be seen as a potential winning blow in … Continue reading
Thinking Outside The Box
Although there are plenty of products available for the treatment of facial acne, many of them are only partially effective, and the ones that are most effective have a tendency to carry side effects that are proportionately worse than the … Continue reading
Prevention is better than cure
It is difficult to find a commercial product that will cure acne or even clear it up for a prolonged period. If you can prevent acne from growing on your skin in the first place, this is a far more … Continue reading
Home Acne Remedies
Although there is a big market for specific acne treatments, and it continues to grow, there is no product currently available that will fully clear the problem up on its own without having major side effects. As has been shown … Continue reading
Side effects of Acne Medication – is it worth the risk?
There are numerous acne medications available to the consumer in this day and age. The choice ranges from gentle medications which seek to promote the production of natural defences against the causes of acne, to very powerful chemical compounds which … Continue reading
Causes of adult acne – Why, after all these years?
Adult acne seems like the most unreasonable thing that mother nature can throw at you as you move into your late twenties and thirties. As trade-offs go, having to hold down a job and pay bills is probably a fair … Continue reading
Getting Rid of Adult Acne
When you kissed goodbye to your teens, it wasn’t just the end of an era of freedom and happiness. No, for many of us the end of adolescence was marked more by the departure of the majority of our skin … Continue reading
Should you pop a pimple?
One of the most common pieces of advice that we receive as children and adolescents is “don’t squeeze it/pick it, you’ll just make it worse!”. Frequently this is extremely good advice, as picking at a blemish is likely to spread … Continue reading
Adult Acne – Why Suffer in Shame and Silence?
Acne may be viewed as the curse of the teenager, with skin conditions making life a misery for up to 85% of teenagers at one time or another. What is less commonly known is that it can hit adults just … Continue reading
Acne scars – how to fix them
For many acne sufferers, the scars left behind by the condition pose as much problem as the papules and blackheads themselves. While papules and blackheads can, to a certain extent, be cleared by a rigorous facial cleansing regime, there is … Continue reading
Acne treatments through the ages, from Ancient Rome to today
Although there are many who would suggest that acne is as much a result of a problematic lifestyle, and a product of the way we have changed from natural nutrients to artificial over the years, it would be fair to … Continue reading
External symptoms of acne and how to identify them
The condition known to most of us simply as “acne” is actually an outward symptom of a largely internal condition known as Acne vulgaris. This condition is something which affects the sufferer’s skin and causes “breakouts” of outward skin problems … Continue reading
Why Acne Treatment is so Important
The problem of acne is not a new one, and yet we find ourselves at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century still without a genuine, permanent cure for the condition. Acne is a problem which persists … Continue reading
Breaking the Cycle
Many acne sufferers today have the same problem as sufferers have been complaining about for years. The complaint is something along the lines of “I can get my acne to clear up for weeks at a time, but it just … Continue reading
Acne And Vitamin B5 (Pantothenic Acid) Deficiency
Acne Specialist asked: Acne Specialist believes there is a correlation between Vitamin B5 deficiency and acne (the most common skin disease), due to modern food processing. Vitamin B5, aka pantothenic acid, serves the body in many ways. It is a … Continue reading
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Finding the Best Skin Care Products For Acne
Vic Carrera asked: Ohhhh, that stupid acne! It’s likely that 85% of us men and women have experienced acne to some degree. Some of us, however, haven’t just experienced it, but SUFFERED through it – this definitely includes me, who … Continue reading
Scientists Discover Genetic Make-up of Acne Bacterium
kashmiri asked: Scientists have long known that the bacterium Propionibacterium acnes (P. acnes) plays a leading role in the development of acne vulgaris, the scourge afflicting some 80% of teenagers and many adults as well. A normally harmless microbe that … Continue reading