Acne Treatments
Author: Jessie Hamilton
2 main types of treatment:
A good drug locally or orally, depending on the severity of acne.
There are treatments for acne that does not require a doctor’s visit, but only effective in mild acne.
If pimples become a nuisance or not lost, although this treatment, it is necessary to consult a doctor or a dermatologist.
During the medical examination, it will identify the nature of acne lesions and to find the cause of the appropriate prescription medication.
There are two types of treatments are prescribed separately or combined in a way:
* Local treatment
* Oral care
Indirect treatment outcome. The number of buttons have the same tendency to increase at the beginning of treatment. Therefore need to be patient and consistent in the treatment.
How to select the treatment of acne
Choice of treatment depends on the severity of acne and types (retentional or inflammation).
Local treatment: for mild to moderate acne
Local treatment for small pimple retentional: comedones, blackheads, cysts micro.
They are prescription and comes in the form of creams, gels or solutions:
* Derivative of vitamin A (retinoids) promote the elimination of blackheads and reduce inflammation;
* Local antibiotics (erythromycin);
* Antiseptic (benzoyl peroxide).
This treatment may be associated with dermatological skin cleansing. They are made by a skin doctor and the doctor is to extract comedones and microcysts microsurgery.
Oral treatment: for more severe acne
Treatment with oral treatment for acne is more severe, meaning the evolution of extensive inflammation or time.
There are 3 main treatment, prescription:
* Antibiotics: They are destroying the bacteria present in the anti-inflammatory.
* Oral Isotretinoin (Roaccutane type): very effective, it also has strong side effects and require major medical attention. This is determined in the case of initial treatment failure.
* Medical hormonal (pill) for women, hormonal contraceptives reduce the level of male hormones, are often responsible for acne.
Other treatments
Other treatments may be proposed by a dermatologist, whether local or oral medications have proven ineffective.
* Zinc gluconate: may be prescribed if-contra indication of success or inadequate poor tolerability other oral treatments.
* Laser: laser acne treatment is a scalable alternative to the proposed for the failure of drugs to the people who failed oral treatment, or to persistent scars.
* Photodynamic therapy and light blue / red that has an effect on
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