Microdermabrasion – Acne Miracle Cure?

Monday, June 22nd, 2009 at 2:03 am

Microdermabrasion acne treatment is a technique of smoothing the skin and unclogging skin pores. The treatment is relatively new, but its results are more than promising.

There is even more good news for acne sufferers! Microdermabrasion is much less invasive than classical acne surgery and it offers similar results.

How does it work?

It uses a mechanical device. The Microdermabrasion acne machine is used first to clean the skin and peel out the dead cells' layer. In doing that it clears out the blocked pores. The machine works on the same principle as a vacuum cleaner. The Microdermabrasion treatment is similar to rather gently vacuuming your skin as opposed to the cutting action of invasive surgery. The second phase of the process is spraying the skin with an aluminum oxide. This spray eliminates the outer layer of dead skin cells.

The Microdermabrasion treatment works in two ways:

1. It heals already existing acne by cleaning the pores; 2. Then by eliminating the dead skin cells' layer, it prevents pimples from appearing. Pimples are most often caused by dead skin cells that clog the skin's pores. When you eliminate the dead skin cells the chance of having pimples is greatly decreased.

Wait, there's even more. Microdermabrasion does not only cure acne. A very pleasing side effect of repeating this treatment is increased smoothness of skin by removing minor skin irregularities.

How many treatments are necessary?

Usually even one Microdermabrasion treatment can give results lasting several months. However, because Microdermabrasion concentrates mostly on the effects, not the cause of acne, it is not capable of a final cure of the disease.

You can expect that you will need to repeat the treatment after six to seven months. Used with other treatments, even one "skin vacuuming" can have almost permanent results.

Are there any precautions?

As Microdermabrasion is not a surgery and there's no anesthesia required, there are few side effects. The one warning is that the patient should not be using Ro-accutane.

Unfortunately this very effective treatment is usually not covered by health insurance. The cost of Microdermabrasion becomes an important factor when deciding on treatment.

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Hormonal Acne Treatment – how does that work?

Thursday, April 2nd, 2009 at 7:13 am

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You may have heard that hormone imbalances can be a major instigator of acne but do you know why and how? More importantly what can you do about it?

Your first question should be - do hormones really cause acne? The short answer is yes. Acne is commonly found in adolescents, teenagers, pregnant women and women during specific times of their menstrual cycle. It does not take a medical genius to identify changing hormones as the common denominator.

More specifically, it has been shown that hormonal acne is caused by androgens, which are primarily made up of testosterone but also include other hormones. Both men and adult women have testosterone although women normally have only about 10% of that found in men.

Although the above categories of acne sufferers could be considered 'normal', or at least understandable, there are many people in their 30's and even 40's who do not 'grow out of' teenage acne and continue to suffer in the same way due to hormone imbalance problems.

What Do Hormones Do?

Skin contains sebaceous glands which normally produce oil and 'clean' the pores Together with hair follicles, they make up what we commonly refer to as skin pores. The sebaceous gland responds to testosterone by making more oil and the hair follicle responds by growing hair that is longer, thicker and darker. The increased oil and increased hair size combines with dead skin cells to create blockages in the hair follicle that eventually result in acne.

As the oil cannot flow to the skin's surface and 'clean' the pores bacteria is allowed to flourish. The immune system then attacks the bacteria causing the redness, swellings and puss that are the classic spots and zits of acne.

Although an increase in hair growth is normal in young men it, unfortunately, also occurs with women's acne because the hormone change (i.e. the increase in testosterone) causes both conditions . The increased oil production normally occurs as soon as the hormone levels rise but the increase in hair growth may not occur for some months afterwards so acne can start well before the hair growth is seen.

Treatment

The most popular form of hormonal acne treatment for women is the birth control pill. This works by controlling progestin and estrogen ('female' hormones) to replace the testosterone. This in turn reduces the production of oil in the sebaceous glands and can be a very effective treatment. The obvious downside to this is that birth control pills cannot be taken by women who are, or wish to get pregnant. Even for those that can there are serious concerns over the use of these hormones in oral contraceptives.

Other hormonal acne treatments are primarily anti-androgen drugs or oral corticosteroids. These are suitable for men and possibly pregnant women or women who do not want to take oral contraceptives but they are known to have side effects including irregular periods, nausea, weight gain and thinning of the bones. Of course all these drugs will need a prescription from a doctor. Pregnant women should be extremely careful when considering any oral medication and should only do so on the advice of an appropriate medical expert.

These associated problems with conventional treatments are driving many people to look to a more natural hormonal acne treatment and many of these can be found on the internet. Now, with an understanding of the underlying causes, conventional treatments and their associated problems you should now be in a position to make an informed decision on the kind of treatments you need and are happy to use.

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Acne Lotion Made Especially for Your Body Acne

Friday, February 13th, 2009 at 8:05 am

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The beauty products for acne are very many and they were made in different types to fit the parts being treated. The acne lotion was made for your body acne while the creams were made for your face acne, you should not get confused when making a purchase decision. These lotions are as many as the creams and they will promise fast relief as well as comfort while used. They will use all the sweet words you can think of to tempt you to make impulse buying and obviously many of us have been victims of this in one way or another.

If undergoing acne treatment, always research the side affects of acne lotion. Some acne solutions affect the liver and can cause other problems as well. Just like other cosmetics made to keep your skin soft and fresh looking, the lotions are made for the same reasons and they were based on three major things. There are some lotions that will aim at unplugging the skin pores that have been blocked by successive deposit of dead skin cells. If the pores are blocked, they disenable the free circulation of air on the skin surface and this then result to ugly pimples that are painful too.

Another lotion maker thought of stopping that bacteria P. acne by making a product that will slay them for being so ungrateful to the human skin that plays the host for them. This lotion will be very necessary for a victim who obviously is an easy target for this bacterium which seems to know the greener pastures- oily skin parts where the sebum is plentiful to feed as many offspring as possible even when the mothers are gone! This lotion will get the job done in the period specified by the manufacturer although most of them will take longer or shorter periods depending on the intensity of the acne.

The other acne lotion will work by diminishing the amount of sebum secreted by the sebaceous glands that might be overactive due to hormonal imbalance at given periods of a persons life which is prevalent during puberty. Sometimes you might not get results as fast as the relief is expected if you are pregnant since as the little angle grows in you the hormones will rage differently making your life more spiteful with acne. Until the fully grown baby scrawls out of your body, you might not say farewell to some of the skin problems, some even caused by another nasty yeast fungus called Candida albcans. You will then need to tame your temper and give the lotion time to work its wonders whatever type it is.

You must really scrutinize your acne disorder if you want any of the above acne lotion to work for you. Do not buy them blindly because I am sure you do not want to appear uglier than before. Always ensure that ahead of applying this lotion, your skin is clean and relaxed and then read the instructions and follow them. You must also remove any of this by washing your face before bedtime. If you experience any sort of irritation after use, then make sure that you discard this lotion and look for a tenderer one.

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