Acne Skin Care

INTRODUCTION: Acne is the term for plugged pores (blackheads and whiteheads), pimples, and even deeper lumps (cysts or nodules) that occur on the face, neck, chest, back, shoulders and even the upper arms.

It is a skin problem that occurs due to the over producing of oil by the oil glands of the skin and is more common in teenagers, but it can occur at any age, even as an infant. It is a complex condition, but one we are learning more about it every day.

TREATMENTS: Treating the condition include medicines and creams. Americans spend well over a hundred million dollars annually for non-prescription acne medicines, not even considering special soaps and cleansers. For that reason, you should use appropriate remedies for acne.

Moreover, many treatments increase the skin’s sensitivity to UV light, making the risk of UV light exposure all the worse. Your dermatologist will decide which treatments are best for your condition.

For more information about the types of treatments that are available, and for basic acne treatment guidelines, please see your doctor or dermatologist.

The majority of mild cases can be effectively treated at home, with good daily skin care and over-the-counter solutions, such as benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid.

If you are suffering from moderate to severe acne or home treatments are not working for you, contact your doctor. There are many treatment methods which range from covering up your symptoms using creams to attacking the root of your pimples.

BACTERIA: Tissue injured by squeezing or picking can become infected by staphylococci, streptococci and other skin bacteria. In the process, these bacteria produce irritating substances that can cause inflammation. Now the oil and bacteria that should be coming to the surface of the skin is stuck.

These bacteria and oils that are causing you to break out are also on your hands. Squeezing your pimples does nothing more than deposit and push more of this material into your skin.

CONCLUSION: Acne is an equal opportunity affliction, regardless of race, culture, gender or even age. Even though a lot of people feel that their acne is aggravated by certain kinds of foods, particularly chocolate, colas, peanuts, shellfish and some fatty foods, there is no valid proof to suggests food causes or influences it.

Stay away from any foods which seem to increase your problem and for your overall good health, eat a balanced diet–but diet shouldn’t really matter if the acne is being correctly treated. The best means for preventing the disease is to maintain a proper skin care regimen that includes routine use of masks and exfoliants.

How many times have you been looking forward to an upcoming event only to have a pretty serious breakout? You could either choose to skip the event or you can look for a quick acne treatment to help clear away those nasty pimples. Try these acne cure remedy masks to help stop those blemishes.

A favorite quick acne treatment of mine is to make an aspirin mask. This acne cure remedy works very well because it exfoliates your skin and works great at reducing swelling and helps clear up current breakouts very quickly. All you need to do is smash up some uncoated aspirin tablets, mix them with water and spread that across your face.

This mask works great at exfoliating your skin and not only will the aspirin reduce any current blemishes you have now, bit it will also help to prevent future breakouts by clearing out your pored. Leave this on until it dries and just rinse it off.

A highly recommended quick acne treatment is to make a mask with egg whites and lemon juice. Just beat the egg whites until their nice and frothy and add a little bit of lemon juice. Once it has dried, rinse it off and your done.

This is a great mask because not only does it reduce current breakouts, it also makes your skin look pretty darn awesome. The egg whites have many natural nutrients that are good for your skin and the lemon juice can fade away the effect of current and old blemishes.

The last quick acne treatment is to make an oatmeal mask. Oatmeal masks are great at reducing the appearance of any current breakouts and they help clear them up that much faster. This will have you back to normal in no time.

An oatmeal mask can be prepared in either of two ways. You can either turn the oatmeal into a fine powder in a blender and mix that powder with some lemon juice, or you can actually cook the oatmeal and put that on your face after you have allowed it to cool. Both produce similar results so feel free to try either or both.

Don’t stress to much over that big event looming just over the horizon. You won’t ever be able to clear an acne blemish is just a few hours, but at least one acne cure remedy here will help you reduce the appearance of a breakout in just a few days.

An interesting but largely unknown product for cleaning skins is the Keracnyl line of products from Ducray. There is nothing better than hearing what people say about a product in order to decide whether to use it or not. We have seen largely favorable reviews, namely:

“This cleansers works great on my extremely oily skin, so I bet for someone else will be even better. It is at the same time not too drying which is awesome. It does not cause me any irritation as other products do. Not very easy to find in the USA”.

“I have a very sensitive, normal skin that tends to be oily. I used so many products that irritated me before this super cleanser ! They all left me with flaky and dry skin. But this is wonderfull. It cleanses my face and takes away all the residues… without drying it out. I even take it to remove my makeup and it does the job awesomely. I will definetly repurchase : I can’t use anything else now” !

I have very oily acne prone skin and this stuff works great on me. It really takes away all the dirty and even the make up very well. It smells good and it foams very good. In 3 weeks i saw the difference on my skin, now is clearer and acne is dissapearing. I’m very happy with it”.

The following comment however about their cleansing water: “I really wanted to like this cleanser. I had had a lot of luck with the Ducray Keracnyl Foaming Cleanser, so I thought this could be a great substitute for summertime. I liked that it was easy and quick to wipe on. It seemed to work great at first, and I was amazed by how much dirt it took off. But after about 2 weeks, my acne worsened. I stopped using this, and it all went back to normal. Bummer. I then gave it to my best friend, whose acne was so much worser than mine, and it worked great for him. His skin has improved a lot because of this. Bottom line : it did not work at all on my sensitive skin, but did a great job on a somewhat tougher skin”.

This is an interesting line, but as always it is not suitable for just any skin.