Acne Skin Care Treatment
Acne Skin Care Therapies
Successful therapies have two prongs. - Clear the follicle, allowing the oil from the sebaceous gland to reach the surface of the skin; or, prevent the sebaceous gland from manufacturing oil.
- Kill or inhibit the acne bacteria growth.
Prescribed therapies to kill or inhibit the growth of bacteria are called antibiotics.
Benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, sulfur and resorcinol are FDA (Federal Food and Drug Administration) approved OTC (over the counter) active ingredients to treat acne.
Benzoyl peroxide, Acne Treatment, a topical antibiotic medically testing slightly below the number-one oral therapy tetracycline, may be obtained without a doctor’s prescription. The "benzoyl” propels "peroxide" into the follicle, releasing oxygen killing the anaerobic Acne P. bacteria responsible for acne. Anaerobic defines a bacterium that can not survive in the presence of oxygen.
Acne Definition
Antibiotics that interfere with the effectiveness of birth control pills:-
Ampicillin,
- Tetracycline,
- Septra,
- Trimethoprims,
- Erythromycin
- and Cephalosporins
Women are able to use hormone therapy in the form of birth control pills to treat acne. These lower progesterone/testosterone and elevate estrogen levels in the skin, calming the oil glands. Less oil means less food for the acne P. bacteria to survive, reducing acne pimples and cysts.Patients on minocycline antibiotic can develop a grayish, blue to black pigmentation in their skin including internal organs. - Commonly appearing in old acne lesions unusual areas are the gums, nail beds and white outer tissue covering the entire eyeball except the cornea.
- Harmless, but esthetically displeasing physicians normally discontinue the use and may prescribe a substitute antibiotic outside the tetracycline family.
- The discoloration will resolve over time without medical supervision.
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