Acne Blog

Accutane causes birth defects?

Eliza — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:56:23 +0000

Female acne sufferers should beware when thinking about using accutane for their acne. research suggest that accutane can be extremely harmful for the fetus. so if you are pregnant and are thinking about getting a quick fix for your facial acne or you plan to get pregnant accutane should be the last thing on your mind. accutane is the most commonly prescribed medicine for acne so you should tell your dermatologist all the details before being prescribed any medication (more…)

Carrot for acne

Eliza — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:25:18 +0000

Carrot provides the body with many different nutrition. these nutrition’s play there part in improving the health in general and skin in particular. it provides the body with useful Vitamins, Sodium, Calcium and Fiber. Many studies indicate that adding carrot to your diet will make your skin blemish free and glowing. The following is the composition of a carrot and how they help your skin and specially your acne. (more…)

How to Get Rid of Acne Scars?

Eliza — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 09:21:53 +0000

Before treating acne scars, treating acne properly is necessary. Most often scars form after acne lesions has healed. When acne lesions heals, it needs collagen production and fast tissue growth. Due to infection, rate of tissue growth is often slow and collagen do not fill the empty space of skin. That’s why, there appear acne scars. Let’s discuss the ways of scar treatment?

Collagen Injections: If the scars form due to lack of collagen, collagen is injected in to the scars. Although the treatment is effective, it is a little painful and requires around 1 or two sessions each week. Improvement begins after 6 to 8 week of regular sessions. This method is usually used for severe hair loss.

Microdermabrasion: Microdermabrasion is another method of treating acne and acne scars. In this procedure, minute particles of aluminum oxides are used to exfoliate the dead skin cells and smoothing the texture of skin. It is very effective method and can be done even at home with your own kit. There are hundreds of types of kits available in the market for performing microdermabrasion at home.

Chemical Peel: It is another most effective technique for smoothing the appearance of skin and treating scars. In this procedure Phenol, trichloroacetic acid (TCA) and alphahydroxy acids (AHAs) are used to chemically exfoliate the dead skin layers that gives your skin ugly look and texture. Although chemical peel is effective, people having sensitive skin usually do not prefer chemical peel for treating acne scars.

Laser Resurfacing: In this method, laser is used to remove damaged skin layers and stimulates the production of collagen by transferring heat energy to collagen producing cells. Before performing this procedure, local anesthesia is used while you are awake. After the treatment, the skin is covered with topical antibiotics.

Green Tea and Acne

Eliza — Wed, 28 May 2008 10:30:51 +0000

Green Tea is an effective herbal acne remedy used widely for treating acne breakouts. Green tea is an strong antioxidant and anti-inflammatory agent. Green tea removes free radicals from your body. Free radicals are toxic substances that cause great destruction to your body if can not be removed immediately after the production. Your body undergoes hundreds of chemical processes called metabolism, during metabolism, it produces hundreds of toxic and harmful chemicals. These chemicals accumulate within your skin and hair hair follicles. (more…)

Garlic Acne Treatment

Eliza — Thu, 22 May 2008 10:15:16 +0000

Garlic is a natural and one of the most effective acne remedy. It contains active sulfur that helps eradicate acne breakouts. Garlic has long been used as an strong antibacterial agent. Although garlic is effective for treating acne, but you will notice severe itching, rash, stinging sensation for 10 to 15 minutes after its topical application.

Most people reviewed that they got cured acne with garlic but it leaved the face red and itchy. Therefore, if your skin is sensitive, avoid using garlic or ready to suffer severe stinging sensation for around half an hour. Acne breakouts occur due to bacterial infection in the hair follicles, as it is a natural antibiotic, it treats the acne quickly.

How garlic is used for treating acne?

Simply cut the garlic clove and apply it on the affected area. You can also make a mixture of garlic to apply on the pimples and papules. Squash a garlic clove and mix it in a cup of water. Use a cotton ball to apply on the affected area. After few hours of application, you will notice, pimples are gradually getting drier and drier. Wash the affected area after half an hour as it is extremely odorous.

Back Acne Treatment

Eliza — Tue, 20 May 2008 07:36:25 +0000

Back Acne is another severe types of acne. The symptoms are similar to acne on face it is more traumatic than facial acne as you can not lie or sit on your back. Back acne is indicated as red pimples, papules and pustules often filled with pus. There are various cause of back acne including the cause of other types of acne like lack of vitamins, weak immune system, but back acne usually appear in summer due to harsh weather. (more…)

Vitamins for Acne Treatment

Eliza — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:59:19 +0000

There are various causes of acne breakouts. Most often acne flares up due to lack of vitamins and minerals that are essential to normal functions of your skin and its beauty. Vitamins are like biocatalysts that increase the rate of reaction taking place within your body. Your skin is a living organ made up living cells. (more…)

Hormonal Acne

Eliza — Thu, 01 May 2008 07:55:05 +0000

Hormonal acne is one of the fundamental cause of acne breakouts in teenagers. Both boys and girls are vulnerable to hormonal acne but boys are more prone to have hormonal acne as compare to girls. During teenage, your body produces higher amounts of various hormones like testosterone and progesterone. (more…)

Ana Camro, her tattoo and skin care regime

Eliza — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 06:17:14 +0000

Ana Camro is one of the hottest new models to have come out of Portugal. standing tall at 1.78 meters she has recently been the talk of the town during the Miami fashion week. She has been turning heads for her ravishing figure, her flawless skin and that sexy dragon tattoo on her back (more…)

Venessa Williams tried Urine for her acne problem?

Eliza — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:15:36 +0000

During a conversation about unconventional acne or skin remedies with my friends(since we all are associated with writing about health care we talk about such stuff) one of them told me one of the freakiest piece of news ever, she said that Ugly Betty star Vanessa Williams in an interview with OK magazine admitted to almost applying urine(Thank God for the almost) all over her face so that she could get rid of her acne. She said that she tried very hard but couldn’t get herself to do it (more…)