Acne Treatment

How To Reduce An Acne Problem?

Read through our beauty tips on acne treatment to learn how to counter your acne problem with natural remedy and treatment. Never squeeze, scratch, pick or rub your affected skin as it may result in worsening the problem. This may result in giving you scarred skin as well.

Keep your hair clean with regular use of a good shampoo and keep your hair away from your face as much as possible, even during your sleep at night.

Make the habit of writing a food diary to find out if your Acne worsens if you eat some specific food items. There are people who have their Acne getting worsened with the intake of certain food items.

Do regular and proper exercise to keep your body healthy. Take a good shower right away after the exercise.

Do not touch or wipe your face too often without any reason.

Try to have a relaxed daily life and reduce all the possibility of stress from your life.

Stay out of the sun and sun burning.

Bacteria grows very fast on damp cloth. So change it very frequently.

Use some mild soap to wash your face twice a day.

Make sure you rinse your face very well with lots of water.

Try to avoid make up as much as possible. Whenever you have to put make up on make sure you remove the make up completely afterwards.

Granular facial scrub could hurt your facial skin and may result in worsening your Acne.  Including these checks in your daily routine can be a good remedy or acne treatment plan.

Acne Treatment Medication For Extreme Cases

Oral antibiotics

There are some good oral antibiotics for acne treatment out there with good results. They could be used up to a year without problem. You could find the difference of the medication after six weeks. But the full effect will be seen only after six months. Erythromycin, minocycline and tetracycline are the common oral antibiotics used.

Antibacterial cream

Benzoyl peroxide can be used to get rid of the bacteria which causes inflammation. You can buy it as over the counter creams and lotions at 2.5%, 5% and 10% strength. They are also available by prescription with the same concentrations in the gel form as well. There is no proven difference between any of the concentrations or creams, solutions and gels.

NOTE: Side effects of Benzoyl peroxide include hypersensitivity, irritation, and very rare case of contact dermatitis. Benzoyl peroxide has bleaching properties and hence need to be kept away from clothes.

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