Teenage acne is a common skin disorder and around 70% of boys and girls in their teens develop mild to severe acne. Teens initially suffer from whiteheads, blackheads that later form pimples, papules and pustules. People are at higher risk of developing adult acne who had been suffered from teenage acne. There are various causes of teen acne such as weak immune system, hormonal fluctuation and lack of vitamins and minerals. Teen acne can be treated in several ways by using natural or organic medications to prescription drugs. What remedy is suitable mainly depends upon the causes of acne. There are many over the counter acne products like cleansers, scrubs, exfoliators and microdermabrasion kits for topical acne treatment. Your health is directly related to acne breakouts. A healthy teen is at 70% less risk as compare to unhealthy teens. Isotretinoin or accutane is used for extremely severe acne conditions such as acne rosacea, acne vulgaris etc. that can not be controlled by using antibiotics, benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid and other medicines.
Natural or Organic Acne Treatment
Due to worst side effects of prescription medications, people now prefer using natural acne remedies for acne treatment. Organic acne remedies contains herbal extracts that effective and proven for treatment and prevention of acne. There are two types of chemical substances on the basis of their synthesis. Organic chemicals can not be synthesized in the laboratory white inorganic substances synthesized in the laboratory. There are thousands of known herbs for reducing inflammation of hair follicles, sebaceous glands and contains natural antibiotics and astringents. These organic remedies are natural and safest as well and does not cause fatal side effects.
Healthy Skin and Acne
Studies shows that people having healthy skin rarely develop acne. Acne is actually a disorder of inflammation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands. There are a number of factors that causes inflammation and stimulate the sebaceous glands to produce excessive sebum. The term health skin refers to a skin that is provided with all essential nutrients and undergoes metabolism at optimum rate.
Weak Immune System and Your Health
Immune system is your body's natural defense system against any thing entering your body that is harmful or damaging. A healthy immune system responds to only harmful agents and produce antibodies against that. But a weak immune system is not able to recognized efficiently what is harmful and useful for your body and most often responds badly by producing antibodies to even useful bacteria and substances entering your body. When immune system produces antibodies, sebaceous glands in your skin also get stimulated and produce excessive amount of sebum. It is the root cause of acne breakouts. Include fruits, vegetables in your diet to make your immune system healthy.
Over the Counter Acne Products
Cleansers, exfoliators, scrubs, creams, lotions, sunscreens and microdermabrasion kits are over the counter acne products. Each of the product or acne remedy targets specific cause. Cleansers are used for removing dirt and excessive oil from skin, exfoliators remove excessive oil and dead skin cells and bacterial from hair follicles, creams and lotions formulated for acne contains natural antibiotics and anti-inflammatory substances. Sunscreens protects your from damaging ultraviolet rays of sun.
Benzoyl Peroxide
Benzoyl peroxide is an effective remedy used for treating a number of skin diseases particularly acne. It is an strong antioxidant that removes free radicals from your body. Free radicals stimulate your sebaceous glands to produce more sebum that ultimately cause acne. It also removes excessive skin oil. Many people report it leaves skin dry. It is available is the market as 5% solution cream and lotions.
Salicylic Acid
Salicylic acid is also an effective antioxidant similar to benzoyl peroxide. It also reduces the production of sebum and unclogs blocked hair follicles. Propionibacterium is the most common bacterial species that cause acne. It is destroy bacterial colony and leaves your skin dry. People having sensitive skin may experience burning sensation.
Antibiotics, Accutane or Isotretinoin
Dermatologist also prescribe antibiotics if acne is caused by bacterial infection. In case, the acne is severe and does not respond to antibiotic and other medicines, your dermatologist may prescribe Isotretinoin or accutane. Accutane is a an effective ant-acne drug but it causes severe side effects from extremely dry skin to birth defects.
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