Let’s Talk about How to Treat Acne

You feel it coming, the slight tightening of the skin, just a bit red, and then boom out pops the biggest ugliest pimple you have ever seen. Everyone wants to know how to treat acne, and everyone wants the information yesterday. 

First, there are no known cures on how to treat acne. However, there are many breakthroughs in the types of treatment available to anyone who wants to know how to treat acne.

Do you want a medication such as tetracycline, erythromycin, a topical treatment or a Natural Treatment like Acnezine? Take some time and consider how to treat acne will you need to take oral medication and use topical lotions such as benzoyl peroxide, or salicylic acid. Most often, you will find that you need a combination of medication and topical treatments to treat your acne.

Another consideration on how to treat acne might be laser treatments, such as blue light therapy. Blue light therapy is done in a doctor’s office with patients undergoing 20 – 30 minute sessions for eight weeks. Follow up treatments maybe necessary. The treatments kill the bacteria that cause acne and are good for mild to moderate acne. Have you heard of pulsed light or heat energy therapies? Pulse light also works by killing bacteria, and is for mild to moderate acne. The difference is pulse light includes heat. This treatment also happens in a doctor’s office.

Now you know a little about how to treat acne lets think about day in day out things we need to focus on. Keep it to the 3 C’s (Clean, Clear and Consistent) and you will be off to a great start on treating your acne.

Keep your skin clean. Don’t scrub your skin to within an inch of its life. Twice a day with quality products is all it takes. Make sure that once maybe twice a week you use a product that exfoliates (a.k.a. removes dead skin cells) skin.

Keep your skin clear. When thinking about how to treat acne you must think about what type of products you are putting on your skin. Choose products that are noncomedogenic(a.k.a. non-pore clogging) and oil free. Go al natural several days a week, and when wearing makeup go light.

Finally, one of the most important things in your quest on how to treat acne is to be consistent. If you are taking medication, follow the prescription, if the product says use twice a day put the product on twice a day. Treating acne needs to become a part of your day-to-day hygiene routine.