Acne Care X

Health Articles | August 17, 2009 Doctors and dermatologists often disagree about whether or not your diet has anything to do with acne.� Some say it doesn't matter if you eat fatty, greasy, fried foods every day - your acne won't be the part of your body that suffers.� Others contend that diet has everything to do with breakouts, and as a result, you should eat only healthy foods and avoid caffeine, oil, and grease for the rest of your life.� So how do you know if an acne diet is right for you? Whether or not the docs have it right, your diet does, in many cases, have an effect on your acne.� Whether it is a direct or indirect link, there are nutrients you can eat that will improve your acne.� Lack of these nutrients in your diet may result in severe acne, acne scars, and the inability of your body to control and eliminate your acne. So what nutrients should you include in your acne diet?� Here's three that are the most helpful, according to research and acne studies. 1. Z...

Health Articles | December 4, 2009 New studies reveal what holistic acne researches have known for years: diet influences acne. Will this new evidence prompt doctors to reconsider their opposition to holistic acne treatments? Time will tell. Choosing the right foods is a controversial way to treat acne. But alot of people have been effectively cured by the popular holisticdiet-based acne cures that are sold online. Acne treatments that arecentered on food have not been taken seriously by doctors because the proofto support them has been anecdotal. The link between what we eat andour skin condition has been revealed by the latest study. I expect theholistic acne cures to build traction and acceptance over the next fewyears as more researchers examine the evidence and recognize the benefitsof eating properly over their current ineffective treatments. The usual acne treatments prescribed by doctors have not been veryeffective for many acne patients.� Typically, the first productprescribe...

Health Articles | February 6, 2007 Moderate acne is the second stage of the acne problem. That is, next to the mild acne. When your acne problem reaches this stage of severity, it overrules the merits of simple medications. Precisely speaking your medication at this stage includes a single method or a combination of methods as decided by your dermatologist. You just can't take the liberty of self-treatment. Your prescription medication could be oral or topical. The standard oral medicines to treat acne of this type include benzoyl peroxide, tretinoin, azelaic acid, adapalene and antibiotics. Wherein tretinoin is an altered form of vitamin A, the antibiotics help to tackle bacteria and reduce inflammation. The effect of vitamin A is to stop the growth of the comedones. It makes way for the other topical medicines like the antibiotics to enter the follicles. To decrease the formation of the comedones is the main objective behind all these medications. If you are on the course of oral...

Health Articles | December 10, 2013 There are lot of myths concerning possible causes and treatments for acne. However, some of these myths are downright misleading and can even cause acne conditions to worsen. This article provides insight and information about serious skin care for acne-prone skin by dispelling several acne myths that can misguide people in their quest for clearer, acne-free skin. When it comes to acne, a lot of information is available from different sources. Old wives' tales, random experiments, and even misguided practices that promise instant cures for acne are followed by many in the hopes of being pimple-free. Unfortunately, some, if not all, of these are without scientific basis and can even make acne worse. Serious skin care for acne-prone skin starts with the right and proper information. On causes of acne: There are a lot of myths concerning the causes and treatment for acne. Below are just some of the most popular and widely practiced acne myths: * ...

Health Articles | July 29, 2008 Acne is the most distressing skin problem one can go through .� It is estimated that� 90% of men and women have dealt with acne at some time in their lives . Acne, unlike other skin problems affect people much more deeply. Part of the problems lies in�� wrong beliefs� on what causes� pimples and how to treat it. This article will highlight some of these mistakes made in dealing with acne. Acne is the most distressing skin problem one can go through .� It is estimated that� 90% of men and women have dealt with acne at some time in their lives . Acne, unlike other skin problems affect people much more deeply. Part of the problems lies in�� wrong beliefs� on what causes� pimples and how to treat it. This article will highlight some of these mistakes made in dealing with acne.Mistake #1: Thinking it's just a phase.�Most People live through waves of acne� with the mistaken belief that� getting zits� is just a phase they are going through . If left untreat...

Health Articles | October 25, 2009 Adult acne sufferers have dry skin compared to teenagers and the multitude of adult acne products on the market reflects this. Depending on the severity of your symptoms, you can find the best adult acne medications by examining topical treatments, oral medications and the new class of holistic acne cures. Life isn't fair, is it? You suffered through yourteen years with pimples and now you're an adult and you still... havepimples! Unfortunately, acne can persist right into our 30s and 40s.Some people escape high school unscathed and then, blam!, they start toget acne just when all their friends are enjoying clear skin for thefirst time. There are lots of adult acne medications tailored to meetthe specific needs of adult acne sufferers. Adult acne products takeinto account that our skin is often dry - not the oily mess that teenshave to deal with. Let's take a look at some of the adult acne productsavailable today. Cosmetics: All of the big...

Health Articles | November 19, 2008 The processes going on in the skin of a person suffering from acne are explained here. You also find a survey of the factors causing acne and measures you can apply yourself to prevent, cure or alleviate acne. Acne gives the combination of symptoms like greasy skin, white heads, black heads, pimples, inflammation and scar formation. Acne mostly affects young people in the age 14 - 25, but also sometimes older persons, like women in their menopause. Most teenagers experience outburst of acne, some only little, but for others acne may develop into a serious skin ailment with great cosmetic impact. THE SKIN ANATOMY To understand the acne process, some knowledge about skin anatomy and physiology is essential: The skin has there layers: The outer layer, called epidermis, consists of epithelial cells. Under this lies the dermis consisting of connective tissue. At the bottom there is a layer called the hypodermis consisting mostly of fat cells. The skin has...