Wednesday, January 17, 2007
Adult Acne Skin Care Products
Adult Acne Skin Care Products
by Nina romanov
For this reason I don't rely on product reviews to find the best treatment for my adult acne.
Product reviews may lead you to think that a particular acne product is perfect. If all the reviews praise a product some people may consider this almost a guarantee. They wind up very disappointed.
The acne treatment that works for you may not work for your daughter. My motto is "The best acne treatment is the one that works for you." No one acne treatment works for everyone. What works for your best friend may not work for you.
Whether or not a treatment will wok depends in part on the severity of you acne. For mild cases, over the counter remedies may very well take care of the problem. It is worth a try.
Give an acne treatment about 6 weeks, if there isn't any improvement you might want to consider using a proactive acne product. Proactive means preventing a future event. In this case using a treatment that will prevent future acne flare-ups while treating the current outbreak.
Why use a proactive acne treatment? If you have acne now you will likely have future episodes. So you need to find a way to prevent that. Proactive acne products are the best adult acne skin care products.
One very popular treatment for adult and teen acne is Proactiv® Solutions. It has a minimum of 3 products which are intended to be used together in a particular order. The products included are a cleanser, toner and repairing lotion. They also provide a lotion to control the oil, and a moisturizer. This is a very effective acne treatment regimen. There are, however, a few people who have complained their acne worsened when they used the Proactiv program.
Are there other adult acne skin care products that actually work? Yes most acne medications work the same way, heal over acne you have now and preventing the frequency of future attacks. Triclosan, an anti bacterial, anti fungal agent, is an ingredient in most acne medication. Salycyclir acid is another medication used in acne products. I found that 2.5% benzoyl peroxide was as effective for treating my acne as the 10% product, but it did make my skin flaky and dry. Sometimes I didn't want to leave the house. However all that greatly improved when a dermatologist told me to add a moisturizer to my routine. I couldn't believe it, why would an acne sufferer want to re-hydrate her skin, BUT it worked.
Another mistake I made is that I used the acne treatment more frequently than was recommended. It took me awhile to realize I was irritating my skin and creating fertile ground for a new flare-up.
Luckily my acne scarring was light, due in part to learning early on that popping pimples and squeezing blackheads was NOT an effective acne treatment.
There really is no effective over the counter acne treatment. Scarring requires a dermatologist visit since every one scars differently.
Laser treatments are improving and in the future it will be very effective in acne treatment. The highly touted Accutane is generally used when all other acne treatments have failed. While it does not offer good results, most users get dry skin and chapped lips.
Often this worse than the acne. Also when Accutane is stopped the acne returns in most patients. In a very few patients, joint and muscle pains, nose bleeds, intestinal and urinary problems occur. Discuss all of these issues with your physician before beginning treatment or if you experience any of these side effects.
If your acne is new or not too bad try sample or trial sizes of acne products. Eat less refined sugars and processed foods and more fruits and vegetables.
If you can't find effective over the counter adult acne skin care products, give in and see a dermatologist for a more effective medication.
Find more about acne: http://acne-treatment-skin-care.blogspot.com
About the Author
Nina is an expert freelance writer. She is a cake decorator and a certified naturopath. Presently she is happily RV-ing with her husband.
by Nina romanov
For this reason I don't rely on product reviews to find the best treatment for my adult acne.
Product reviews may lead you to think that a particular acne product is perfect. If all the reviews praise a product some people may consider this almost a guarantee. They wind up very disappointed.
The acne treatment that works for you may not work for your daughter. My motto is "The best acne treatment is the one that works for you." No one acne treatment works for everyone. What works for your best friend may not work for you.
Whether or not a treatment will wok depends in part on the severity of you acne. For mild cases, over the counter remedies may very well take care of the problem. It is worth a try.
Give an acne treatment about 6 weeks, if there isn't any improvement you might want to consider using a proactive acne product. Proactive means preventing a future event. In this case using a treatment that will prevent future acne flare-ups while treating the current outbreak.
Why use a proactive acne treatment? If you have acne now you will likely have future episodes. So you need to find a way to prevent that. Proactive acne products are the best adult acne skin care products.
One very popular treatment for adult and teen acne is Proactiv® Solutions. It has a minimum of 3 products which are intended to be used together in a particular order. The products included are a cleanser, toner and repairing lotion. They also provide a lotion to control the oil, and a moisturizer. This is a very effective acne treatment regimen. There are, however, a few people who have complained their acne worsened when they used the Proactiv program.
Are there other adult acne skin care products that actually work? Yes most acne medications work the same way, heal over acne you have now and preventing the frequency of future attacks. Triclosan, an anti bacterial, anti fungal agent, is an ingredient in most acne medication. Salycyclir acid is another medication used in acne products. I found that 2.5% benzoyl peroxide was as effective for treating my acne as the 10% product, but it did make my skin flaky and dry. Sometimes I didn't want to leave the house. However all that greatly improved when a dermatologist told me to add a moisturizer to my routine. I couldn't believe it, why would an acne sufferer want to re-hydrate her skin, BUT it worked.
Another mistake I made is that I used the acne treatment more frequently than was recommended. It took me awhile to realize I was irritating my skin and creating fertile ground for a new flare-up.
Luckily my acne scarring was light, due in part to learning early on that popping pimples and squeezing blackheads was NOT an effective acne treatment.
There really is no effective over the counter acne treatment. Scarring requires a dermatologist visit since every one scars differently.
Laser treatments are improving and in the future it will be very effective in acne treatment. The highly touted Accutane is generally used when all other acne treatments have failed. While it does not offer good results, most users get dry skin and chapped lips.
Often this worse than the acne. Also when Accutane is stopped the acne returns in most patients. In a very few patients, joint and muscle pains, nose bleeds, intestinal and urinary problems occur. Discuss all of these issues with your physician before beginning treatment or if you experience any of these side effects.
If your acne is new or not too bad try sample or trial sizes of acne products. Eat less refined sugars and processed foods and more fruits and vegetables.
If you can't find effective over the counter adult acne skin care products, give in and see a dermatologist for a more effective medication.
Find more about acne: http://acne-treatment-skin-care.blogspot.com
About the Author
Nina is an expert freelance writer. She is a cake decorator and a certified naturopath. Presently she is happily RV-ing with her husband.
