ACNE WHAT MEDICINE IS USED TO TREAT ACNE WHAT CAUSES ACNE SKIN PROBLEMS

WHAT CAUSES ACNE AND MEDICINES USED TO TREAT ACNE SKIN PROBLEMS

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Skin acne is the scourge of teenagers everywhere. Acne can be confusing. So many acne medicines. Do you use a topical acne cream or gel or do you need an antibiotic pill for the acne? What is Accutane and why do people taking Accutane enroll in a special drug registry? Skin acne happens when the hair follicle, the tube in the skin that contains the hair shaft gets plugged by oil.





Acne is most common on skin with the highest concentration of oil glands, the face, neck, chest, upper arms, and back. Acne happens as the skin cells in the follicle stick together. Acne pimples, blackheads or whiteheads grow on the skin. Bacteria grow in the acne pimples and the body releases inflammation chemicals.Most acne medicines either stop plugs from forming in hair follicles, attack the bacteria or reduce skin inflammation.





Degrees of Acne:

Mild acne: Whiteheads (white bumps) and blackheads (dark specks) on the skin.There are many types of acne pimples. See the list below.

Moderate acne: Swelling, red bumps, or pustules, along with the whiteheads and blackheads. A pustule is a large red bump with a white head.

Severe acne: Deep, painful bumps under your skin in addition to the whiteheads and blackheads.

Whiteheads: Pimples that stay under the surface of the skin.

Blackheads: Pimples rise to the skin’s surface and look black.

Papules: Small pink bumps that can be tender.

Pustules: Red at the bottom and have pus on top.

Nodules: Large, painful, solid pimples that are deep in the skin.

Cysts: Deep, painful, pus-filled pimples can cause scars.

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Acne treatment tries to:

Heal pimples

Stop new pimples from forming

Prevent scarring


Acne treatments include:

topical medicines( like creams,gels,lotions on the skin)
such as benzoyls peroxide,vitamin A derivatives.

topical antibiotics

oral medicines

oral antibiotics

You put topical medicines on the areas where you have acne.Some are over the counter some by prescription only. Oral acne medicines come in pill or capsule form.

Acne For Teenagers