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Acne Therapies |
You may think from
talking with friends and family that only doctors can prescribe acne
cures. That is not necessarily true. Doctors may have medicines that
can help, but before you spend the time and money to visit one, you
should try these homegrown solutions first.
Soap and water: Cleaning your skin gently with soap and water, no
more than two or three times a day, is possibly the simplest of acne
cures. It can help remove excess oils called sebum. It may also
reduce that oily appearance that acne-prone skin has.
However, there is no evidence that soap and water prevents or clears
up acne. Actually, harsh scrubbing, too much cleansing (more than
three times a day), and the use of strong soaps or detergents can
cause more skin problems in addition to acne.
Acne Cure Medicines
Benzoyl Peroxide: Medicines made with this ingredient are the number
one over-the-counter acne cures. Many dermatologists actually also
prescribe it to treat mild forms of acne. Benzoyl peroxide has been
used to cure acne for many decades, since it was the first medicine
proven to work against mild acne.
Experts believe the benefits of benzoyl peroxide come from its
anti-bacterial properties, and it can also help to decrease sebum
production in some people. You can get benzoyl peroxide
over-the-counter as a lotion or a gel. Be careful, though. It can
cause excessive dryness of the skin.
Benzoyl peroxide can bleach hair and fabric, too, including sheets,
towels and clothing, so be very careful when applying it to your
skin. For example, wear an old shirt or nightgown when you apply
benzoyl peroxide to your back or chest at night.
Resorcinol: This is a major ingredient in today’s skin medications,
along with sulfur (see below). As acne cures go, though, resorcinol
is not used that often. Salicylic acid: Salicylic acid helps to fix the abnormal shedding of
your skin cells. This may sound gross, but if you have a milder case
of acne, salicylic acid makes for awesome acne cures. It can help
unclog your pores, removing and preventing breakouts.
Just like benzoyl peroxide, you must use salicylic acid on a regular
basis, since it stops working the second you using it. In other
words, your poor pores would clog back up again and your dreaded
acne would return. Look for salicylic acid in many over-the-counter
acne products, such as lotions, creams, and pads.
Home Remedies Acne Cure
Sulfurated lime: These are older acne cures that were also used as a
treatment of many other types of skin diseases and scabies.
Sulfurated lime came in most of the best skin medications that your
mom and dad may have used in past decades.
Alcohol and acetone: Acetone helps in acne medications as a
degreasing chemical. Alcohol helps to kill bacteria. Put together,
the two medicines make effective over-the-counter acne cures. Don’t
try acetone on its own, since alone it may show no positive results
in treating your acne.
Sulfur: This agent makes up many of the acne cures that have been
used for more than 50 years. Put together with other agents, like
alcohol, salicylic acid, and resorcinol, sulfur is still a major
ingredient in some of the biggest over-the-counter acne medications
still out there on the market.
However, sulfur is not used by itself too often as an acne treatment
because it has an unpleasant smell to it. And amazingly, as long as
it has been used in acne treatment, experts still aren’t sure how
sulfur works on your skin to prevent the development of acne.
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