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Acne care has never been easy because of many factors that contribute towards this problem. But this skin disease was being handled in the olden days using highly effective homemade acne remedies. Over the counter products, drugs and medicines are in use for this problem only for that pact few decades. So what worked in the good old days should work even now.

Here are some homemade acne care solutions that you can easily try. Because of different skin types, different atmospheric and environmental conditions and differed food habits, one solution may not work for everyone. You may have to do some experimentation before you find one of the magic homemade acne remedies that does the trick for you.

Use an herbal cleanser to clean your face and skin. This will remove excess oil. Make a paste of gram flour and use it to clean your face and skin. This will clean your skin well and would not be harsh. However make sure to rinse the skin well with water to remove the gram flour paste. Read the rest of this entry »

When we think back to our teenage years, we can all agree that at some point and time, we all had to deal with acne. Over the years, new products such as Proactiv Solution, Clean & Clear and Neutrogena have advanced the fight against problem skin.

Of course as I have mentioned before I hate Clean and Clear and in my mind Proactiv is not a very clean product and finally Neutrogena, is good if you use their cleanest product.

According to Proactiv.com, the product “treats acne safely and effectively by attacking it at the source, where a build-up of dead skin cells and bacteria clogs your pores.” Their three-step system includes the Renewing Cleanser, Revitalizing Toner, and Repairing Lotion. If purchased from an infomercial, the trial offer includes the cleanser, toner and lotion, along with a Refining Mask, for emergency spot treatment. The trial offer of a 30-day supply costs $19.99. Afterward, the regular price of the three-step system is $39.95. Read the rest of this entry »

pimples, blemishes and acne may seem difficult to deal with, but with proper care you should be able to get rid of blemishes quickly. The most expensive treatment may not always be the fastest way to get rid of acne. If you have tried the expensive acne treatments, with very little results, why not try simple home remedies for a change.

There are some very simple and common home remedies that can give you a clean clear acne free skin. Before we take a look at these home remedies, make sure you visit the site given in the article below to know mind blowing techniques to get rid of acne permanently. Read the rest of this entry »

A question I recently saw for a lady asking an online forum about what her 24 years old daughter can do to get rid of acne and can contraceptive pills help?

My daughter has acne and has taken the contraceptive Pill Marvelon since she was 15 to combat it. Now aged 24 and fearing for her fertility, she has come off it – only for her acne to return with a vengeance.

What alternatives does she have when over-the-counter treatments have no effect?

Acne is caused by overactive sebaceous glands in the skin on the face, chest and back.

They produce the oily secretion that makes skin waterproof and flexible; if they produce too much, the excess oil (or sebum) builds up in the pores, causing spots and blackheads.

Bacteria that thrive on the sebum break it down into fatty acids – this leads to the characteristic redness and swelling.

Acne is usually the result of changes in the levels of male hormones (even women have these, albeit in small amounts).

It is not caused by poor hygiene or dietary factors, although a healthy diet is important when trying to encourage healing and a better complexion.

Oral contraceptives are useful for treating acne in female patients. One of the best is a combination containing the anti-male hormone drug cyproterone (which blocks the action of male hormones in the skin), such as Dianette.

It’s odd that Marvelon has helped your daughter in the past; it’s not one of the cyproterone combinations and can make spots worse because it contains a particular type of progestogen.

Many women worry that long spells on the contraceptive Pill might lead to infertility, as it prevents the release of an egg from the ovaries each month.

However, I can assure you that Pill-related infertility is a myth. It’s true that some women do fail to ovulate for some months after stopping the Pill; it may take some time for the pituitary gland in the brain to tell the ovaries to stimulate egg production.

But the delay is not permanent.

And if a woman is keen to become pregnant quickly, there is medication such as clomiphene that can speed up the process.

The nearest thing to a cure for acne is a drug called retinoic acid, or Ro-Accutane.

However, this potentially toxic drug that must be used within strict safety guidelines.

For this reason it must be prescribed by a dermatologist rather than a GP, so your daughter would need to be referred.

There are two reasons why Ro-Accutane treatment may be stopped: the drug can sometimes cause liver damage (which is reversed once you stop taking it) and greatly elevated cholesterol levels.

However, liver function and cholesterol levels are monitored before and during treatment to prevent this.

As worrying, the drug causes severe damage to a foetus, so the specialist will insist on contraception being used for four to six months before the woman starts the treatment and for a month afterwards. Usually this will be the Pill.

Don’t be alarmed – properly used, retinoic acid is a highly successful treatment for acne.

And by ‘properly used’ I mean supervised by experts who prescribe it regularly, as there have been cases of depression and, in rare instances, suicide. But with all these caveats, I still think this is a good treatment.

Acne is the medical term for common acne. Acne is widespread among teenagers, although a smaller percentage of adults in their 30’s and 40’s still get acne. Common acne is characterized by the presence of one or all of the following: whiteheads, blackheads, papules, pustule or pimples that are seen on the face, chest, back, shoulders, even neck.

Thousands of oil glands can be found in the skin. The oil glands produce sebum, needed to help the skin stay moisturized and effective in its duty as the body’s protective barrier. The face, especially the nose, the mid -cheeks and the forehead have the highest density of oil glands. The back and mid-chest are the parts of the body where the largest oil glands are located. This explains why acne is mostly found in the greatest concentrations on the face, chest and back

Acne begins with clogged skin pores. The early, not-so-noticeable lesions are called comedones Comedones are either open like blackheads or closed like whiteheads. An open comedo is called a blackhead because of the blackish appearance of the skin pore clog. Likewise, a closed comedo is called whitehead because its pore plug is white or skin colored. In terms of openings, blackheads have distended opening around the follicle while a whitehead has a very narrow one, close to the hair follicle. While it’s very tempting, never squeeze your whiteheads or blackheads. Read the rest of this entry »