Back Acne Scars
“Bacne,” or back acne and body acne, like facial acne, is usually triggered by overactive oil glands. It oftentimes occurs in skin areas where there is a high concentration of sebaceous glands; thus, the body and back skin surfaces.
Body acne and back acne usually occurs to both sexes starting from puberty. This is generally caused by the production of excess sebum trapped in the pores; when bacteria invade this, it usually creates blackheads, whiteheads or acne.
There are some simple tips to control body skin breakouts:
Instead of using soaps, use a pH balanced body wash or a hair shampoo in washing your body and use lukewarm water.
Friction or rubbing can irritate skin, use a soft sponge and avoid harsh scrubbing.
Exercise for at least 20 minutes, 3 times a week, and be sure to wash your body afterwards.
Avoid wearing tight clothes, and if you ever you have to wear one, avoid sweating. This will help your skin breath and free from irritation.
Avoid too much sunlight that will dry your skin because this will over-stimulate your sebaceous glands.
Use oil-free and non-comedogenic skin care products.
Avoid using skin products with high concentration of alcohol because this will make your dry thus stimulating the sebaceous glands to produce more oil.
Topical treatments such as Benzoyl peroxide and Salicylic acid are proven effective in the treatment of acne. Benzoyl peroxide kills bacteria while Salicylic acid helps unclog pores. Eliminating acne does not happen overnight, it usually takes time and patience in doing the treatment or prevention of it.
As compared to facial skin, skin in other parts of the body is tougher and harder to reach; this makes back acne and body acne harder to deal with. This applies too to acne scars resulting from back and body acne; thus, to prevent from having back or body acne scars, it is better that acne be treated first to prevent further skin problems.
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Getting Rid of Acne
Sometimes, even though we do the necessary things to avoid getting acne, we still get it. Then the question arrises, what treatments work best for getting rid of acne?
There are different treatments that aid most in getting rid of acne, depending on its severity. Some mild acne can be easily healed by over-the-counter products while some would require the consultation to a dermatologist. Before using any product, it is important to know first the right treatment for a particular type of acne.
Do not think that getting rid of acne is impossible. Acne treatments range from topical treatments, oral treatments, to surgical treatments.
Topical treatments include Benzoyl Peroxide, Salicylic acid, Retinoids, Azelaic Acid (Azelex cream), and Topical Antibiotics (Clindamycin and Erythromycin). Benzoyl peroxide is an antiseptic that kills the bacteria that causes acne infection. Salicylic acid reduces the shedding of follicle and sebaceous gland cells. Topical medicine is usually recommended to those with mild acne conditions and it is applied directly to pimples or acne lesions or to the entire affected area. For more moderate cases of acne, topical medicines containing antibiotics are often used.
Oral treatments include Oral Antibiotics (tetracycline, erythromycin), and Hormone-related Therapy (the Pill), Accutane (Isotretinoin). For those with severe forms of acne, oral antibiotics are usually prescribed by doctors. Antibiotics and azelaic acid are used in getting rid of bacteria and reducing inflammation.
Some acne problems in women are caused by hormonal changes. For this particular condition, doctors may prescribe specific drugs to either reduce the androgens being produced by the ovaries or to suppress the production of androgens by the adrenal glands.
Surgery is yet another route that many choose on their journey to getting rid of acne. Surgical acne treatments include Collagen injection, Dermabrasion, Laser Treatment, Microdermabrasion, and Subcision.
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Acne Scar Surgery Options
Certain acne scars have to be treated early to reduce their visibility and size later in life. Different types of acne scars require different method of treatments. Some may just require topical treatments; while others may require acne scar surgery.
Some of the methods for acne scar surgery available today are Chemical peels, Collagen injection, Dermabrasion, Laser Treatment, Microdermabrasion, and Subcision.
A chemical acne scar peel is chemical solution that causes the skin to blister and eventually peel off. With this treatment, the facial skin is improved and the texture is smoothed.
Collagen injection is done by injecting collagen beneath the surface of the skin; thus filling up the scar.
Dermabrasion is a medical procedure which uses abrasion to remove the surface of the skin.
Laser Treatment uses lasers of various wavelength and intensity to recontour scar tissue and reduce the redness of skin around healed acne lesions. The scars are softened as the body regenerates the areas of microthermal wounding over the course of several treatments.
Microdermabrasion uses three methods such as crystal microdermabrasion, diamond microdermabrasion, and home microdermabrasion. The first method uses crystal in exfoliating the skin, the second uses diamond tipped head to scrape the skin surface, and the last one, uses tiny particles to “sand” the scarred skin surface.
Subcision involves the separation of the skin tissue of the affected area from the deeper scar tissue which allows the blood to pool under the affected area, thus making the shallow part of the skin to be level off with the rest of the skin area.
Before undergoing any type of surgery, important aspects should be given consideration, such as: your opinion or feeling towards your scar and about undergoing a surgical procedure, the type and severity of the scar, and your age, overall health, and medical history.
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Acne Makeup
If you have a very important gathering to attend to, or a date or an interview, you would to look your best. You would not want to show off your scar that is displayed onto your face. You need to get rid of acne scars now, what are you going to do? You cannot get rid of it with just one wash with salicylic acid to prepare yourself for the date tonight. Acne makeup? What’s that?
Scars are not nice. As much as possible, you would never want any type of it and if ever you do, you would want to get rid of it as soon as possible. Then you see these celebrities flaunt their flawless radiating skin. Do they really have this flawless skin?
Acne makeup to get rid of acne scars. If you have some facial scars that you don’t want to show to others, you don’t have to keep yourself in the shade. If you cannot afford to undergo some surgery to get rid of acne scars, there’s another way to keep your scars out of sight. Camouflage make-ups are widely used now. You can either hire a specialist makeup for acne scars or do it yourself by just applying it correctly. For instance, if the scar is light, foundation and other similar concealing cosmetics can be used to hide this scar. Light, non-greasy, oil-free make-up products with medicated varieties can be used by those with sensitive skins. There are some cosmetics that can camouflage uneven skin tone, freckles, redness, and dark under eye circles.
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Home Remedies for Acne and Pimples
As brought out in an earlier article, some home remedies will work on your acne almost as well as an over the counter product. When dealing with acne, especially teenagers, there is a large misconception that washing the face with soap and water in the morning and at night is good for the skin. The problem with soap is that it is a drying agent which will not help acne, it will only make it worse. However, using lukewarm salty water has shown to remove oils from the face without drying the skin.
A simple home remedy that you may find growing in your backyard, is aloe vera. If you do not have aloe vera growing in your yard, it can be found at most health stores. Aloe vera applied to the skin twice daily has been known to help with the healing process of acne scarring.
Another home remedy that can be found growing in a garden, well vegetable garden, is the tomato. Tomatoes have been found to help open the pores of the skin and are great for treatment of black heads. Slice the tomato and rub thoroughly on the skin, allowing it to sit for 15 minutes. Wash off. This will dramatically reduce blackheads and his great treatment for particularly oily skin.
Once again going back to vegetable garden or your local grocery store, look for the cucumber. This treatment is not only easy but as refreshing as well. Simply bland cucumber in a blender into a paste, allow it to sit for 30 to 45 minutes and then wash it off. This will help keep your skin young looking.
Would you have ever guess the next home remedy would come from another fruit? Orange peel has been found very very effective in the treatment of acne. Mix the orange peel well with water on a stone and apply to affected acne areas.
Next is a very sweet home remedy, you may find this remedy in your backyard as well but I would recommend not taking it from its owners! Find honey at your local grocery store and mix it with 1 teaspoon of cinnamon powder, make a paste. Apply the paste to pimples before going to bed, and wash off the next morning with warm water. This process should be repeated for two weeks.
Check back often as I will continue to search the web for some of the best home remedies out there.
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