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Acne is a long-term skin condition that occurs when the sebaceous glands (oil-bearing glands) in the skin, due to reasons such as hormonal changes, start producing more sebum (oil), or gets clogged due to the accumulation of dead skin cells and oil.
The areas most affected in the body by acne are the face, neck, chest, back, shoulders, and upper arms.
The different types of acne are blackheads, whiteheads, papules, pustules, nodules, and cysts.
Depending on the severity of the condition, there are various acne treatments available:
Solutions to treating acne effectively are most of the time right in our kitchen cabinets. Ingredients such as tea tree oil, green tea, mint leaves, lemon juice, if applied on the affected parts and left for a period of 10 minutes to half an hour can completely eradicate acne. These are time-tested home remedies and therefore well trusted. Regular intake of a healthy diet, rich in fiber, with plenty of green leaves and vegetables, and consuming citrus fruits daily, too helps to keep pimples at bay.
These treatments are considered very safe and can be undertaken at almost any age and there are no known side effects.
To know the cost of and eligibility criteria for each acne treatment procedure, please refer to the table below :
To know the time taken to perform, and recovery time related to each acne treatment procedure please refer to the table below :
To know the different side effects of undergoing acne treatment procedures, and the intensity of each please refer to the table below:
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7. Itoh Y, Ninomiya Y, Tajima S, Ishibashi A. Photodynamic therapy of acne vulgaris with topical δ-aminolaevulinic acid and incoherent light in Japanese patients. 2018. Available at: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1046/j.1365-2133.2001.04086.x/full. Accessed March 2, 2018.
Your dermatologist will take care of most but some are unpredictable.
Level of peel decide for some complications.
In Asian skin usually superficial peel are done.
Chocolates do not cause pimples or acne, neither does pizza or fries. In fact, there's little evidence that specific foods actually do cause acne. Staying hydrated and eating a healthy diet, though, can help definitely result in a clear, glowing skin.
Spending small amounts of time (10 to 20 minutes) in the sun can be beneficial for healing acne. Too much sun exposure though can be harmful. It can cause more breakouts and darken existing acne scars.
Over exfoliating and over cleansing can actually aggravate your acne problems. It can irritate and dry your skin out, and make it produce more oil and then cause breakouts. Overdoing acne treatments can have the same effect. Therefore, stick to a morning and night regimen — cleanse, medicate, and moisturize.
In Laser Skin Resurfacing treatment for acne a laser beam is used to dissolve damaged skin tissue, layer by layer, until a uniform and smooth skin texture is achieved.
Cryolipolysis is a procedure, which is acclaimed to be very safe and uses cooling technology to freeze the stubborn fat in your body.
A century old mechanical method of getting rid of acne scars, dermabrasion is an outpatient surgical process.