Acne Tips

Hi Miss Serita,

Acne is not the mystery that many make it out to be. There are 4 known
proximate causes:

1. pore blockage
2. excessive oil production
3. bacterial colonization
4. inflammation

If you prevent these things from happening, you prevent acne.

To prevent excess oil production, the main thing you need to do is keep
your insulin levels low. High insulin causes increase in androgen
(testosterone) production, which increases oil production. Do that by
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Hello,My name is Sarita; age 22.I have an acne problem i.e.i am having oily and
dry combination skin.so acne appears very well.After acne settles it leave stain
on my face and tiny holes too. The tiny hole on my face is to cure is more
important to me.pimple appearing doesnt mind to me.Is there any remedy to cure
the acne tiny holes.Convienent and easy way to cure.Plz help.

hello my name is Miss Sarita,age is 22,my skin is combined with oily
and slight dry too. as acne appear it leaves out stain on my face and
also tiny holes too.Is there any remedy to cure this.i.e any home as
well as convienent remedy to cure. Plz help.

Kristin,
Proactiv also dries my face out as well. I have also noticed lines
from the dryness. How long have you been using these products you
mention and what kind of results specifically have you seen? How
long did it take to notice these results? Thank you for all of your
advice.

Acne treatment is changing very fast. Research is continuing around the
world to find acne treatments that can treat acne at the initial stage.
At the later stage of acne growth, the chances of acne scarring become
very high and therefore scientists are devoting efforts to treat acne
painlessly at the beginning itself. The following are the latest
treatments for acne that are being used to get clear skin.

Blue Light- P.acnes bacteria is responsible for inflammation in the
sebaceous glands causing acne. Blue light of low intensity destroys this
bacterium. This is a painless procedure, which normally lasts for
fifteen minutes per sitting. The interval of days for each treatment may
vary and will depend on your doctor. Some side effects such as swelling,
dryness and pigment change may occur because of blue light. By killing
the bacteria, blue light treats acne quite painlessly.

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Read about the most complete approach to acne here:

In Health and Joy,
Jacob Griscom, CAS

www.peacefullivinghhc.com

Every talk about acne includes terms such as whiteheads and black heads.
What are they and why are they called so? Let us find out.

Acne develops on the hair follicles that have sebaceous glands attached
to them. These glands produce an oil called sebum. Because of certain
reasons the sebum changes in quality and quantity giving rise to scales
on the hair follicle. This blocks the skin pore causing acne. This
blockage is the beginning of acne.

The first stage of this blockage shows as blackheads and whiteheads.
These are also called as comedones. A comedone is a sebaceous follicle
that is plugged and filled with sebum, dead cells etc. An open comedone
is called a blackhead because of its blackish appearance. A blocked
comedone is referred as white head, which is a small bump in the skin
with skin like color. A whitehead has closed mouth and the blackhead has
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I thought that if you eat foods like wheat bread instead of white
bread that would also help your acne.

The diet is basically eating meat, fish, fruit, and vegetables, and
avoiding high-glycemic foods and wheat. Fish oil supplementation is
also part of the program.

Mason

Acne avoidance needs lot of care. Use of products play a big role in
Acne. If you use a product that can cause comedos- whiteheads and
blackheads, you are inviting acne. to avoid acne you should use all
products that are certified non- comedogenic. Let us find out what is
comedogenicity and how to keep skin clear of acne?

Acne And Comedogenicity

Most of the materials that are used for skin and body care are tested
for comedogenicity. For that test, the material is applied on the inside
of rabbit’s ear and the site observed after three weeks. A biopsy is
taken and comedones counted. Depending on the comedone formation, the
material is classified on a scale of 0 to 5. A material with 0
comedogenic potential will not cause comedones, while one with 5 will
cause comedones in the largest quantity.
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