Acne Treatment Overview
1.
Antibacterial - These are synthetic
or natural chemicals that kill acne-causing bacteria. By killing
the bacteria, you reduce the chances of inflammation and infection
of the pores.
2. Keratolytic/Comedolytic - These are products
that exfoliate or peel dead skin cells. They also open and
drain the pores thus avoiding pore clogging.
3. Anti-Androgenic - Medications that reduce
the oil excretion rate of the sebaceous glands by regulating
certain hormones. In the case of megadose
B5, the oil output of the oil gland is regulated by coenzyme.
4. Anti-Inflammatories - They are specially
useful for inflammatory acne because they reduce the redness
and swelling of infected pimples.
5. Bioactives (Cell repair,antioxidants,etc.) - These products are
mostly vitamins and minerals that accelerate wound healing
and protect the skin from free radical damage.
What
is the Best Anti-Acne Product?
The effectiveness of a specific
acne medication varies from person to person. The best acne
treatment product should address all the causes of acne. This
would mean that the ideal acne solution should have antibacterial,
keratolytic, anti-androgenic, anti-inflammatory and cell
repair characteristic. An effective
topical anti-androgenic product is still not yet available.
For practicality reasons, it would be sufficient for an excellent
acne solution to just posses antibacterial, keratolytic, anti-inflammatory
and cell repair characteristic. Since there is no single
anti-acne product that can do all those stuffs, you can just
combine some of them. It is important to note that different
anti-acne products may be incompatible when combined.
Notable anti-acne products for each category are listed below:
Antibacterials
- (Benzoyl Peroxide,
Azelaic Acid)
Keratolytics - (AHA,BHA, Tretinoin)
Anti-Inflammatory - (Topical
Niacinamide, Copper-Peptide)
Bioactives (Cell Repair) - (Topical
Ascorbic acid, Copper-Peptide)
For
severe acne:
Antibacterial - (Oral antibiotics)
<---- Long term side effect is bad
Keratolytic/Antiandrogenic -
(Oral Isotretinoin)
The
Best Acne Treatment Combination
Research shows that multi-therapy acne treatment works better
than conventional monotherapy. Multi-therapy involves the
use of several anti-acne medicines in such a way that they
would complement each other. The synergistic action of these
acne medications result in reduced side effects, faster healing
times of acne lesion and lower P. acnes bacterial population
compared to monotherapy. We have presented a list of products
that works best in multi-therapy.
Click
the links below for more information about the specific acne
treatment combo.
1.
Retinoic Acid (Tretinoin) + Copper
Peptide
2.
Retinoic
Acid (Tretinoin) + Topical Niacinamide
3. Salicylic
Acid + Topical Niacinamide
4. Salicylic
Acid + Copper Peptide
5. Azelaic
Acid + Topical Niacinamide
6. Azelaic
Acid + Copper Peptide
7. Benzoyl Peroxide + Topical Niacinamide
8.
Alpha Hydroxy Acid + Niacinamide or Copper Peptide
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