If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!

There are times when certain treatments don’t work. If you’re at this point, there are still some measures that can be taken. You probably need to try an advanced treatment. My goal is for you to take legitimate information away from this article, should you make your mind up to make an appointment with a specialist. The specialist will most likely discuss the three different types that can be used.

This was an earlier treatment available, until it was discovered in studies that it can cause cancer. It was an effective killer of the bacteria that causes acne. The type I’m referring to is UV light. Usage of this type decreased dramatically after it was discovered that it can cause cancer. There are other types available where you don’t have to take that risk. Let’s proceed to those next.

Another type available is blue light, which actually has a blue light which it was named for. This can effectively kill the bacteria that cause acne. But, it has an adverse affect on the oil in the skin, which could give you a moderately dry skin problem. The idea is to lessen the amount of sebum in the skin, which would help eliminate an acne problem.

Also, this can be more effective on kinds of acne (nodules, cysts) that are more severe. Improvements ranged from complete remission to about 40% decrease in the number of lesions, in several studies. About two-thirds saw between a 59% to 67% reduction of inflammatory acne lesions.

Another beneficial treatment is referred to as Pulsed & LHE. You’re already aware that if you can limit the sebum production by the sebaceous glands, this will dramatically diminish the odds of contracting acne. In this procedure, the sebaceous glands are actually shrunk, which will greatly reduce the availability of oil produced.

It has the approval of the FDA for treating mild-moderately severe acne. This enables them to treat acne at both ends of the spectrum. It can reduce inflammatory and non-inflammatory acne by treating two times per week in only a month. Compared to drug treatments which usually take two or three months or longer? Also, the light therapy is combined with prescription medication.

The next type I would like to mention is the laser. Did you know that other than light from lasers true light scatters? The beams of light all converge at one point. All that power is going right into that small point. For that reason, that’s why lasers are an excellent tool for this job.

An independent study that was conducted demonstrated that with one treatment, acne scars were lessened by nearly 40%. The second treatment, they were lessened by 60%, and it was nearly 80% on the third visit. A local anesthetic is available if you should start to experience any pain.

Tags: Skin Care and Acne