The reason why people get frantic when they contract acne is not because of the fear of any health setback, but because of the disfigurement the condition causes. The need to look good sometimes even leads people to consider acne surgery.
There
are two forms of acne and they are the non-inflammatory
one and the inflammatory variety. The former type causes
very little problem and are usually quite small. They
come in the forms of whiteheads and blackheads. The
inflammatory types are much more troublesome and cause
pain and irritation, besides being unsightly. Those
affected generally turn to over the counter medicines
and creams as their first line of defense. If these
don’t work, they can either decide on using prescription
medications or natural remedies. However, if none of
these methods work, or if there is an urgent need for
someone to look his or her best at fairly short notice,
surgery may have to be resorted
to.
Acne
surgery
is the term which refers to surgical methods of removing
the acne lesions. Removing non-inflammatory acne lesions
such as blackheads is a relatively straightforward
affair and can even be performed by a trained nurse.
However, always remember that such operations do not
insure permanent relief as new blackheads may form to
replace the ones that have been removed. Performing
surgery on inflammatory acne is a more complex process
and should be carried out only by a certified doctor or
surgeon.
There
are basically four types of Acne surgery and these are
Cyro surgery, Laser surgery, surgery with Chemicals and
Excisional surgery. Cyro surgery is used to reduce the
devastations left by skin damaged due to acne. It
requires direct or indirect application of liquid
nitrogen to the skin to cause local destruction of
tissue. The worry with this procedure is that it has a
tendency to encourage fresh growths of acne at the site
where the surgery is carried out. Laser surgery is used
to smooth over acne scars and bring down the redness
surrounding lesions which have healed. Chemical surgery
is used to restore skin by removing the outer layers of
damaged skin and Excisional surgery is used to extract
and drain severe acne nodules and
cysts.
While
acne surgery is a sure way to remove unsightly
pimples and nodules, there is no guarantee that those
will not spring back later. That is because the real
causes of acne remain within the body. The causes of
acne may be many like overproduction by the sebum gland
and a high level of toxins as the body is unable to
expel them. The only permanent cure for your acne,
however large and unsightly they are, is the holistic
approach. It is the only method that does not deal with
the symptoms but goes to the very root of the problem
and cures it. All other methods work in a partial way
and the results are consequently
temporary.
