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Although
acne doesn't pose a serious risk to a person's health,
it causes enormous distress to those affected because of
the unsightly nature of this condition. That is why
people try to treat acne frantically as it otherwise may
even lower their self-esteem. In this article, we will
attempt to find out the various ways of treating acne
and analyze the advantages and drawbacks of
these.
Common Treatments for
Acne
If
it is a minor outbreak, you could try treating
acne with some over
the counter creams and see if they work (in most cases
the acne makes a comeback because conventional
medications just treat the symptoms without treating the
real causes). If they don't, you will have to decide on
whether you go in for prescribed drugs and creams or
whether you try the naturist way of curing your
condition. If prescription medication is your treatment
of choice, you will probably be administered
Isotretonoin, antibiotics,
Retin-A or oral
contraceptives (if you are a woman). We will briefly
discuss the details of these drugs and tell you what
they are used for.
Isotretonoin is an oral medicine
that is prescribed in cases of very severe acne .
However, you must keep in mind that this drug has very
serious side-effects. These include severe depression,
psychosis and, in some extreme cases, even suicidal
tendencies. Also, it could adversely affect pregnant
women and cause defects in their unborn
fetuses.
Antibiotics are generally used to
fight bacteria which may be present on our skin. While a
bacterium does not cause acne, it does engineer the
formation of infection which ultimately leads to acne.
However, with time, some bacteria grow immune to it and
it then ceases to have any effect. Also, antibiotics
sometimes lead to vaginal yeast infections in
women.
Retin-A, a derivative of Vitamin A is
widely used to tackle whiteheads and blackheads but
takes a fairly long time to work. And oral
contraceptives are administered to women who suffer
bouts of acne during their menstrual periods. While it
helps, it does also lead to irregular bleeding, breast
tenderness, weight gain or loss and mood
swings.
Other than causing the side
effects, these medicines also cannot cure acne because
they cannot take on all its causes which can be many.
Instead of trying to control the production of sebum and
eradicating the toxins, they just heal the
symptoms.
Natural Acne
Remedies
If
however, you wish to try naturist practices for
treating acne, you would first have to change your dietary
pattern. Meat, dairy products, caffeine and soda are
strictly taboo and you are advised to partake of fish,
fruits such as apples, oranges and grapes and plenty of
vegetables. You are also asked to drink at least 64
ounces of water every day. You should apply Aloe Vera
directly on the affected parts as this accelerates the
healing process.
However,
whatever method you choose to employ in treating
acne,
you must realize that both these methods treat your
condition from the outside. Therefore, the disappearance
of this affliction could be only temporary as the root
cause still lies untreated within. This is where the
holistic approach outscores the others. It tries to
repair the root of the problem from within by asking you
to change your whole lifestyle. If you are prepared to
do this, choose the holistic approach. It is the only
one which will give you permanent
relief.
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