What used to be a teenage problem brought on by adolescence has now become evident in adulthood as well.
The main cause of adult acne is stress and hormones imbalance. It is mostly accompanied by inflammation. Most of us hope for the first two types of acne if we ever bump into it, no pun intended, and that comprises of whiteheads and black heads. These can easily be treated with a physical exfoliant otherwise known as a scrub, providing desquamation of the dead skin cells sitting on the stratum corneum (top layer) of the skin. No inflammation is usually present.
Now taking it up a notch as we move onto papules and pustules. These can be slightly
sensitive to the touch, and that is because of the inflammation they are accompanied by.
They are filled with puss due to the infection in the pore caused by the P-Acne bacteria.
They are usually very tempting to squeeze, even when one knows they should not be.
Squeezing them causes trauma to the surrounding tissue and will leave the skin with dark
spots and cause scarring (post acne scarring) which can only be treated after the breakout
has cleared, resulting in a much longer route to clear skin.
A mere scrub does not usually cut it when it comes to the above. It will, in fact, facilitate the
spread of the break-out due to the infectious nature of the bacteria. A series of light and
medium depth collagen induction therapies and mesotherapies with Salicylic Acid is the
best solution at this point. The main purpose for using Salicylic Acid is to dissolve the “glue”
in between the accumulated dead skin cells on the stratum corneum, therefore making it
easier to target and neutralise the acne bacteria in the sebaceous gland (oil gland). Another
option is our Mandelic peel, which is brilliant for bringing down inflammation quickly whilst
deeply exfoliating, making it easier to cope with the discomfort. Our third option is the
Piruvic Peel, which will regulate oil, as well as target impurities.
The last two types are the most severe forms of acne, referred to as cystic and nodular acne.
On the surface, cystic acne can look like large, red boils. Cysts, like nodules, reside deep
underneath the surface of the skin, and since they are filled with puss, cysts are softer than
nodules. The inflammation that comes with these types of acne can be unbearable at times.
This is because of the infection that “spills” into the surrounding areas of the skin. Most
cases are often treated with first option, and that is because this can be an extremely painful
experience that often calls for the easiest and quickest way out.
An alternative would be to treat the cystic acne in its infancy. Just as it begins to manifest, a
combination of chemical peels and micro needling and/or mesothrapy (pixel peel) using Dermica’s AcneZon meso solution will reduce infection, as well as the inflammation present. Optimum results require a strict treatment plan until the skin has cleared. Any post acne scars left behind will be treated thereafter.
Therapy is suitable for all forms of acne, including inflammatory and non-inflammatory types.
The product works to reduce and regulate blackheads, oil and sebum excess, remove dead skin cells and bacteria, and provide an enhanced anti-inflammatory effect along with a keratolytic action that helps to normalize skin problems and restore skin tone and appearance. It also stimulates the creation of new fibroblasts and repairs blemishes and scarring, producing new collagen and increasing elastin production.
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