What causes acne anyway? The sebaceous glands of the skin to skin fat from the outside, actually the skin to maintain and protect. The clogged sebaceous glands fatty execution corridors, also called pores, and eventually formed an open blackheads (= Komedo). It recognizes him as a small black dot on the skin. The sebaceous glands channels are now closed and settle here germs (= Propionibakterium ANCES) and the inflammatory process that leads to the pimple starts. The tendency to develop acne is hereditary.

Can acne be treated?

Acne Do you go to the doctor? If you are not unreasonable by scratching around and ugly scars may be at risk, you should probably do better. There are now several treatment options. And with today's multitude of treatment approaches is safe for every skin type, every age and every seriousness the right things.

Own "Herumdoktern" usually brings little, and the remedies that you see in advertising, often only benefit the manufacturer. Expert or specialist is needed, after all, the skin look good.

When you enter a treatment, please be aware: Acne is not from one day to come, they therefore do not disappear overnight. Do you have patience and you will not lose its nerve, because at the beginning of each treatment will be more short-term inflammation.

The treatment options are often combined together. It differs:

  • Outdoor therapy (skin care, cosmetics and / or peeling therapy): Keyword "Acne toilet": Use soap-free wash lotions, because the often surprising successes. It is important, blackheads and inflamed pustules may be removed professionally. They are with warm compresses to weaken and then using special equipment expressed. Here is tact necessary to eliminate the skin is not unnecessarily hurt, so it should be left to professionals
  • Skin doctors are happy with creams, antibiotics, which are included. The application should be based on necessary cases. And then there are antibiotics in tablet form, for about four to six weeks, with strong medium-inflammatory forms of acne. They reduce the sebum production and inflammation simultaneously fight the bacteria.

Of course there are other possibilities of treatment, such as:

  • UV irradiation
  • Anti-baby-pill
  • Isotretinoin (very strong tablets)

But what treatment is best for you is, ask your dermatologist if you prefer.

Acne for the parties concerned is a serious problem: It feels ugly, has the feeling that the whole world revolves after the "pimple face" and laughs. It is believed the job you get not only because it has acne; afraid, never to find friends ... Acne can be very difficult to beat the psyche. Especially if you do not have strong self-esteem.

But you can learn to deal with acne. People with acne should not be in your own four walls. Go out with friends, because for the fellows Acne affects mostly far less worse than they see themselves. Do not worry about how others might see you. Because we do not live, so as to be like others would like us! If you belong to the lucky that are not under a Puberty acne stage, be thankful.