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Treatment Of The Acne

Book Abstract by: Micheline    

Original Author: Dra. Micheline Nuss
TREATMENT Of the€NE
Has many products for treatment against acne, much of them without scientific evidence of
its effect. However, in many cases the combination of treatments can sufficiently reduce the amount and severity of the acne. It is strong advisable to consult a dermatologist before initiating any treatment. The many forms of treatment for acne that they had shown to be effective are:
To external kill the bacterium that if shelters in the blocked folículos
This fact using antibiotic or treating the areas affected with bactericidal substances. However, to reduce the P.acnes bacterium will not diminish the oil secretion and abnormal behavior of the cells, that are the initial cause of the blocked folículos. Moreover, the less efficient antibiotics are being each time to the measure that resistant bacteria are more common. Generally acne reappears after the end of this treatment - days after the tópica application and weeks later in the verbal antibiotic case.
Reduction of the oil secretion for the glands
This is made through the daily verbal consumption of derivatives of the vitamin, as the isotretinoina one, for the period of some months. The isotretinoina has shown to be very efficient in the treatment of severe cases of acne, being that it has effect of bigger stated period of the one than the anti-bactericidal ones and generally cure acne permanently. However, treatment with isotretinoina requires careful medical supervision because it has shown collateral effect, some of sufficiently serious which. To normalize the cycle of life of the cells of the folículos a group of medicines for this is constituted by topical retinóides. As well as the isotretinoina, them they are related to the vitamin, but the administration is tópica and generally they have less severe collateral effect. However, they can cause significant irritation in the skin. Such medicines must be used with medical supervision.
Published: March 18, 2006
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