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Some Precautions for Use of Acnezine Acne Treatment Cream

admin — Sat, 23 Jul 2011 11:00:25 +0000

All medications have some side effects and Acnezine acne treatment cream is no exception to this rule. If you decide to use the product to reduce/prevent/treat acne (pimples) you should be aware of the side effects Acnezine acne treatment cream or its ingredients may cause and be prepared to accept the side effects, which are mostly mild in nature and do not cause any serious harm to the health of the user. You can also take certain precautions to reduce/prevent the side effects associated with use of Acnezine acne treatment cream for treatment of acne.

Benzoyl peroxide is the active anti acne ingredient in Acnezine acne treatment cream and most of the side effects of the products are due to Benzoyl peroxide. The side effects of Benzoyl peroxide are skin irritation, burning, stinging sensation, redness of skin, allergy to benzoyl peroxide, edema, contact sensitization, dryness of skin, formation of scales etc. Related posts:

Who are at Risk of Acne?

admin — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 11:25:40 +0000

Acne is a very common problem of skin, especially among adolescence age group. There are various causes of acne and some particular groups of individuals are at higher risk than general population. Acne is a cosmetic problem and generally do not cause any other health problems other than creating cosmetic problems. Acne commonly attack adolescence age group, the group most sensitive to cosmetic aspect of health. It is very important to treat acne appropriately (although not easy as it sounds) as it has potential to affect psychology of the sufferer profoundly.

The persons who are at higher risk of developing acne in compare to general population due to various reasons includes adolescence and teenagers (include boys and girls), pregnant women, females two to seven days before menstrual bleeding tend to get more acne, use of certain medications such as steroids (for any health condition). All the above mentioned groups of individuals have some hormonal disturbance including teenagers (thirteen to nineteen years of age). Hormonal disturbance is one of the most important factors in causation of acne. Ask Doctors Now. Related posts:

What are the symptoms of acne?

admin — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 08:49:48 +0000

Many individuals know acne by different names (synonyms) such as pimples, zits, blemishes etc. But by whatever name you may know acne, if you are suffering from acne or if you have suffered from acne (majority of individuals suffer from acne during adolescence and teenage life), you must be aware of the symptoms acne produce and the difficulty you might have faced while treating acne. Acne is in fact one of the few medical conditions (diseases) diagnosis of which do not need (in most cases) opinion of a doctor, as most of us know what acne is, with few exceptions, when it may not be easy to diagnose acne even by trained dermatologists.

Most of us are aware of the symptoms of acne; still here I have discussed the symptoms of acne, common and usual symptoms as well as some uncommon symptoms of acne. The acne may cause psychological distress (although generally do not cause physical distress) and persistent (resist treatment), that is annoying. The symptoms of acne include papules, pustules, nodules, cysts and comedones.

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Body Acne

admin — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:01:49 +0000

Acne is a disease of sebaceous glands due to chronic inflammation which cause skin eruption, redness, and pustule. Acne is most common among people who have oily type of skin. People with dry type of skin do not generally suffer from acne and if they do suffer, the acne among people with dry type of skin is of milder type.

The most common site where acne occurs is the face. But acne can occur in any parts of the body where there is pilosebaceous gland in the skin such as trunk, scalp and limbs. Acne occurring in the trunk is called body acne or trunk acne. The only parts of the body where acne does not occur are palms and soles as these parts of the body do not contain any pilosebaceous glands. Related posts:

Acne: Treatment & Management

admin — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 16:25:24 +0000

Before we talk about Acne treatment, we should have clear scientific idea and knowledge about acne. We should know what is acne and causes of acne. Acne is chronic inflammatory disease of pilosebaceous glands. Symptoms are seborrhea, formation of comedones, papules and pustules. Causes of acne are seborrhea, somedogenesis, colonization of pilosebaceous duct with Propionibacterium acnes and production of inflammation. Acne is more common in people whose skin type is oily. This is due to the excess production of sebum from pilosebaceous glands.

Acne treatment should be done both internally as well as externally to clear acne and to prevent acne. Acne treatment generally consists of removing dead cells of skin (epidermis part), reducing sebum production and killing bacteria (Propionibacterium acnes) with oral and topical antibiotics. But the acne treatment depends on the severity of the acne. Treatment varies for mild, moderate and severe acne.

Occupational Acne

admin — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:34:13 +0000

Oil and Tar Acne: This acne like eruption occurs in areas of skin exposed to and directly in contact with oil and crude tars. It is not common now but out break still occurs. Many patients presents with periorbital (around orbit or eye ball) comedones. People with acne vulgaris are more prone to develop, but it is not proven.

Men are more commonly involved then women . The skin shows comedones and rarely inflammatory lesions. If inflammatory lesion are present they are superficial. Thighs and lower arms are more prone to develop lesion, which occurs within 6 weeks of exposure. The commonest oil involved are impure paraffin mixture used in engineering industry. Related posts:

Baby Acne and Juvenile Acne

admin — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 01:03:42 +0000

Infantile (baby acne) and juvenile acne mainly affects male babies of 3 to 24 months of age and may continue up to age of 5 years. The lesion are more localized and commonly affects cheeks. The lesions contain comedones, papules and pustules, and sometime it may include nodules and scarring also. Another disease which is almost same as acne is seen among infants in first 3 weeks of life called neonatal cephalic pustulosis. Here also papules and pustules are seen in cheeks. These are commonly due to Malassezia sympodiales. This is self limiting disease and need no treatment. But topical antifungal creams can be of help.

In one of the study on baby acne and juvenile acne, it was found that about Â¼ of patients had mild acne, approximately 60% had moderate acne and remaining had â€˜severe acneâ€™ and mean age of onset was 9 months of age. Related posts:

Acne: Uncommon Association

admin — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 14:48:09 +0000

They are miscellaneous groups of diseases which coexist with acne .

(1) Acne excoriee: This usually occurs in females. Two types are there, first without any inflammatory lesion and the other with mild primary inflammatory acne lesions. This is usually seen in a female who â€˜fiddleâ€™ with the skin and exacerbate the small lesion. Contact dermatitis should be excluded. Patient commonly suffer from personality or psychological problem.

Treatment is with oral antibiotics like oxytetracycline 0.5 gm twice daily or with lymecycline once daily for several months. Topical ointments are of no use, they only irritate the skin and aggravate the situation. Advice should be given not to pick the spots, which is very useful. After treatment with oral antibiotics patient get fewer spots to â€œplayâ€ with.

Acne: Severe Forms (The Other Four)

admin — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 00:54:49 +0000

They are miscellaneous groups of diseases which coexist with acne .

Acne: Severe Forms

admin — Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:19:50 +0000

There are mainly six severe forms of acne. They are (1) acne conglobata, (2) acne fulminans, (3) gram-negative folliculitis, (4) pyoderma faciale (also known rosasea fulminans), (5) SAPHA syndrome and (6) pyoderma gangrenosum acne.

The first two are discussed here:

(1) Acne conglobata: This is very uncommon but very severe form of acne. This is particularly seen in males and usually occurs in the trunk and upper limbs. Unlike common acne, facial lesions are less common in acne conglobata. This type of acne starts in early teens and increases in severity in second and third decade. This is characterized by multiple inflammatory papules and tender (painful) nodules. They frequently fuse together to form draining sinuses (sinus is a channel with opening outside). Large scaring and multiple blackheads are also seen. There may be malignant (cancerous) change in the scar. Rarely it is seen with folliculitis decalvans which is very rare and chronic progressive hair disease that produce scaring alopecia (baldness of head). There is extensive scaring. Familial cases of acne conglobata has been reported. It may persist up to the age of 40-50 years.