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Getting Rid of Acne Scars
Common Ingredients To Help Get Rid Of Acne Scars
Acne attacks can be unsightly and painful but even worse is the potential for ugly scars left behind on your face. The noticeable discoloration, uneven skin tone and scarring can be devastating.
Acne scars take time to heal and may never fully disappear. Most effective acne treatments can’t guarantee instant correction but definitely help speed up the healing process. Therefore, it is very important to learn about the available treatment options for acne and consult a dermatologist in severe cases.
There are a plethora of anti-acne skin care products and acne treatments to can choose from, so it is very important to have accurate information when choosing a product for your skin.
Recognizing a Scar
It is very important to be able to recognize if the unsightly mark on your skin is really a scar or something else. It could be just a temporary redness, or just a spot on the skin that may take up to six months to fade away, or even discoloration that can stay for up to18 months.
Scars feel different from the rest of your skin with a base that is either higher or lower than the surrounding skin. A scar usually has redness and discoloration that stays for more than 3 months.
Scars are serious and require dermatological treatment. Though nothing can be for an instant recovery, there are many remedies you can try which have effective results over time.
Here are some things that will of help in reducing acne discoloration:
Sunscreen
Sunscreens should be worn daily. But it becomes essential to protect your skin from the sun’s rays when you are treating discoloration due to acne induced skin damage. The all new Innovative Skincare SPF 20 Powder sunscreen is ideal. The powder is applied to your face with a brush and can easily be worn over make-up.
Hydroquinone
It is a vital ingredient in all skin lightening solutions. Hydroquinone blocks the enzyme tyrosinase that is responsible for melanin production in the skin which produces fair, healthy looking skin. Over the counter products usually have 2% hydroquinone concentration while physician prescribed solutions safely carry higher concentrations.
Kojic Acid
Derived from fungus, kojic acid just like hydroquinone suppresses tyrosinase and is also used to make your skin clear, healthy and free of unwanted blemishes.
Azelaic Acid
It is a naturally occurring chemical that is only available through prescription. It inhibits tyrosinase and thus fights off acne and hyper-pigmentation.
Retinoids
Retinoids increases the skin’s cell turnover ratio and are very effective in treating acne, hyper-pigmentation, fine lines and wrinkles.
Alpha Hydroxy Acids
Alpha hydroxyl acids are natural exfoliates and work well to combat acne and hyper-pigmentation. When combined with 2% hydroquinone it creates up a powerful anti-acne treatment.
Keep the above ingredients in mind when purchasing your acne skin care products or treatments!
By: Marilynn Syrett
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Dr. Marilynn Syrett is a graduate from Western University of Health Sciences, and researches about various facial skin care and anti ageing skin care products apart from several newly launched products.
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Get Rid Of Acne
Get Rid Of Acne And Increase Your Self Confidence
Have you ever felt down and depressed before?
I know I have several times for more reason than one. But can Acne really contribute to low self esteem and, does it really cause emotional problems. This article will address this question and it will also identify persons mostly affected.
Before the question can be answered however, we need to have an idea what is self esteem and what are emotional problems.
Simply put self esteem is the way one think of themselves and so low self esteem is when one think negative of themselves; this can be thinking of one’s self as as being below a certain standard or unacceptable by their peers or people around them.
Emotion on the other hand is the feeling you have or the mood that you are in. It can be sadness, happiness, or it can be love or hate for someone or something. So for a person to have emotional problems would mean that they are feeling down, depressed, sad and other various forms of negative feelings.
Lets Get Back To The Original Question: Can Acne Really Cause Low Self Esteem And Emotional Problems?
Acne is a severe skin disease that respects no one and any one can be affected regardless of age or ethnicity. It has symptoms of blackheads, whiteheads and various forms of pimples and zits that comes all over peoples’ faces back neck and shoulders.
Lets face the reality, people with acne tend to think that they are ‘ugly’ when comparing themselves with someone without acne. This therefore is a sign of low self esteem because there and then they have placed themselves below a standard by not appreciating themselves and believing that they too are beautiful.
Teenagers are the ones mostly affected by from this traumatic effect of acne. Think about it, teenage years are the prime time of our lives. We go out and enjoy our selves with our peers and interact and get to know those of the opposite sex. Those are the days of our lives when puberty kicks in and and the hormones starts to trigger off and we want to go on dates, and start having girl friends and boyfriends.
Can you imagine having acne? All those pimples and zits on your faces?
Of course it can cause emotional problems, and not just for teenagers but adults too. And having emotional problems will lead to low self esteem which as so causes a lack of self confidence, believing that some one will not accept you because of the way you look.
To overcome the emotional problems, one has to first believe in themselves and accept who they are and believe that they can be better. Like everything in life you will face difficulties and other people may even describe you as ‘ugly’ or say other harmful descriptive words to you. But are you going to lets this demotivate you, if there is such a word? No!
You are not going to feel discouraged, for every hurtful thing that comes your way you will use it as a motivation to feel better about your self. Always have a positive attitude towards yourself. Ask your self this question: What does a person without acne have that you don’t
You got it right a clear skin.
But you can have a clear skin too, with some patience and the right medication your are well on your way to a better and clearer skin.
By: casey l gentles
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Casey Gentles is the owner of 14 Days Acne Cure He believes that to get rid of acne one must start with a positive attitude towards self. He discovered a safe natural holistic cure that penetrates deep inside the skin to cure acne and remove scars. learn more about how to get rid of acne
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