Acne does affect proportionally more teenagers than those in other age groups. But the fact is it can affect anyone, of any race, at any age. Combating it requires much the same treatment for anyone (other than infants).
Knowledge is the first weapon. In order to know how best to treat acne, it’s essential to know what type one has. A professional diagnosis can be helped immensely when the patient takes careful notes about his or her condition. When it started, the type of blemishes and any treatments already tried are big aids to a correct diagnosis.
Knowledge also helps avoid many of the downsides associated with the disease. There are numerous myths surrounding the causes and treatments of acne. There are good reasons to avoid excess chocolate consumption and drinking too many soft drinks. Avoiding acne is not among them. Nor will a good suntan get rid of it.
Knowledge also helps reduce the prospect of useless guilt and depression. Acne affects nearly everyone at some time in life, some more severe than others. Good skin care is extremely helpful for a variety of reasons, but it has little to do with whether one gets the disease. Still, it can play a role in strengthening only overall skin health, as well as improve the mental outlook that helps combat the condition.
Knowledge of acne will help males and females more effectively deal with acne, since it affects them differently. Acne tends to occur earlier in pre-teen to teen females, but more severely to males once they contract it. Later, the situation is altered.
Men and women may need different approaches to treatment, as well. Makeup, shaving and other gender specific practices play a role in dealing with acne. The two sexes react to medications differently, in part because of hormonal variations between the two. In some instances, simple mild cleansing and time is enough to treat acne. In other cases, more stringent efforts are required.
But over the counter medications can be equally effective for both sexes, as can prescription drugs. Light treatments and lasers, though sometimes more expensive, can be used to treat acne in nearly everyone.
Even effective treatments, though, don’t totally eliminate the possibility of acne scarring. Dealing with that opens up a whole other range of treatment options to explore. Dermabrasion, laser resurfacing and other techniques have helped millions safely.
No matter your age, gender or circumstances the treatment of acne has advanced to a stage that the odds are very good for total cure. The first step requires nothing harder than a little research…
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