xorainbow08 asked:


What is the best acne medicine that i can buy from a drugstore? thanx

Constance

Karen Cheong asked:


Of the different types of acne medicine that need a doctor’s prescription, antibiotics are probably the most commonly used. How they work though in the treatment of acne is not exactly clear. For example, when antibiotics are used in the treatment of an infection such as a pneumonia, their effect by killing bacteria is quickly seen. However, in acne, antibiotics may take up to two months to show any improvement. As a result, many people give up before the medicine has had time to work.

Antibiotics can be used both as topical acne medicine as well as systemic acne medicine.

When used as topical acne medicine, they do not work as well as those taken orally. This may be because they do not penetrate the skin very well. Topical antibiotics do work well in acne of mild to moderate degree. And most people prefer to apply an acne medicine than to take it by mouth. However, they have to be used even when the acne has disappeared. The acne medicine has to be withdrawn gradually to minimise the appearance of new spots.

Examples of antibiotics used in topical acne medicine include tetracycline and clindamycin. As they are alcohol-based medicines, they may sting the skin. Tetracycline also has an interesting effect in very fair-skinned people - it becomes fluorescent under ultraviolet light ! So be careful when you go to a disco after having applied the acne medicine !

Both types of acne medicine break down after six to eight weeks and have to be replaced. It takes about two months before any benefit is obvious.

Systemic acne medicine includes oral antibiotics. Common examples include the tetracyclines and erythromycin. Teracyclines as a systemic acne medicine have been used since the 1950’s. They have been tried and tested as acne medicines. They need to be given twice a day at the beginning until a response has been achieved. A further maintenance dose is then needed for as long as necessary. It takes as long as two to three months of using one type of acne medicine before making the decision to switch if if does not work. These drugs are not well absorbed and have to be taken on empty stomachs. Perhaps the worst news of all is that in spite of taking these acne medicines twice a day for several months, the best that can be achieved is suppression of the acne. Thus, they need to be taken until the disease goes into natural remission. This may mean being on acne medicines for six to twelve months. Some may need to be on it for even longer.

Erythromycin as a systemic acne medicine is a very useful drug. It has an excellent safety record and can be used in pregnant women. Unfortunately, if it is taken for more than a week, it can cause bacteria in the gut to become resistant to the antibiotic. Using erythromycin as an acne medicine may thus render it ineffective for more serious illness.

Antibiotics are known to be very effective as acne medicine. How they work is not exactly clear. Those with troublesome acne who consult their doctor are most likely to be given antibiotics in some form for treatment of their acne.



Stephanie

a n n o n y m o u s asked:


it says on the box to use it “daily” but it doesnt say how often, i use the Clearasil Ultra Acne Clearing Scrub morning and night and Clearasil Ultra Daily Face Wash whenever i shower, which is frequent times a day. how often should i use it so my skin isnt producing more oil and making more acne ?

Herbert

James Anderson asked:


Scientific learning about acne is slowly vindicateance up some of the misconceptions surrounding this order, but there are many myths that persist. Here are some ordinary acne myths.

Myth #1 - Acne is initiated by modest hygiene. This belief may have arisen beinitiate of the skin infections associated with acne. However, require of shipshapeliness is not the basis for outexceeds of acne. The mixture of sebum and departed cells which initiate acne is situated beneath the exterior of the skin where it is impotential to shipshape it away. However, gentle shipshapesing with soap and water once or twofold a day will keep the skin as well as potential. Be chary not to brush too hard, however, as this may make acne shoddier.

Myth #2 - Acne is initiated by certain foods. There is a long-lasting belief that drinking chocolate will initiate the face to exceed out in itchiness. There is no scientific mark for this—studies have exposed no statistically significant relationship between drinking chocolate and acne. The same holds real of other foods associated like potato chips and sweetie. It is real, however, that drinking too greatly of these foods is unwell, and you want to keep as well as potential at all epoch and especially if afflicted with acne. warning chocolate and sweetie consumption is forever a good idea.

Even however chocolate and french fries do not initiate acne, there are some foods which do appear to intensify it. There appears to be a relationship between milk and acne, and foods high in iodine also appear to initiate itchiness. Iodine is found in seafood, so those with acne may be advised not to eat too greatly seafood.

Myth #3 - Acne is bonded to sex. At assorted epoch we heard that masturbation or celibacy initiates itchiness. There is no mark for this. There is a bond between sexual activity and hormone production, however, but the relationship between sex and the production of sebum (the slippery substance which combines with departed skin cells to initiate acne) is doubtful. Anger and stress also shape hormone levels.

Myth #4 - Acne has to run its course. There are many luxuryments unfilled for acne, so those who are pain from the discomfort and embarrassment that acne initiates can find relief by consulting with a dermatologist or with over-the-offset medicine.

Myth #5 - Acne is only a teenage situation. It is real that most adolescents have acne, but it also shapes some adults. Acne will typically sheer up by time one enters their early 20s, but some people experience acne for the first time when they are in their 30s or 40s.

Myth #6 - Acne only shapes appearance. Acne is a skin situation which can also initiate psychological distress. Those with ruthless acne are especially vulnerable to feelings of depression and low nature-aura. There is a pungent bond between ruthless acne situations and shared withdrawal.

Myth #7 - Popping itchiness is the best way to get rid of them. In detail, popping itchiness may intensify acne by diffusion the bacteria which is cawith it. Popping can also hint to scarring which in ruthless luggage can be lasting.

Myth #8 - Sunbathing is good for acne. Exposure to the sun has the cause of drying out surplus oils, so it does in detail have a abrupt-span cause of improving acne. However, the skin rapidly becomes accustomed to sun exposure so no long-span help is gained. Sun exposure may also hurt the skin and spread the gamble of skin melanoma.

Myth #9 - frame initiates acne. Some framework can clog the pores which is bad for the vigor of the skin. makeup labelled “noncomedogenic” or “nonacnegenic” are prudent to use and some brands may enter ingredients which can luxury acne.

Myth #10 - The more acne medicine the better. Some people think that if their acne gets shoddier they should use more medicine. overkill use of acne ointments, however, may chafe the skin, and oral medicines can be hazardous when full in large quantities. forever pursue the directions for the acne medications.



Joyce

fuzzynaval asked:


My girlfriend has been taking this acne medicine called minocycline for the last couple months and she has been on birth control for the past year, but her mom loves to tell her stuff that will scare her into not doing “bad” things. Her mom told her the birth control only worked %50 because she was taking the other medicine too, is this true, because I dont see any link between skin medicine and yer baby maker, so I would think it would be just as effective. I just need to confirm this so she will feel better about the situation.

Patricia

Smittywerbenyegermanjanson O asked:


I have a friend that says that he took “an acne medicine” that caused him to fall into sever depression, I was wondering is this possible or documented, with any medicine, or this acne medicine?

I dont know the specific medicine, sorry

Jane