Another acne question resolved

Posted by John

August 4, 2010

Here is question that we found on the internet and resolved:

“Can anyone tell me the best products for severe acne ?

my face starts to grow acne since i use this one branded product and it caused me a lot of troubles . i tried different kind of products but none of them is working . so i hope any of you that also experienced this kind of problem can share me few products that ACTUALLY WORK .”

Our Answer was:

Hi there,

Yeah, I had pretty bad acne and it is a real pain to get rid of but I can give you a few tips.

With regards to acne treatment:

Branded products, most of the time, will not work by themselves for severe acne as Severe acne needs an extra helping hand to treat. That said they should not be ignored. You said that the one you used before made things worse? Did it have a high concentration of Benzoyl Peroxide (5% or higher)? This can irritate the skin and make acne worse. Also some treatments contain Salicylic Acid which can make acne worse for a short time but improve it after a couple of weeks.

So the best treatment is one that contains a bit of Benzoyl Peroxide (2.5%) and a bit of Salicylic acid as this will deal with all the external factors.

If you have inflammatory acne (big red pimples that swell up) than antibiotics are the best acne medication for these as they help kill the bacteria from deep within the skin which is causing the large swelling.

Use those two tips and you should be able to clear your acne in a couple of months.

Also, Never pick or squeeze your pimples as this massively makes things worse. Few people realize how much damage this can do and if you can stop yourself then your acne will instantly improve. Drink loads and loads of water and do a bit of exercise.

All these tips cleared my acne which was really really bad and I hope that it can do the same for you.