Whenever you experience having problems with your skin, the urge to buy an acne treatment product is overwhelming. You seek help either from friends or relatives so that they could provide a recommended product for you to use. However, not all acne treatment products will work well for each person. There are instances when a very effective product for your friend will not work for you and vice-versa. This effect is due to several factors like your skin type or if you are prone to allergic reactions to certain chemicals or agents used in the product. Because of this, you need to watch out for several signs that will show you that the product really works.
In this article, you will find some of the common signs to watch out to check if the acne treatment product suits you. If you did not see any of these signs while using the product or if you feel that things are getting worst, it might be the time for you to switch to another product or to ask for a consultation from professionals since they are the ones that are knowledgeable in recommending the treatment for your skin type.
The first sign that you will notice if the acne treatment product is working is that the redness and plumpness becomes minimal. One of the reasons why acne is so annoying is that the redness is very visible you become conscious about it. It seems that the acne stands out in your face. After applying the product on your face for about two to three days, there should be an improvement already. The redness should lessen and the acne should appear smaller than it was before. It should appear like it is starting to dry up. Also, you should feel less pain or any form of skin irritation caused by the acne after several days of using the product since it should have been killed the bacteria causing the acne.
Acne scars occur when spots do not heal properly . There are precautions one can take in both preventing and reducing acne scars. Your average whitehead is unlikely to leave a scar unless picked. Picked spots can increase the likelihood of scarring.
There are two main types of scarring – icepick scars that leave small holes on the skin and pigmented scars that leave a purplely-brown mark once the spot goes away.
Icepick scars can be treated with lasers or dermabrasion if they are not reduced by topical or over the counter methods.
Treatment for pigmented scars can be bought over the counter. Bleaching creams can reduce the appearance of mild scars but it will take at least 6 weeks to see any noticeable differences. If no difference has occurred, stronger creams can be prescribed (often alongside Retin A).
More severe scars can be helped by using chemical peels (which are also recommended for women with darker skin tones to reduce chances of hyperpigmentation that may occur with dermabrasion or lasers).
Reducing acne scars is possible and need not be something that haunts you for the rest of your life.
They say that the best treatment for acne scars is prevention (not picking or squeezing spots and looking after your skin) but that doesn’t help those people who are already scarred.
Luckily for them, there are several acne scar treatments available.
Dermabrasion helps shallow acne scars where machines with rotating diamond edge wheels are used like sandpaper to scrape away damaged skin so new skin can grow in its place.
Chemical peels involves placing a chemical layer over the skin, which when taken off takes a layer of skin away revealing a new fresh layer.
Punch replacement involves removing the deep scar and placing a skin graft over it.
Deeper acne scars can be helped by dermal fillers whereby collagen or fat is injected around the scar to level out the surface.
Subsicion is an acne scar treatment where scar tissue is broken up beneath the skin layer forming a blood clot, which helps the tissue connect beneath the scar and levels out the scar.
Laser treatment in a modern technique where the laser penetrates the skin and gets rid of damaged skin.
Always consult with your doctor before following any of these courses of action.
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