Monday, January 10, 2011

ACNE MEDICINES

Acne medicines are required to control Acne a skin disease which occurs generally in adolescence . It is a characterized by areas of the skin with seborrhea i.e. scaley red skin, comedones I.e. black heads , papules i.e. Pin heads and pimples . This occurs due to increase in male sex hormones in both genders during puberty . Generally this problem slows down over time and disappears with out medication .
But, Acne Medicines are getting popularity in youth day by day . These includes :
1-Benzoylperoxide :
2-Antibiotics : such as Clindamycin, Minocycline, Erythromycin if acne is duo to infection with P.acnes .
3-Hormones : combinations of Estrogens and Progestogens .
4-Topical Retenoids : Vitamin A derivatives like Isotretinoin
5-Herbal or Ayurvedic Acne Medicines : Alovera , Neem , Turmeric and Papaya alone or combinations . And Tea Tree Oil formulations also useful and side effects free .
6-Vitamins : Nicotinamide or Vitamin B3 .
7-NSAIDs : Non Steroidal Anti Inflammatory Drugs such as Rofecoxib , Naproxen etc .
Apart from Acne Medicines surgical procedures like Dermabrasion , Microdermabrasion and Phptptherapies suchas Photodynamic therapy and Laser treatments also can be adopted to come out from Acne .

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