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Laser Acne Treatment

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:51:20 +0000

Now, you can clear mild to moderate inflammatory acne without side effects, discomfort, photo-sensitivity or downtime. Acne Clearing treatments utilize a high intensity enhanced light source to permeate the tissue to destroy acne bacteria quickly and easily – with no side effects, no downtime, no pain, and without the exposure to antibiotics. Typically, just ten treatments over a four week period will greatly improve the appearance of skin.

Photofacial

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:27:58 +0000

Intense pulsed light (IPL Laser Treatment) or Photofacial is a non-invasive and non-ablative treatment that uses high intensity pulses of visible light to improve the appearance of aged and sun damaged skin. A series of treatments will result in improvement of sun and age spots, broken capillaries, spider veins, rosacea, red acne scars, facial redness and fine lines and wrinkles.

An Acute Episode of Acne, also called a ‘Flare Up’ can be Triggered by

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:18:44 +0000

Hormonal changes, stress, products, and certain foods may aggravate. Climate, sun, friction, and medications also trigger skin flare-ups. If we suffer from Acne we should watch our diet and be aware of the changes going on in our body and the outside environment.

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Why we Perform Extractions

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:10:59 +0000

Extractions are performed to expel impurities and clean out the pores, to remove papules and pustules in order to release bacteria and fluids so they can heal more rapidly.

Bacteria

admin — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:44:26 +0000

Microorganisms

Acne IV is a Cystic Form of Acne

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:14:03 +0000

This cystic form of acne is a heartbreaker. Grade IV will display the whole spectrum of acne lesions such as blackheads, whiteheads, papules, pustules, and nodules, it is characterized by the addition of cysts. This type of acne is often accompanied by severe inflammation that becomes very red and even purplish. This type has the potential to be the most scarring type of acne.

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Acne III Consists of Pustules and Papules

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 20:05:08 +0000

Grade III consists of the typical inflamed acne papules or pustules along with the milder stages of acne blackheads and whiteheads.

Grade II Acne Studded with Whiteheads

admin — Tue, 05 May 2009 19:13:30 +0000

This type of acne is a unique type of acne where the face becomes studded with whiteheads. This process is called maturation arrest acne because the comedones do not go ahead and mature into actual blackheads. The whiteheads just continue to get larger. The surface opening never dilates, leaving the dead skin cells or keratinocytes to become trapped inside. Because this is one of the toughest acne to treat, suggested treatment is a series of peels to force the impactions to open up.
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Type I Acne can be Caused by Hormones

admin — Sun, 03 May 2009 23:32:03 +0000

Type I acne is the mildest grade of acne and consists primarily of blackheads and whiteheads. If this type of acne develops in a young teenager around the ages of twelve to fourteen it could be a signal toward more severe acne.
A suggested treatment for this type of acne would be slight peeling with vitamin A conditioning lotions. This will usually clear this problem.

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