A Review of Alternative Acne
Treatments
The high percentage of people suffering from acne all over the world has led in
recent times to an increase in the number of treatment alternatives available to
people suffering from this condition. The classic antibiotics and creams have
been supplemented by hormonal treatments, phototherapy and laser surgery.
Others are trying to develop still more types of cures, such as diets built to
avoid the consumption of dairy products, the use of chromium and zinc
supplements and homemade cures from various sorts of spices. Many of them haven't
been scientifically proven yet.
Laser surgery is the latest technique developed by doctors to reduce the scars
left behind by acne. Doctors use laser beams to burn out scar tissue, which
allows the skin to generate new, healthy tissue instead. This technique is still
in the early, primitive stages since it is used after follicles had turned to
pimples and pimples were reduced to scars.
Still, new research shows that laser surgery could be used in the future to
prevent acne from even happening, instead of just dealing with the consequences.
Medical grade laser may soon be used to burn away the follicle sac where the
hair grows or to burn the sebaceous gland in those parts of the skin that were
subject to acne outbreaks again and again.
Another approach currently being studied is the use of laser to induce the
formation of oxygen in the bacteria in order to kill them. However, at this
time, laser is still too dangerous for acne prevention since the extreme heat is
known to cause long-term dryness of the skin and even spots.
Other research efforts focus on whole-genome DNA sequencing as a tool for
identifying the genetic reasons why some people do not suffer from acne or
develop only light forms of this condition. However, gene sequencing is still
one of those techniques that belong to the future and are unlikely to become
available soon.
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