Procedures
Acne Treatments
Acne affects almost everyone - more than 90% of all adolescents, nearly 50% of all adult women and 25% of all adults - crossing gender lines as well as national borders
While acne is not curable, it is treatable through prevention. We now know more about controlling this condition than ever before.
Acne develops when one or more of the following occurs: excess sebum production, rapid production of P. acnes, skin cells shed too quickly and/or release of inflammatory substances. For any treatment to work it must interfere with what is causing the acne. Today's acne treatments do one or more of the following:
- Decrease sebum production
- Reduce P. acnes (bacteria)
- Normalize skin shedding
- Eliminate inflammation