The Best Way to Treat and Get Rid of Acne Vulgaris

Author: Elaine Mummery

Acne vulgaris is the most common type of acne.  It can show up mild with just a few spots now and again or it can be severe with spots covering the face, back, arms and chest.  Whilst most GP’s in the UK (and most western countries) will recommend the use of prescription drugs to treat this condition we ask the question, is this really the best way to treat acne vulgaris?

Many doctors hold onto the belief that ‘there is no scientific evidence that relates acne to food’, hence the reason why they use prescription drugs to treat this condition.  Is this really true?  Can we all confidently tuck into a plate of fish and chips and eat a large bar of chocolate without worrying about the appearance of spots?

The fact is, despite claims to the contrary, there have been plenty of studies conducted over the past few years to prove that acne and food are indeed related.  In fact, there is a list of different food that has been associated with the appearance of spots.  What you must understand however is that everyone is different and what may cause acne for one person may be completely different than what causes acne for another, hence the reason why this subject has been debated for so long.  It is important to remember that there is a lot of money to be made by skincare and pharmaceutical companies in selling treatments for acne; they are certainly not going to inform you that what you eat could be causing your problem.  Many of the treatments that are marketed simply do not work but are marketed so well that it makes people believe that they do work so they continue to use them despite disappointing results.

So what foods are linked to acne?  These would be yeast, sugar, refined foods such as white bread, white rice, cakes etc, gluten, milk (and all foods containing milk), spicy food, carbonated drinks, excess amounts of salt, excess amounts of caffeine, fried food, red meat and foods that contain hydrogenated oils or fats.

This list is not intended to freak you out; it is simply a list of foods that have been linked to causing certain people to have acne vulgaris.  It may be that you are intolerant (unable to digest) to a certain type of food. If this is the case then the more you eat that type of food the worse your skin problem will get.  Many people find that they are unable to digest milk (dairy intolerant) and if they avoid milk altogether, their skin completely clears up.  For some people it may be gluten or any of the other foods listed.  The good news is that for many people they have become intolerant to a type of food simply because they have eaten too much of it and if they avoid eating it for 3 months then they may be able to have a little of the food now and again without any repercussions.

Acne vulgaris can also be caused by too many hormones.  Were you aware that what you choose to eat can have an effect on the amount of hormones in your body?  Refined foods such as cakes, white bread, chocolate and fizzy drinks all cause a blood sugar rush which in turn increases the amount of testosterone that your body produces.  Testosterone increases the production of sebum and too much sebum blocks pores.  It is vital for all people suffering from acne vulgaris to eat a low sugar diet and as many natural foods as possible as well as testing for any food intolerances.  This is especially important advice for teenagers and for women who regularly get acne before and during their monthly cycles.

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The Best Way to Treat and Get Rid of Acne Vulgaris

Effects of Acne Vulgaris

Author: Raj Kumar

Acne Vulgaris has been regarded as the skin problem that caused by the combination of secreted oil from the sebaceous gland and the dead skins on the top of the skin. It resulted into the blockage the pores that has a uses of oozing out the sweat. It has various names like blackheads, blemishes, whiteheads, pimples, or zits. In cases of Acne Vulgaris the predominately feigned areas are face, upper neck as well as chest, back and shoulders. At the upper arms Acne can also occur. In rare cases acne results into cysts. Acne Vulgaris is considered to be the grievous case of acne problem. The mild form of acne is Mild red pimples. On an usual manner people face the mild acne problems. With few people severe case of acne can exclusively happen. Regarding to these skin problems there are many causes as well as an incorrect conception.

The main treatment for stopping acne is cleaning the skin in a proper manner. There are acne cream available in the market without any prescription of doctors. Scrubbing and rubbing will result in worsen the acne problem. There are many side effects of acne vulgaris. Acne Vulgaris resulted into psychiatric and psychological complications like

• Adolescent prevalence

• Facial distribution

• Misperceptions regarding etiology

• Social emphasis on "appearance"

There are some and psychological complications of acne vulgaris like

• Depression ---it the most common problem that the people who faces skin problems usually faced. Acne Vulgaries also caused depression amongst the acne effected person. Depression may led to the serious mental problems. It has been researched that people with acne problem became unsocial person.

• Social phobia --- People who are facing acne vulgaris usually developed a social phobia. Social Phobia includes being afraid of meting people, they are tending to avoid social contacts, parties. As they thinks that people will avoid them.

• Anxiety disorders --- people with acne vulgaris problem sometimes faces anxiety disorder problem. In such problem they grew up a tendency of being affected by acne problems. If a simple rashes took place they became afraid of being affected by acne vulgaris.

• Impaired self-image and self-esteem --- acne vulgaris also effect on the personality of a person. People who are facing the problem tend to be demoralized all the time. They are facing the problem of low self esteem. They became afraid of taking into any venture.

• Social dysfunction --- People who are suffering from the acne vulgaris problem usually tend to restrict themselves to go for any social contact. they grew up a feeling that people around them will avoid them because of their skin problem. That is how their social functions started dysfunctioning. This problem is usually faced by the teenagers. They finds this problem as a reason behind going off their girlfriends and friends.

• Reduced quality of life----the quality of life that one can live usually gets decreased with this skin problems. As people started suffering from Depression, Social phobia, Anxiety disorders, Impaired self-image and self-esteem, Social dysfunction etc the quality of life automatically started loosing its importance.
Effects of Acne Vulgaris

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Acne and Aging Skin Tips

Acne and Aging Skin

Author: Acne Tips
 
Okay, so you're a grown up and you outgrew your acne years ago, but all of a sudden you are starting to see acne blemishes again. You're too old for this! You may even have grandkids. What is going on?

If you have read the other articles on this site, you already know about the causes of acne, but in case you dipped in here first, we'll give a quick overview.

Acne is an inherited disorder of the sebaceous follicles (pores) in which they shed too many dead skin cells at a time, creating tiny plugs that grow larger as they work their way toward the surface. If you have the inherited tendency for inflammation, you get pustules and papules and sometimes cysts. If you don't, you get blackheads and whiteheads.

During puberty, when our hormones are raging, our androgenic hormones act on the sebaceous (oil) glands causing them to produce a lot of oil. Androgenic hormones are the male hormones—testosterone is one. But girls produce them too, just not as much. Oil added into the mix of dead skin cells makes them stickier and more likely to clog up the pores. The extra oil backs up behind the plug, making a breeding ground for the naturally occurring p. acnes bacteria in our pores and they run wild.

The effect of androgens on the sebaceous glands is why boys usually get worse acne than girls do. The estrogenic hormones have a mitigating effect on oil production, so sometimes birth control pills that are high in estrogen will be prescribed for acne.

If you had acne as a teenager, but outgrew it, you outgrew your production of oil, but not your tendency to shed extra skin cells. The skin does slow down the production and sloughing of skin cells as we age, but those of us with acne tendencies still shed more than our non-acneic counterparts.
You may have noticed in your twenties and thirties that you would get breakouts around the time of your period. It is those hormones again. Your body produces a lot of estrogen leading up to your period as it builds the lining of your uterus and prepares an egg for release from the ovary, but then the estrogen level drops off if the egg is not fertilized, causing the lining to shed and you get your period. Without the protection of the high estrogen levels, a woman's androgens can cause extra oil production, leading to the blemishes you were getting around your period.

As you go through perimenopause and menopause, the estrogenic protection is lost for longer periods of time, until finally it is lost permanently. In some women who had acne when they were young, this can lead to a recurrence.

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