Choosing The Best Acne Treatment

Treatment

A lot of research has been conducted to establish the best treatment of acne. Feedback obtained from the acne sufferer has played a crucial role in the research. Acne can be very painful and frustrating as well when not treated in the early stages.

With the availability of information and the many review sites on acne, acne sufferers are still not satisfied with the available treatment options. However, there is no guarantee of total healing of this skin condition. Here are some of the methods which have been tried by many acne sufferers.

  • Home treatment
  • Prescriptive medication
  • treatment via online procedures
  • Use of natural herbs
  • Using products from chemists
  • Visiting a dermatologist

The methods are designed for both inside and outside treatment. The effectiveness of the method used is dependent on the skin condition and the uniqueness of the acne condition. You are advised to consult a dermatologist or a skin specialist for evaluation. This will help to determine the best treatment option for your condition.

Some of the acne treatment system offers cash-back guarantees in case the treatment method fail to bear fruits within the specified period. Even though you are sure of getting your money back should the treatment fail, you will have lost a lot of time, and the condition might even worsen. Subjecting your body to some treatment methods could also have some adverse effects on your health status. This could be very frustrating.

 

Let us have a look at some of the factors you need to consider when choosing the acne treatment method.

Price

Check the cost the various products. Try to establish if the available products are worth the overall quantity and quality. Also, check if the products can be used for an extended period. If they are for long term use, is their cost effective? Can you get some packaged offer or special discounts? Though the price of the products is a personal thing, it is also dependent on your needs, lifestyle, income, expenses and your daily routine.

Laser and light treatment

Laser and light acne treatments are very expensive methods. They remove the scars by use of sophisticated therapies.  These methods are the best in managing the side effects associated with other treatment methods. The temporary side effects eliminated by theses advanced methods include skin dryness, redness and skin’s dark spots.

Effectiveness

This refers to how long the treatment might take in clearing acne. When do you expect positive results on your skin? Will the treatment treat inside-out? Is the treatment natural based or holistic? Will the acne condition recur? It takes time clearing acne when using the best treatment but your skin condition is restored completely.

Genital Warts Treatment

STDs

Genital warts are one of the most common sexually transmitted infection STI. It is caused by HPV (human papillomavirus). The disease is not curable, but its symptoms can be managed and treated easily. It is diagnosed through inspection by a medical practitioner where a lens is used.


Simple observation easily diagnoses it unlike with other STDs which are identified by their symptoms. A hand lens is used to observe the signs for easier diagnosis. Warts are not painful, but they can be irritated by trauma or friction.

 

Treatment

The treatment method is dependent on the level of infection. This includes volume, texture, and size of warts. Genital warts can be treated by the two types of medical treatments available. They include:

Warticon (podophyllotoxin)

This method is used in the treatment of small fleshy warts. It eliminates warts by physically burning them off. It clears warts in month one month period. Once burned and healed, warts do not recur.
Aldara (imiquimod) this is a special cream used in the treatment of genital warts. It works better on the larger warts. The cream helps the body’s immune system to fight warts.

Through this method, it might take several months or weeks to treat warts completely. The major drawback of this approach is that the treated warts are likely to recur.

In severe cases, it is recommended that the warts be removed physically. The following methods are used for the removal of genital warts.

Electrosurgery

This option is applied for large warts which have failed to respond to other medical treatments. This involves burning genital warts by passing some current through it. However, the treatment is painful.

Cryotherapy

Through this method, dry ice or liquid nitrogen is used to freeze warts. This causes their outer membranes to split, thus killing the wars cells. It roughly takes three weeks to heal the skin completely after undergoing this treatment. You are advised to abstain from having sex until you are fully healed.

Laser surgery

This is used in treating larger warts which are not accessible by other methods, for instance, they can be used to deal with those warts which occur deep inside the urethra or anus.

Excision

This involves cutting off warts using a scalpel. This is then followed by stitching the wounds. The method is used on either larger or smaller warts which are very hard to touch. This helps to avoid scarring.