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Tuesday 27 May 2008

Treatment For Adult Acne - Will Oil Remedies Make Acne Worse?


Perfect skin is high on almost everyone's list especially the areas that are on display everyday. Although thought of as mainly a teenage problem, adult acne is increasingly common. There are so many treatments for adult acne as well as differing advice so it's difficult to decide where to start.

Acne free clear skin makes you more confident so it's important for sufferers to understand acne. What works for some won't work for others so you have to experiment yourself to find the perfect cure. Let's look at one type of treatment.

One treatment for adult acne is the use of oil whether you consume oil capsules or apply it directly to your skin. Many acne sufferers believe that this will make their acne worse. The main reason for that view is because acne is aggravated by excess oil production which clogs pores.

Firstly, when skin is dry it develops tiny cracks and tears which provides an ideal environment for the growth of bacteria and further acne break outs. Skin that is too dry also causes pores to secrete more oil to try and cure the dryness. As you can see skin dryness causes acne in this case.

Secondly, oily skin is not so much of an acne causing problem on its own, it is oil that gets mixed with dead skin, bacteria, make up and other impurities clogged in the pores that causes the problem.

Thirdly, oil applied directly to the skin can attract oil that is deep down in the pores and draw it up, which balances the oil levels.