Plastic Surgery Addresses Acne Treatment
Plastic surgery can supply you with various types of acne treatment, so you can keep acne under control. What is the best acne treatment for you? As you probably know, many treatment options are available, including creams and antibiotics with a prescription from your doctor. These traditional remedies target the various causes of acne. But even with the wide range of topical acne treatments, chronic acne may still be difficult to suppress.
New technology in skin care has brought new acne treatments — such as laser acne treatment, blue light therapy and others — may be an effective option but are only tried when people don’t respond to the more traditional methods.
Most laser or light-based therapies reach the deep into the under layers of skin without disrupting the skin’s surface. Some laser systems focus on the oil (sebaceous) glands, causing them to produce less oil. Other laser and light therapies target the bacterium thought to cause acne inflammation. This type of therapy can improve skin texture and reduce the appearance of acne scars, so they are often the choice for those who have both active acne and acne scars.
Some of the new technology that is being used is:
- Diode laser therapy. Diode lasers destroy the oil glands in the dermis, the middle layer of skin, without harming the surface of the skin. Laser treatment may be painful, but a numbing agent is applied to the skin before treatment. Diode laser therapy may result in temporary redness and swelling of the treated areas.
- Blue light therapy. Using a low-intensity blue light source is believed to destroy P. acnes, the bacteria that causes acne. This is a painless procedure, but must be repeated for best results. Blue light therapy can cause temporary redness or dry patches in treated areas.
- Pulsed light and heat energy therapy. A combination of pulsed light and heat energy is thought to destroy P. acnes and shrink sebaceous glands, which decreases oil production. The effect of approaching acne from two directions has been shown to be very effective. Side effects of this acne treatment approach include temporary redness in the treated areas.
- Photodynamic therapy. Combined topical medications and light-based therapies. A photosensitizing agent is applied to your skin to enhance the effects of light therapy. Then blue, red, pulsed light or another type of light therapy is applied. Side effects can include redness, swelling, crusting and acne flare-ups.
- Photopneumatic therapy. Using a vacuum suction to remove the oil and dead skin cells from within the oil or sebaceous glands, the targeted area is then treated with blue and red light therapy to destroy bacterium and reduce inflammation.
Acne treatment applied various means to control oil production of the sebaceous and eliminate the bacterium that cause chronic acne flareups. Most patients may try more than one method to find the best acne treatment for their skin. Most acne treatments must be ongoing to control chronic acne.
