What Are Pimples?




by Caroline Morera


When it comes to treating severe cases of acne, oral antibiotics come in handy to most dermatologists and health care professionals. The oral medicines attack bacteria called P. acne which results in the reduction of the inflammation and redness of the outbreak. As is normally followed by most doctors, a high dosage is given in the initial stage of the treatment and it is later reduced over a period of time. Although results of this kind of a treatment are effective, they are not achieved immediately. There is also a chance that the bacteria become resistant to acne and one doesn't achieve the required results.

Medicinal treatment on pimples can prove to be very effective, especially when it comes to moderate and severe acne. Dermatologists prescribe two kinds of medicine for acne treatment. These could be oral medicines like tablets and capsules or topical medicines like ointments and anti-acne creams. While the topical application medicine contains more or less the ingredients as would a home made remedy, these ingredients are only found in concentrated forms in the medicine. Oral medicines on the other hand comprise of antibiotics in the league of tetracycline, which can sometimes have side effects. Tetracycline is known to impact bone formation negatively and therefore is never prescribed to expectant mothers and growing children.

Severe cases of acne usually have large inflamed cysts or boils. These should be treated by dermatologists or health care professionals. The treatment of such severe acne takes a long time and there are some cases that take a number of years to be treated completely. There are a lot of times during the period while treatment is going on that the certain medications or techniques do not work for the individual. As to why such severe acne occurs or why it gets severe in certain cases is still to be answered. There are some theorists that believe that this could be related to the genes of an individual, some people inherit this problem. Some theorists also attribute this to a stressful lifestyle and a poor diet pattern. Stressful life and poor dietary pattern accelerate the production of sebum oil in the glands which leads to the formation of acne.

Medicinal treatment on pimples can prove to be very effective, especially when it comes to moderate and severe acne. Dermatologists prescribe two kinds of medicine for acne treatment. These could be oral medicines like tablets and capsules or topical medicines like ointments and anti-acne creams. While the topical application medicine contains more or less the ingredients as would a home made remedy, these ingredients are only found in concentrated forms in the medicine. Oral medicines on the other hand comprise of antibiotics in the league of tetracycline, which can sometimes have side effects. Tetracycline is known to impact bone formation negatively and therefore is never prescribed to expectant mothers and growing children.

When a case of severe acne goes to a dermatologist or a health care professional for consultation you will notice that more often than not oral antibiotics are the first prescription. Oral antibiotics bring about results in the form of reduced redness and inflammation. They attack the major acne causing bacteria, called P. acne Bacteria. You will also notice that usually a high dosage of antibiotics to start off the treatment and with the passage of time, as there is improvement in condition, the dosage is reduced. The only negative aspects of this treatment are that the treatment takes some amount of time and in certain cases the bacteria becomes resistant to the antibiotic and results may not come about at all.




About the Author: