Cystic Acne Remedies: What Everybody Ought To Know

Cystic acne is a severely inflamed acne. Cysts are painful pus-filled pockets under the skin. They are the most serious type of acne. The causes of cystic acne are overactive oil glands, dead skin cells within the hair follicle, and the acne causing bacteria called propionibacteria acne. When the follicle wall erupts deep in the skin, the nearby are is infected causing serious lesions.


Cystic acne is one symptom of Acne Vulgaris, the other is the nodule. Nodules are large hard bumps under the skin's surface. These nodules are painful and often leave scarring behind. Cysts and nodules are the type of acne that nodulocystic acne is responsible for producing. But, science has developed several ways to deal with cystic acne.

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Previous acne remedies included benzoyle peroxide, salicylic acid, and topical treatment Retin-a. Accutane is twenty-four times as effective as these previous treatments. But, all of these treatments offer some relief.

To add to these treatments are several additional steps:

   * draining large pimples and cysts by a doctor;
   * applying prescription antibiotic gels, creams and lotions;
   * applying prescription retinoids;
   * applying azelaic acid;
   * taking prescription oral antibiotics;
   * taking prescription oral retinoids like Accutane. Accutane is expensive and most often used as a last resort for treating acne because of its serious side effects. For women, oral contraceptives may be prescribed because of the recurrence of acne at the onset of menstruation.

Acne remedies could be any one of the above or any combination of the above treatments. To correct the scarring left behind by acne there are several methods of reducing and removing the scars. One way to remove the scarring is with collagen injections to smooth out the skin is by plumping up the skin beneath the scars. Another way is with dermabrasion which uses a whirling wire brush to remove scar tissue. Yet another way is to resurface with a laser, which uses a laser to burn away scar tissue. And finally, removing the scar tissue is with chemabrasion, the use of chemicals to peel away layers of the skin.

The treatment of cystic acne takes a minimum of six to eight weeks to treat. Sometimes the treatment will cause the condition to worsen before it gets better. The side effects for Accutane are pretty severe: inflammatory bowel disease, ulcerative colitis, and Crohn's disease. Currently, there are several lawsuits with the plaintiffs filing suit for those very reasons.

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Natural acne remedies include one chemical-free, organic product called Lerosett by Gunilla of Sweden. It comes in a clay treatment and a moisturizer. Bare Minerals and Olay both carry a skin care line that treats acne without harsh chemicals. Whether you need strong chemicals to treat your cystic acne or can get the results you want from natural acne remedies, you have a choice of treatments, and as long as you are willing to give them time to work you should see results within a two month period.