Acne

Robert Sheehan asked:


It is true treating pimples needs both patience and persistence, but sometimes time is the thing you are short of. You desperately need them off your face at any cost; the world seems almost cruel otherwise. You almost feel like tearing your hair out thinking of how to get rid of pimples overnight and it is for situations like these that there are over the counter drugs and ointments.

However, just using medicines will not relieve you of the pimples, there are rules you have to follow to make it work out right. There are Dos and Do nots and always remember some things are better left alone, messing with them is not advisable. For example, if you think the easiest way out of your ordeal would be to pop your zits, you are definitely wrong.

Most of the time, overnight pimple cures are just an overblown phrase because an overnight cure for pimples is almost impossible to devise without a change in your lifestyle. Especially if you are used to having a stressful life and you have a biased diet. Try to make it a balanced one including food that would also make it into a cleansing diet. Talking of cleansing, there is no substitute for water, thus make drinking 8-10 glasses of water each day a part of your daily routine.

Tips for overnight cure

Some home remedies however can rid you of pimples sometimes overnight and even if not overnight by not more than half a day.

You could use the white of an egg to dab on your pimple. Once left on for around 20 minutes it usually helps and dries up the pimple. Another unique method would be to apply toothpaste; preferably not the gel type on the pimple and it has the same effect.

Cleaning the skin is an essential part of curing pimples and the cleaning needs special care when you need to cure pimples overnight. If you wash your face with a soap enriched with aloe vera it can help you immensely. You could also try cleaning your skin with apple cider vinegar, or a more simple remedy would be to clean it with lemon juice.

Before you start any pimple remedy, you must be sure that the acne is not caused due to an allergic reaction to any food or cosmetics. The cure could otherwise have an adverse effect on the acne.

Your skin is unique and different from everyone else’s and therefore you should remember that what works for someone else might not work for you and vice versa. Therefore, it would be advisable if you try out the different methods beforehand to know which one suits you.

You could also pay your family physician a visit, who might just as well recommend you to a dermatologist. Both the doctor and the dermatologist might have ideas that would truly rid you of that pimple overnight.



THADDEUS

bcured asked:


The decision whether treatment is necessary depends on the needs of the patient, the recalcitrance of their disease, and the likelihood of treatments to leave pigmentary alteration or scarring. Most of the common treatments consist of various means to traumatize the lesions. The following is a brief summary of some of the more common treatments.

One of the most common, quick, efficient methods of treatment is cryotherapy. Liquid nitrogen, dry ice, or Frigiderm are applied to each individual lesion for a few seconds. Repeat treatments in 2-3-week intervals may be required. Hyper- or hypopigmentation and scarring may be caused by this treatment.

An easy method to remove the lesions is eviscerating the core with an instrument such as a scalpel, sharp tooth pick, edge of a glass slide, or any other instrument capable of removing the umbilicated core. Because of its simplicity, patients, parents, and caregivers may be taught this method so new lesions can be treated at home. This method is simple but may not be tolerated by small children.

Curettage is another method of removal. It can be used with and without light electrodessication. This method is more painful, and it is recommended that a topical anesthetic cream be applied to the lesions before the procedure to decrease the pain. This method has the advantage of providing a reliable tissue sample to confirm the diagnosis.

Another reported treatment involves the use of adhesive tape. The adhesive side of the tape is repeatedly applied to and removed from the lesion for 10-20 cycles. This action effectively removes the superficial epidermis from the top of the lesion. However, repeated use of the same strip has the potential to spread the virus to adjacent, uninvolved skin.

A 25% suspension in a tincture of benzoin or alcohol may be applied once a week. This treatment requires some precautions. It contains two mutagens, quercetin and kaempherol. Some of the listed side effects include severe erosive damage in adjacent normal skin that may cause scarring and systemic effects such as peripheral neuropathy, renal damage, adynamic ileus, leucopenia, and thrombocytopenia, especially if used generously on mucosal surfaces.

Podofilox is a safer alternative to podophyllin and may be used by the patient at home. The recommended use usually consists of application of 0.05 ml of 5% podofilox in lactate buffered ethanol twice a day for 3 days. The active agent is absolutely contraindicated in pregnancy.

Cantharidin has been used with success in the treatment of MCV. This blister-inducing agent is applied carefully and sparingly to the dome of the lesion with or without occlusion and left in place for at least 4 hours before being washed off. Cantharidin can cause severe blistering. It should be tested on individual lesions before treating large numbers of lesions. It should not be used on the face. When tolerated, this treatment is repeated every week until the lesions clear. Usually 1-3 treatments are necessary.

Besides treatments mentioned above, antiviral and immune-modulating treatments have recently been added to the options. NaturesPharma has investigated hundreds of anti-viral substances from natural sources, including both extracts and pure compounds from herbal medicines as reported in laboratory studies, as well as conducted our own independent trials.

AntiMolluscum-Rx is a powerful antiviral agent which inhibits the signal transduction pathways of molluscum viral proteins. The result is that molluscum viral cells are destroyed and eliminated from infected tissues in a relatively short time with little to no evidence of the virus appearing in conventional microscopic sections of previously infected cells.

From a chemical standpoint, the fight against molluscum is actually a battle of microparticles. The Molluscum contagiosum virus is infinitely small, and as a result, we need infinitely small naturally occurring antiviral agents to penetrate cell membranes of infected cells to attack and destroy the molluscum virus.

NaturesPharma have identified a significant number of naturally occurring small molecules, like phenolics, polyphenols, terpenes (e.g., mono-, di-, tri-), and flavonoids which have incredible antiviral action, used medicinally to eliminate molluscum, and heavily concentrated in AntiMolluscum-Rx.

A large number of sesquiterpenes concentrated in AntiMolluscum-Rx exhibit quantifiable antiviral activities against pox viruses such as molluscum. AntiMolluscum-Rx has excellent antiviral activity against hulled viruses as it causes their cellular death upon exposure. To learn the effectiveness of this treatment against molluscum, please go to http://www.naturespharma.org.



BRYON

Tucker Smith asked:


Even though acne is not subject to one particular age demographic, it is preponderant in young people–at one of the most self-conscious stages of life–their teenage years.  The pharmaceutical corporations have basically jumped at the opportunity to quickly profit in on the struggles of acne that are being faced by many hapless people across the country.  This is why you see hundreds of acne creams on the shelves of supermarkets today.  There’s no doubt that if you go to the nearest pharmacy, you’ll see a flood of acne creams manufactured by pharmaceutical companies.  There are whole sections that are dedicated to the handling of acne breakouts.  It’s no surprise that acne creams are by far the most popular treatment for acne than any other remedy out there.  Even though all of these fancy creams exist, acne still continues to plague those very same people.

I had acne and before I cleared out my skin I was always asking myself “Why is there all of these acne products on the market but none of them seem to do squat about the problem?”  The most little-known answer to this question is that poor hygiene does not completely attribute to acne.  People wash their faces vigorously every day hoping to rid themselves of their acne . But ****** washes are not even the answer to mitigate your acne problem.  The best ways to fighting acne are not acne creams either.  Acne creams may have the illusion of doing an excellent job of taking out the acne and helping the skin remain highly hygienic but in reality, there are tons of clear solutions that people are bypassing. Somebody has to say it: acne cannot be cured by any pharmaceutical company’s product.  Period. Acne creams, despite their ineffectiveness, are still purchased everyday by many Americans who are unconsciously wasting hundreds of dollars each year.  The way to relieve yourself of acne is done not with acne creams or ****** washes, but by natural methods that you should and will take advantage of once you find out about them. 



ABE