acne cream treatment header graphic
Acne Guide

best acne medicine image

Finding The Best OTC Acne Medicine

There are hundreds of alternative acne treatments on sale today which claim to clear your spots in no time at all and many Internet sites are filled with page after page of testimonials from satisfied customers. The problem however is that the best acne medicine for one person doesn't necessarily work for someone else. It doesn't matter what claims the people who sell alternative treatments make because the truth is that nobody knows whether or not a particular treatment will do you any good at all until you try it. In other words, for most of us, it's simply a case of hit and miss.

So if you do not want to go down the traditional acne treatment road, or have tried the antibiotics and topical treatments recommended by your dermatologist without success, what do you do?

The chances are that you know a number of people who have suffered from acne and cured it or who are suffering from it now and are in the process of curing it. If this is the case then your starting point might well be to simply pick their brains and learn from their experience. You can try some of the things which have worked for them because they could well also work for you, although treatments that work for one person do not always work for the next person.

If you do find something that works, remember that curing acne is normally a long slow process and treatment can become quite expensive. Products however vary widely in price and so you should find out what the active ingredients are in the treatment which is working for you and then shop around to see if you can find cheaper alternatives which contain the same active ingredients.

Acne Cream Retin-A Retin-A, or Retirides, is the brand name for tretinoid or vitamin A acid and is used to control, but not to cure, acne. Retin-A works by improving the blood supply to the skin and promoting the peeling of dead skin cells from the acne affected areas and unclogging the pores of the skin. Read more

Not All Scars Are Welcome Thankfully for most people acne comes and goes and, while it might take many months or even years to pass, it generally leaves no sign of its passing. For all too many people however acne leaves them with scars and extends the often misery of acne for many years to come. Read more

Who Gets Acne? The simple answer to the question of 'Who gets acne?' is that just about everyone will get acne sooner or later, but a look at just who get acne and when makes interesting reading. Read more

What Are The Causes Of Cystic Acne? Cystic acne (which is more properly referred to as nodulocystic acne) is an uncommon and severe cause of acne in which the blocked oil glands which give rise to normal acne (acne vulgaris) burst creating pus and inflammation in the surrounding tissue. Read more

Do Trans Fats Play A Role In Acne? Trans fats are found in a wide variety of foods and are added by manufacturers to increase the shelf life of foods and maintain their flavor. Essentially, trans fats are made by adding hydrogen to vegetable oil in a process known as hydrogenation. Read more

Using A Natural Furuncular Acne Treatment Search for furuncular acne and you might find it difficult to find what you are looking for because this is an uncommon term for what is normally referred to as cystic, nodular or nodulocystic acne. Read more

How To Conceal Acne Acne affects people to varying degrees but in many cases it results in an unsightly appearance which often last for a considerable period of time and which many sufferers will go to extraordinary lengths to conceal. So, just how do you go about concealing acne? Read more

What Are Papules And Pustules One of the biggest problems with acne is that there are so many terms used to describe it and so it is important to understand the language of this particular condition. Here are a few terms to help make things a little bit clearer: Read more

Recommended products from

AcneFree Severe Acne Treatment System
Amazon Price: $23.64
Customer Review: They are fast at shipping, always on time, quality is always good, you get what you pay for, and the price is always the best. I would highly recommend buying off of Amazon.
 
Loma Lux Homeopathic Medicine, Acne Pill, 100 Tablets
Amazon Price: $18.34
Customer Review: After I started using it - my acne has gotten way worse by having it on my back & shoulders. This has not happened with other medications - I will stick with Nature's Cure or Clearin
 
Clean & Clear Advantage Acne Control Kit, Cleanser 4-Ounce Tube, Moisturizer ...
Amazon Price:
Customer Review: I have been using this product consistantly for two years. I have oily skin and medium skin tone. This product works great for me even during my PMS. I am a keloid; scare easliy, and it does help to reduce the marks. I think it would work a lot better if I didn't wear my hair on my face (the sides). The first week I used it I noticed remarkable cle...
 
acne medicine - Google News

Successfully Reverse Acne with Naturopathic Medicine - PR-CANADA.net (press r...
10 Mar 2010 at 12:07pm

Successfully Reverse Acne with Naturopathic Medicine
PR-CANADA.net (press release)
When patients follow my protocol, more than ninety percent of them will be free of acne in six to twelve months," says Dr. Schenck. Naturopathic Medicine is ...
Naturo...

 
Tips for Finding the Right Acne Treatment - American Health and Beauty (press...
10 Mar 2010 at 10:36am

American Health and Beauty (press release)

Tips for Finding the Right Acne Treatment
American Health and Beauty (press release)
Featured on The Doctors, isotretinoin is a vitamin-A derivative used to treat severe acne. Because of the side effects ass...

 
Successfully Reverse Acne with Naturopathic Medicine - Online PR News (press ...
4 Mar 2010 at 5:58pm

Successfully Reverse Acne with Naturopathic Medicine
Online PR News (press release)
When patients follow my protocol, more than ninety percent of them will be free of acne in six to twelve months,? says Dr. Schenck. Naturopathic Medicine is ...
Natur...