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Is Blue Light Acne Therapy Right For You?

In August 2002 the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of blue light therapy for the treatment of acne and many thousands of sufferers are benefiting from this extremely popular form of treatment today.

A course of treatment normally last four weeks with two fifteen minute treatments being given each week at a cost of between $50 and $150 per treatment, resulting in a full course of treatment for an average cost of about $800 dollars.

Acne is caused in part by P. acnes bacteria which become trapped below the surface of the skin and cause inflammation. The purpose of blue light acne therapy is to use certain wavelengths of blue light to kill the P. acnes bacteria.

As with all treatments for acne, blue light acne therapy will not work for everyone and, in those that do benefit from it, results will vary widely. Overall about 85% of people will see an improvement in their acne within about two weeks of starting the treatment. By the end of the treatment on average you can expect to experience about a 50% to 60% reduction in your acne and this improve up to about 75% at the end of twelve weeks.

Remember that there is no such thing as a cure for acne, although your acne will disappear in time. When we talk about curing acne therefore we are really talking about treating it to reduce its effects and keep it to a minimum while we wait for nature to run its course.

Proactive Acne Cream Treatment Many people believe that there is no really effective cure for acne and so the best answer is simply to do nothing and to let nature run its course and wait for your acne to disappear by itself. This is one solution but it is certainly not the best solution and without doubt a proactive acne cream treatment should be your first line of attack. 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

Try Some Free Samples Of Acne Medicine If you are looking for an acne cleanser then you will probably start your search in your local Walgreen's or Rite Aid where you will find the shelves piled high with popular brands of cleansing bars, scrubs, deep cleansing lotions, black head removal strips and much more. Read more

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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

Women and Acne Women have a hard time when it comes to acne because they tend to be judged more on their looks than men and their hormonal system makes them more prone to acne at certain times. Read more

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