The Different Types Of Severe Acne Medication

The type of severe acne medication which your dermatologist will recommend depends very much upon the particular type of acne from which you are suffering.

Acne conglobata is a severe and chronic form of acne vulgaris which often involves significant inflammation, deep abscesses, severe skin damage and scarring. The normally preferred treatment is isotretinoin (possibly accompanied by antibiotics) and treatment is generally required for a considerable period of time, usually a period of years. It is also common for your dermatologist to recommend scar treatment.

Acne fulminans tends to appear very suddenly with severe and highly destructive inflammation. This form of acne is also often accompanied by a fever and aching joints, especially the hips and knees. Corticosteroids and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications are generally used to treat the immediate inflammation and isotretinoin is then sometimes necessary as a long-term treatment for the residual and continuing acne.

Nodulocystic acne is a rare condition characterized by often extremely large cysts. Although referred to as cysts these are not true cysts but are specific acne cysts which are inflamed nodules. Nodulocystic acne generally requires very aggressive treatment which might include isotretinoin and antibiotics, or intralesional corticosteroids.

Gram-negative folliculitis as its name suggests is inflamed follicles resulting from a bacterial infection which can arise out of long-term treatment with antibiotics. Treatment in this case is a combination of isotretinoin of antibiotics, although care needs to be taken in the choice of antibiotics as the condition itself is resistant to a significant number of antibiotics.

Acne Cream Differin Differin is the brand name for a retinoid-like drug known as adapalene which controls, but does not cure, acne. Pimples typically take 6 to 8 weeks to form under the skin and, during the first weeks of treatment, Differin may cause these pimples to come to the surface and thus appear to make your condition worse. Read more

What Can I Do To Clear Up Acne Scars In many cases acne is a mild or moderate condition which will disappear with time and treatment leaving behind no visible signs of its presence. In other cases however acne lesions and pimples will leave you with permanent scars. Read more

Laser Acne Removal Laser acne removal treatments have been around for some time now but it is only in recent years that they have been used not simply for more severe cases of acne, but also for mild to moderate acne. Read more

Should I Use A Natural Cystic Acne Cure? Many people nowadays prefer to look for natural alternative forms of treatment for a wide range of conditions and so it is not surprising that they should also want to find a good natural cystic acne cure. Read more

Is The Connection Between Chocolate And Pimples Fact or Myth? For years there have been many myths floating around about pimples (also known as acne, spots and zits) but just what it fact and what is fiction? Read more

Using A Natural Comedonal Acne Treatment Treating any form of acne can be a long and slow process and the key here lies in the word 'treating' rather than 'curing' because, although you can help to reduce the effects of acne in both the short and long term, curing acne is essentially a matter of giving nature a helping hand and waiting for the condition to run its course. 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

Why Use Goat's Milk Soap To Clear Acne? One of the problems with many common treatments for acne today such as benzoyl peroxide is that they often cause unwanted side effects such as dry skin which can often result in considerable skin irritation and even rashes. Read more

Recommended products from

AcneFree Severe Acne Treatment System
Amazon Price: $22.49
Customer Review: My daughter used this product for about three days. Yesterday she started with a rash which then turned into a really bad chemical burn on most of her face! It didn't really help the acne, her skin looked way better before using this. Now not only does she have the burn, but also patches of dry white flaky skin that will not go away! I guess if...

Loma Lux Homeopathic Medicine, Acne Pill, 100 Tablets
Amazon Price: $24.23
Customer Review: This product truly has been a miracle for my 19 year old son. The acne on his back was so severe the dermatologist was pushing Accutane. Since starting this Loma Lux product, his acne has improved so dramatically the dermatologist was speechless. We are on autoship for this!

Bye Bye Blemish Drying Lotion - 1 fl oz
Amazon Price:
Customer Review: I came across this product a year ago and when I went to buy it again, it was nowhere to be found in our local stores! What a relief it was to find it still available online. It's a great product--works fast and far more effectively than all those other blemish products. Great to know that I can get it quickly and easily online.

New National Website Reaches Out To Millions Who Took Defective Acne Treatmen...
1 Sep 2010 at 8:25pm

New National Website Reaches Out To Millions Who Took Defective Acne Treatment ...
Online PR News (press release) (blog)
That's because Accutane victims could not have known until recent news about the drug that an acne medication caused their bowel...

Common acne treatments linked to bowel problems - Reuters
20 Aug 2010 at 11:24am

Common acne treatments linked to bowel problems
Reuters
Drugs from the tetracycline family are the most commonly prescribed antibiotics for the treatment of severe acne. "They limit scarring and the outbreak of ...
Overturned Ruling Could Affect Futu...

Medicis Announces Approval of Additional Strengths of Solodyn(R) - MarketWatc...
30 Aug 2010 at 7:07am

Medicis Announces Approval of Additional Strengths of Solodyn(R)
MarketWatch (press release)
When used as directed, SOLODYN is well tolerated and effective for the treatment of inflammatory lesions of non-nodular moderate to severe acne vulgaris in ...