Fungal acne, known medically as pityrosporum folliculitis, is a common skin condition in which the hair follicles become infected with fungi that cause pimples, blackheads, whiteheads, and other skin blemishes. It’s also sometimes referred to as acne tinea or ringworm of the scalp because it can look similar to other types of acne that appear…
Introduction Most of the time, taking food is such an automatic and impulsive act (especially when one is famished) that many people actually stop and think if the fare is likely to cause a breakout of acne. The truth is there are certain foods that have the real ability of causing acne breakouts. For this…
Introduction When it comes to searching for the right medication for treating an infection such as acne, the most common problem is to be able to identify the most efficacious treatment for treating your acne from literally millions of treatment products on the market today. There’s a plethora of lotion washes, creams, gels, spot treatments…
Introduction Before we can even start thinking about the main causes of acne, we should familiarize ourselves and know the nature of this condition. It’s occurrence and presence in society is not a very welcomed one much less the act of treating it. It causes lots of discomfort, irritation and above all embarrassment for both…
Introduction It has to be admitted that once you are infected by acne breakouts, all you want to happen is to be able to rid yourself of its presence in the quickest way possible and hopefully never to be overshadowed by it again as long as you live. You are not alone so stay tuned…
Introduction Why is it that there are so many people who have a lingering fear about taking drug medications such as Isotretinoin, while others will grab the first chance to swallow tablets, swallow solutions, use topic treatments and get injected for treating their respective conditions? The question may sound a bit strange since everyone should…
Introduction Sometimes we are not absolutely certain about the occurrence of more breakouts very soon after taking drug medication Isotretinoin. Because of this, we automatically jump to the only conclusion we can make which is blaming the extra breakouts on this drug medication. The truth of the matter is that while extra breakouts can be…
Introduction It has been medically established that in a majority of cases drug medication Isotretinoin also known by its brand name (Accutane) provides a long term (and sometimes a permanent) cure for acne breakouts. Unfortunately for some patients (a third of all patients)who undergo acne treatment using this drug medication have found that acne actually…
Introduction People who take isotretinoin as their drug medication for treating their severe acne breakouts usually wonder for how long they should take the drug medication. One could perhaps say that isotretinoin should be taken as recommended by your doctor and this should be the golden rule as it would be the correct and most…
Introduction The fight against acne goes on and from the looks of things, into the far distant future, whether the type of treatments used are natural remedies or drug medications. We’ve covered some of the natural remedies in the previous articles and now we turn our focus to the use of drug medications. Both treatments…
