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Suffering from acne can be a difficult problem especially if you are left with acne scars, finding the most suitable acne scar treatments is the first step to clearer skin. Acre scars are inflammation caused by acne within the dermis of your skin.  You can tell that a scar is an acne scar by its […]

Just when we thought we had it figured out that chocolate, and other sweets, did not cause acne per se, headlines and reports seem to tell us otherwise.  These reports are stating that they have absolute proof that chocolate does cause acne! I have looked into the reports and what many dermatologists, scientists, and health […]

You may have heard a few of these statements about acne – let me tell you why they are all very untrue. MYTH:  Tanning your skin will treat acne. FACT:  Tanning will slightly dry out your skin and may make your acne appear slightly better, but the skin is actually being damaged either by the […]

A lot of people choose not to take prescription antibiotics for their acne because of past problems with side effects, or just not wanting to develop immunity to antibiotics in case a serious health infection comes up in the future and the antibiotics no longer work.   Luckily you have alternatives to antibiotics when it comes […]

Oftentimes, acne scarring on dark skin can look worse than acne itself. This is because of hyper-pigmentation and types of scarring that many African Americans experience due to acne. Melanin gathers at the site of the scar, along with excess skin tissue and makes that particular area darker than the rest of the skin. The most […]

Sometimes it can be hard to tell the difference between acne and rosacea.  They both can come with redness, pustules and inflammation so it can be confusing, but if you are treating the wrong ailment – you could end up making things worse.  So let’s look at how to figure out if you have acne, […]

If you have, or have had, moderate to severe acne you have probably been left with some acne scars – darkened, possibly pitted marks on your skin.  There are a few things you can do to prevent future scarring on your skin from acne. First of all – treat your acne!  If your acne is […]

You are not alone – people have been suffering from acne for years and years and years.   Let’s take a look through what people used in the 19th and 20th centuries – and what we can take from that to help us now. Old Roman scripts show that acne was treated with sulfur and hot […]

Most people do not realize that not all acne is the same.  There are several types of acne you need to be aware of because not all of them can, or should, be treated the same. The most common type of acne, the one that most people get, are pustules.  These are the inflamed red […]

Approximately 80% of people between the ages of 11-30 have suffered from some sort of acne in their lives. The onset of acne generally occurs at age 11 for girls, and age 13 for boys. 70% of women notice their acne occurring, or getting worse, in the week leading up to their time of the […]