How To Get Rid Of Bacne

Now, the first thing would be actually go to your doctor and ask for a hormone test. That is very often actually not done immediately, so ask for hormone test. Make sure that all your male hormone androgens are being tested for, together with the luteinizing hormone, follicle stimulating hormone and the anti-estrogen levels and prolactin as well.

Once you have the test results and if you actually have access to Start Strong, then there are various treatments you can do. For women, it's very often to go on the pill. Having said that, if you actually are on the pill, the pill with mask the problem because the moment you take the contraceptive pill, your body will actually stop making its own hormones and that's really important to know.

So, very often, whilst you're on the pill, your acne on your back will stop but the moment you get off the pill for health reasons or because you want to conceive, your acne will very often come back. So, it's not really a long term solution. The other possibility is to go on antibiotics.

There's a vast range of antibiotics your doctor can prescribe for you, however, it should never be used as a long term treatment because antibiotics can be quite damaging to your body in the long term. Also, antibiotics work only against bacteria; that's very important to know. So if you don't have a bacteria co-infection, there isn't really much point of taking the antibiotics.

Another newer form of drug, probably most of you will have heard of is called Roaccutane. Roaccutane is a vitamin A derivative and the way actually Roaccutane or Retinoids, as they are called, work is they actually dry up a little bit the fatty layer of your skin and particularly these sebaceous glands which get infected when you have acne. So, very often, it's successful whilst you are on the treatment but retinoids, whether they are actually applied topically as creams or taken internally as tablets, they have a number of side effects and what that means is actually that you can get in the long term, very dry, very sensitive skin.

You should avoid actually exposing yourself to the sun so you really have to wear a sunscreen factor 50 all the time. But most importantly, women and men, especially in women, should not conceive a baby whilst on Roaccutane because it is sterile genetic which means actually it may cause a deformity in the foetus and men should also be very, very careful to have protected sex. So, all these invasive drugs so to speak, come with a little bit of health warning, so you have to really talk to your dermatologist about that or your doctor.

Now, in terms of a natural treatment, it's really important that you understand that nutrition is a big part of that. Try to avoid fatty foods, fried foods, which is important because the more fat you actually eat, the more again the fatty layer of your skin will grow and it causes actually worsening of the problem. So, avoid butter, margarine, nuts and seeds, too much oily fish is not a good idea.

Stick to grilled items such as chicken and turkey and white fish such as cod, haddock and so on. So that's really important for you to know. .