Laser Acne Removal

Are you drained from all the work that it takes to apply messy lotions and remembering to take medications as prescribed for your acne every day? If so, you may be considering laser or light therapy as an alternative. Let me share some information on laser acne removal therapies, this article will assist you in understanding what research studies show and why lasers and light therapies still are not regularly prescribed to treat acne.

Information from clinical trials is limited. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) categorize laser and light procedures as procedure-oriented, so the tough, long-term studies required for approval of drugs are not necessary. As such, more relative studies are needed to decide long-term effects and to perfect these technologies. However, statistics from current studies indicates that laser and light therapies show much secure in treating acne. Here's what is known about blue-light therapy. The FDA approved narrow-band, high-intensity blue-light therapy for treating acne. Now commonly advertised, this is possibly the best-known light therapy for acne treatment. Blue light works by destroying the acne-causing bacteria, P. acnes, and is being used to take care of inflammatory acne vulgaris that has not responded to other acne therapies. The blue-light products of today do not contain ultraviolet (UV) light, which was a key factor of previous light therapy used to treat acne. UV light can injure skin and is no longer used to treat acne.

In all studies blue-light therapy seems to improve acne vulgaris in certain people. This therapy seems to be most successful for inflammatory acne lesions and may not be suitable for you if you have nodulocystic acne.

Pulsed light and heat energy (LHE) therapy. This treatment combines pulses of light and heat, which researchers trust targets two causes of acne. It is known that LHE destroys P. acnes, the acne-causing bacteria. LHE also may reduce sebum (oily substance) production by shrinking the sebaceous glands. A system that combines pulses of green light and heat has been approved by the FDA for treating mild to moderate acne.

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