There are times when certain treatments don't work. If you're at this point, there are still some measures that can be taken. You probably need to try an advanced treatment. My goal is for you to take legitimate information away from this article, should you make your mind up to make an appointment with a specialist. The specialist will most likely discuss the three different types that can be used.



This was an earlier treatment available, until it was discovered in studies that it can cause cancer. It was an effective killer of the bacteria that causes acne. The type I'm referring to is UV light. Usage of this type decreased dramatically after it was discovered that it can cause cancer. There are other types available where you don't have to take that risk. Let's proceed to those next.

Another type available is blue light, which actually has a blue light which it was named for. This can effectively kill the bacteria that cause acne. But, it has an adverse affect on the oil in the skin, which could give you a moderately dry skin problem. The idea is to lessen the amount of sebum in the skin, which would help eliminate an acne problem.

Blue light has often been more effective on more serious kinds of acne (nodules, cysts). In several studies improvements ranged from complete remission to about 40% decrease in the number of lesions. While, two thirds improvements ranged from 59% to 67% reduction of inflammatory acne lesions.

Another effective treatment is referred to as Pulsed & LHE. You're already aware that if you can control the sebum production by the sebaceous glands, this will dramatically reduce the odds of getting acne. In this procedure, the sebaceous glands are actually shrunk, which will lessen the availability of oil produced.

It is FDA approved for mild-moderately severe acne. Both inflammatory and non-inflammatory acne can be reduced by two treatments per week over a period of one month. Drug-based treatments tend to take two or three months or longer. In some cases, though, light treatments are combined with the use of prescription medications.

The next type I would like to mention is the laser. Did you know that other than light from lasers true light scatters? The beams of light all converge at one point. All that power is going right into that small point. For that reason, that's why lasers are an excellent tool for this job.

An independent study that was conducted demonstrated that with one treatment, acne scars were lessened by nearly 40%. The second treatment, they were lessened by 60%, and it was nearly 80% on the third visit. A local anesthetic is available if you should start to experience any pain.