Acne Treatments

There are wide range of acne treatments available. Each treatment should aim to address one if not more of the following:

Antibacterial

The antibacterial treatments can be applied topically or as antibiotics taken by mouth. They reduce the amount of bacteria in the sebaceous glands thereby reducing the amount of chemicals that they produce that can cause inflammation.

Anti- inflammatory

The anti- inflammatory treatments reduce the amount of inflammation directly.

Keratolytics

The keratolytics reduce the blockage in the duct of the hair and sebaceous gland allowing the sebum to flow more freely out of the gland.

Sebum reducers

No topical treatments reduce the amount of sebum produced, but isotretinoin which is a systemic treatment is very effective at doing this.

The are either topical i.e. rubbed onto the skin or consumed orally.

You can check a list of acne products on page Acne Product Reviews.