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Salicylic acid acne
Salicylic acid is a beta hydroxy acid
used in many skin care products and acne remedies. Salicylic
acid possesses great exfoliating and antibacterial properties.
It exfoliates shed-off skin cells and inhibits bacterial growth
within skin pores. Salicylic acid has long been used for treating
a number of other skin disorders like psoriasis, calluses,
corns, pilaris and warts. Overproduction of skin oils or sebum,
regular shedding of skin cells and blockage of skin pores
and bacterial infection are fundamental causes of acne breakouts.
Salicylic acid removes excessive sebum from your skin produced
by sebaceous glands and removes sloughed off cells from the
skin to reduce the risk of pore clogging. Dermatologists prescribe
soaps, creams, lotions and gels containing salicylic acid.
Salicylic acid based products are also available without prescription.
People are abundantly using over the counter acne remedies
based on salicylic acid. It causes acute dryness in people
having sensitive skin and they may experience burning and
itching sensation.
Salicylic Acid Soaps for Acne
Treatment
Dermatologists prescribe salicylic soaps in conjunction with
other acne medicines and topical acne remedies. If you have
facial acne, it is used twice a day to wash the face and in
case of body acne, have a wash with salicylic acid based soap
once a day. Remember, over use of this soap will not accelerate
the healing process, instead they may aggravate the conditions.
Use it as prescribed by the doctor. If your skin is sensitive,
you may develop itching and burning sensation particularly
in affected areas such as acne on in pimples and pustules.
Mild acne breakouts can be treated by using salicylic acid
soaps only, without any other drug.
Salicylic Acid Creams
Creams containing salicylic acid are used for treating severe
acne breakouts. It is applied on the affected area. Creams
are used to inhibit bacterial growth and treatment of skin
infection. These creams rarely contains oils as they may clog
your hair follicles. But few creams contains non-comedogenic
oils that are less likely to clog skin pores. Dermatologists
prescribe these creams for the treatment of mild to severe
skin infection. Like benzoyl peroxide, it also causes skin
dryness, therefore, you may use gentle and non-comedogenic
skin care moisturizer.
Acne Skin Care Products having
Salicylic Acids
Salicylic acid had become an key ingredient of skin care products
and acne remedies. It exists in acne cleansers, skin exfoliators,
scrubs, skin care soaps and cosmetics. Use of acne cleanser
is useful for the treatment and prevention of acne breakouts.
If your skin is oily, using cleaners and scrubs will reduce
the risk of developing acne. There are many good brands of
exfoliators used for removal of skin oil and dead skin cells.
It works by accelerating the rare of cells shedding and than
removes them from the skin.
Conclusion
Salicylic acid is a key ingredient of many acne and skin care
products. It is available with or without prescription in
the forms of creams, gels, lotions and soaps. Salicylic acid
works by killing bacteria and removing excessive skin oil
and dead skin cells. Cosmetic products also contain salicylic
acid to help prevent the risk of acne breakouts as a result
of use of cosmetics. Certain cosmetics contains oils that
may clog hair follicles or tiny skin pores. Therefore, they
contains salicylic acid to reduce the risk of pore blockage.
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