Acne skin treatment online - Laser and light therapy

Acne skin treatment online options are bountiful. One area of acne skin treatment is that of laser or light therapy. Does this form of acne skin treatment really work? In its infancy stages light and laser therapy was not really comparable to pharmaceutical options for the skin treatment of acne. In addition many modalities incorporated strong doses of UVA.

There have been many advances in this particular form of acne skin treatment. It does work and has far less side effects than other drug therapies such as antibiotics. Many dermatologists offer this form of treatment. So why or how does light or laser therapy work as a form of acne skin treatment?

Well the key to the success of this acne treament is due to the photoinactivation of the propionibacterium acnes or P.acnes for short. A chromophore is a part of a molecule where there is an energy difference between differing molecular orbitals, and that energy difference falls within the visible range of light. Every chromophore has a spectrum of absorption which is unique to itself. When this chromophore absorbs that particular spectrum of light then it is transformed into an excited state from an unexcited one. Ok. Now for the acne skin treatment relevance !

P.acnes as previously mentioned in Acne skin treatment online - General information is involved in the development of acne. This bacteria produces porphyrins as part of its metabolic processes. These photosensitizers absorb light energy in order to carry out chemical reactions in cells. These porphyrins have a specific wavelength of absorption causing them to be excited. This causes the release of singlet O2 and reactive radicals. This leads to the inactivation of propionibacterium.

This is the basis for all acne laser and light treatment. Modern day acne skin treatment has been shown to be as effective as antibiotics, but without the side effects. A lot of dermatologists offer this form of treatment for skin covered in acne. It is definitely one of the safest of the dermatology options and an effective acne skin treatment with many online options.

Acne skin treatment online - General

Acne skin treatment information online varies greatly. In addition many online acne treatment information centers provide conflicting information about treatment options. Some are promoted by third parties to market specific skin treatment options for acne. Skin is important to us as human beings, and people will exploit this vulnerability. Accurate online acne skin treatment information is quite hard to locate on the internet.

I have created this acne skin treatment website to help group together the most effective treatments and explain the pros and cons. WHY? I personally have suffered greatly from acne from early teens to mid twenties, and have had many skin treatment options. I hope that this online acne skin treatment information enables you to greatly improve your current situation. 

Lets start with a little simple acne pathophysiology (mechanisms of how acne arises).

There are several factors leading to acne formation in the skin and all occur within the pilosebaceous unit (hair follicle, hair shaft, sebaceous gland and erector pili muscle).

1) There is excess sebaceous gland stimulation (increased sebum excretion)

2) There is hyperkeratosis in the pilosebaceous duct forming comedomes (a.k.a. 'blackheads')

3) The duct is colonized with propionibacterium acnes

4) These nodules rupture into the surrounding dermis (bacteria, keratin and sebaceous gland secretion mix) leading to a mixed inflammatory reaction. This leads to a 'spot' or 'zit'.

What acne skin treatment options are available? Are these acne skin treatment options available online? Yes there are many options available online as anything can be purchased or booked over the internet (:P). The acne skin treatment options vary greatly. I shall be going through the best individually in separate posts.

I hope this will give you a comprehensive overview regarding acne skin treatment (both online and offline options) :)