Acne Surgery Information
Acne surgery
refers to several surgical acne removal treatment
approaches for removing acne lesions.
There are several
procedures and techniques which may include opening
up comedones (blackheads and whiteheads) and pimples
by using a needle or small pointed blade and pressing
out the lesions with an extractor.
A less distressing acne
skin treatment procedure using fine needles is carried
out in the removal of non-red or non-inflamed acne
lesions called comedones (blackheads) and closed
comedones (whiteheads).
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The mechanical blackhead removal treatment technique
usually performed by a nurse or an esthetician may require
the use of comedone extractors and a fine needle or a pointed
blade to open closed comedones. Such method though does
not guarantee permanent cure as new comedones may form
even in the former treated spots. A prescription
of acne popular treatment Retin-A can help prevent the
formation of new comedones.
Red or open inflamed lesions used to require
incision or cutting up to open the spot for drainage. The
current technique for this condition uses cortisone injections – a preferred procedure because it leaves no scar, thus avoiding some more pains of acne scars treatments in the future.
Cortisone injection therapy is considered as the best acne doctor medicine and particularly useful as the sole method of treatment for intermittent and slightly-appearing acne (lesions that only flare from time to time). This acne surgery method is an acne alternative treatment when acne is not adequately suppressed with antibiotics.
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Cortisone injection
is becoming increasingly popular because of the promise
of prompt results.
A shot of diluted corticosteroid
into an inflamed pimple leads to improvement within
a day or two, with noticeable flattening of the lesion.
Women especially like the idea that flat
lesions are more readily camouflaged with make-up
or acne treatment products such as a tinted acne
lotion.
The only drawback with cortisone injections
is its inability to tackle rare, large, deep acne
lesions. Alternatively,
a dermatologist may resort to the incision technique. |
Any acne surgery procedure can be costly, depending
on the individual requirements. The cost and the thought of “cutting up” the
skin of the face can scare some individuals. Instead, acne
sufferers are resorting to homemade acne treatments, homeopathic
acne treatments or natural herbal acne treatments.
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