acnes

The latest is a new technology that uses microdermabrasion to exfoliate and unplug the pores followed by a light treatment to kill P. acnes bacteria.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

The benzoyl peroxide in Proactiv Solution and other over-the-counter acne products kills P. acnes bacteria, but often the bacteria become resistant to the medication.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

Topical antibiotics such as clindamycin are anti-inflammatory and antibacterial, so they calm redness and kill P. acnes.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

There are tiny papules filled with neutrophils, but there are no P. acnes bacteria, nor is there keratin plugging the pore.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

The benzoyl peroxide in Proactiv Solution and other over-the-counter acne products kills P. acnes bacteria, but often the bacteria become resistant to the medication.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

The same photodynamic therapy PDT used to treat pre–skin cancers can be effective in killing P. acnes bacteria and treating inflammatory acne.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

A v-beam laser which is actually made to target blood vessels and intense pulsed light treatments both act by killing off P. acnes bacteria, shrinking the sebaceous glands and reducing the number of inflammatory neutrophils in the follicle.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

The Proprionibacterium acnes P. acnes bacteria that normally live harmoniously in the skin begin feasting on that glut of oil and give off toxic free fatty acids that perforate the base of the follicle, releasing toxins into the dermis.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

New at-home over-the-counter LED light gadgets claim to kill P. acnes bacteria with heat, like the light sources doctors use.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009

It may even be that the liquid nitrogen spray on some lasers, used as a cooling mechanism, might kill off P. acnes in the follicle.

Simple Skin Beauty Ellen Marmur 2009