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Do you want to use a treatment using blue light for your acne?

One of the most known skin disease affecting millions and millions of people in the world, acne vulgaris or acne as what we commonly know it. The stage of life where this condition happens is adolescence or when your puberty starts where hormone levels in your body rise up and this is why all of us have had our experience battling this disease because we all undergo puberty. When we reach the young adult stage, acne, most of the time lessens or it may disappear completely and we might say that we have outgrown it, but, there are a number of cases wherein this disease is still present when people reach the half century mark or in some cases it affects babies.

What causes this disease, you may ask? I will present to you the pathology of acne vulgaris, the sebaceous glands (pilosebaceous units or sebacious follicles) under the skin can be clogged by the dead skin cells that have been shed and the many sebum produced by the structure itself adding up to form a lump. This mix of sebum and dead skin cells can get infected by a bacteria called P. acnes which reproduces itself, with the aid of high temperature, inside the sebaceous gland causing even more clogging and swelling, thus, the formation of puss and the comedone which is a red, painful to touch, tender/hard, lump on the face.

This disease is essentially harmless with proper care (acne treatment creams or acne body wash if it is on the body)  and some manifestations or symptoms to know that you have acne is when you have pimple, pustules, spots, the common whiteheads and blackheads, zits, etc… But, some extreme cases still occur because of negligence and lack of hygiene that lets acne proliferate and become very problematic for the patient affected because of the recurring inflamation, lesions, and scars on a persons face which will have a psychological effect asides from the physical pain. Many dermatologists advise many different acne vulgaris therapy to you some prescribe you acne treatment creams, lasers treatments, and some approved natural substances for more natural acne treatments.

In this next part, I will talk to you about one of the more popular treatment of acne vulgaris that is present in the market and this is the use of acne blue light therapy to treat acne and one example is blue light with levulan. The session starts off with a chemical applied on the skin to help your skin become more receptive to light leaving it on for 30-60 minutes before the high-intensity and narrow band blue light is applied and this is done through multiple sessions depending on the severity of your acne.

The efficacy of blue light therapy is evidenced by the many studies and testimonials that say it is very effective and improves the conditions of patients who have tried it that is why it’s getting more and more popular.  Acne light treatment may be an option for you if you are looking for an acne sensitive skin treatment to calm an angry red face with constant breakouts.  So do some homework and give blue light therapy a try.