Your Guide On Body Acne(2)

The treatment available to cure and prevent body acne is quite similar to that available for the facial acne. You can start your acne treatment by giving your body a wash with the soaps and shower foams containing Salicylic Acid. After taking a shower, gently wipe your body with a clean dry towel. But, do not rub your body. Rubbing will remove the dead skin, which will in turn clog your body pores (-which is the main cause of acne). After this, you can apply ointments having Benzoyl Peroxide content in them. When you are done with this, you can complete the process by applying moisturizer having a Hydroxyl acid-base.

This is a known fact that growth of certain bacteria on the skin is the main cause of the outburst of acne. Therefore, it becomes important for you to first deal with the incessant growth of bacteria over your skin. For this, you can use various antibiotics that will kill and further prevent bacterial growth over your body. The names of a few effective antibiotics are erythromycin and tetracycline. A combination of these antibiotics when taken orally can help you fight your acne problem.

Besides this, a new line of alternative treatment called as Phototherapy has also proved very affective in this direction. The principle attached with this treatment is very simple. Under this treatment your body parts are exposed to the rays of the sun. It is known that certain rays from the sun are very effective in killing the acne related bacteria.

All in all I would say, whatever mode you adopt to cure your body acne, you're your dermatologist.

This article came from Ashish Jain.