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Back to School With Clear Skin
Backpack? Check. Notebooks? Check. Ink-pens? Check. Clear Skin?
Mommmm!
If you are anything like three-fourths of the parents Harris
Interactive for the American Counseling Association recently
surveyed, you are actively involved in helping your teenager treat
acne.
While getting everything in order for back to school adds enough
stress, the last thing your teen may want to deal with is a pimply
face. So how can you send Mr. or Miss "But I have to have it now!"
off to school with no fuss and no zits?
Even though little Caitlin's initial reaction may be to bolt for
the strongest acne soap she can find, this is not the way to go. As
dermatologist Alanna F. Bree, MD at the Saint Louis University
School of Medicine, warns, "many of the zealous measures people
take can make the blemishes worse."
Then again, after visiting a dermatologist to determine if acne
prescriptions like tretinoin (Retin-A), antibiotics or isotretinoin
are in order, it will take weeks before your teen sees a marked
improvement in their skin's condition.
Next, perhaps a laser visit may zap the zits away. Yet, Jerome
Garden, MD, of the department of dermatology at Northwestern
University in Chicago advises, "These are highly expensive cash
procedures requiring multiple visits to the office."
Dr. Spencer added, "I think light-based therapy for acne
represents one more tool in the tool chest, but it's quite
unreasonable for it to be the first thing that pops into your
head."
Your best bet for preventative acne measures can start in your
own home. Author of Acne Messages: Crack the Code of Your Zits and
Say Goodbye to Acne, Naweko San-Joyz, offers three steps to help
your teenager get clearer skin fast.
First, after gently cleansing the face, swipe it with a
cotton-ball drenched in apple-cider vinegar to help remove excess
fatty acid deposits that may provoke zits.
Second, cook a bowl of raw (not instant) oatmeal and let it
cool. Mix the oatmeal with one teaspoon of honey and then apply it
to the face as a mask for 15-20 minutes, then rinse it off. The
mask helps dry up existing zits, exfoliate the skin and reduce
overpopulation by p. acnes bacteria.
Third, San-Joyz suggests blending a smoothie of fresh carrots,
celery, pineapple and a teaspoon of wheat germ. The nutrients
served up in this cocktail help compensate for shortages in
vitamins A, B, C and E and the mineral zinc that can sometimes
trigger acne.
As the first and final stand against teenage acne, dermatologist
Dr. Alan Rockoff Brookline's offers this encouragement, "Once you
rule out conditions that require urgent intervention (pretty easy
in dermatology), often the best thing is to relax, and wait."
For now, give your teenager the assurance that the acne can
improve after de-stressing and if that fails, give you local
dermatologist a ring.
Sources: eSkin and Allergy News
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