After practice you and your team rush into the locker room cheering because you won the big game. Everyone starts getting ready to hit the showers, while you quietly wait for the mob of your sweaty teammates to leave. Quickly, you pack your gear up and head straight home. You make a beeline straight to your bathroom and start to wash up. You try to lather up your body as gently as possible but still, you cannot help but grimace at the pain. After you get out the shower, you don’t even bother to look in the mirror because you know what you are going to see. Red spots, everywhere. After you towel off you look at the fabric and sigh at the sight of bloodspots.
What is Acne? Acne vulgaris, or acne for short, is a common chronic skin disease that …show more content…
[1] An important first step in solving your problem with acne is setting aside its most common misperception. Acne is not caused by poor hygiene. Therefore you should not be constantly washing your face, which can cause your skin to dry out and become irritated, thus causing an overproduction of oil leading to the formation of more acne. [3,4] (As depicted in Figure 3) If washing your face every hour is not the answer, what is? Two therapies, benzoyl peroxide and intense pulsed light therapy are going to be discussed and a recommendation will be made. Each has positive and negative aspects. The recommendation will be based on the following factors that are important to many young adults and/or students: side effects, convenience, cost, and effectiveness. As in the modern day and age where most people are looking to get treated in ways that would negatively affect them the least, the therapies must have little to no major side effects to be considered effective. As most of you are busy with studies, work, and/or sports, have limited resources, and are not always alone; the therapies must be convenient to be considered effective. As of you are not financially stable or independent; the therapies must be cost effective to be considered
What is Acne? Acne vulgaris, or acne for short, is a common chronic skin disease that …show more content…
[1] An important first step in solving your problem with acne is setting aside its most common misperception. Acne is not caused by poor hygiene. Therefore you should not be constantly washing your face, which can cause your skin to dry out and become irritated, thus causing an overproduction of oil leading to the formation of more acne. [3,4] (As depicted in Figure 3) If washing your face every hour is not the answer, what is? Two therapies, benzoyl peroxide and intense pulsed light therapy are going to be discussed and a recommendation will be made. Each has positive and negative aspects. The recommendation will be based on the following factors that are important to many young adults and/or students: side effects, convenience, cost, and effectiveness. As in the modern day and age where most people are looking to get treated in ways that would negatively affect them the least, the therapies must have little to no major side effects to be considered effective. As most of you are busy with studies, work, and/or sports, have limited resources, and are not always alone; the therapies must be convenient to be considered effective. As of you are not financially stable or independent; the therapies must be cost effective to be considered