Acne is a common skin condition that can occure to everybody in which lesions form on the skin and because of that it cause the blockage of follicle duct of sebaceous glands. The sebum gets trapped and inflammation occurs in the skin. This inflammation gets infected by a bacterium P.Acnes which found naturally in our skin. In these days there are various acne treatment available for example over the counter acne treatment or natural way. However, both acne treatments are difference for each personalized.

Overnight acne patches mostly contain medicines like Benzoyl peroxide, triclosan, chlorhexidine gluconate, salicylic acid, glycolic acid, erythromycin, clindamycin, tetracycline, tretinoin, adapaline, retinol, isotretinoin etc. These medicines have different effect. For instance, the anti bacterials like benzoyl proxide kill bacteria by reducing acne in bacterial acne therapy. Skin defoliants like salicylic acid peel skin on a micro level in order to open the pores in skin exfoliation acne therapy. Antibiotics like erythromycin kill bacteria by antibiotic action in antibiotic acne therapy. Retinoids like tretinoin reduce acne by regulating the life cycle of follicle cells in retinoidal acne therapy.

The overnight acne patches are to be applied on the affected area before going to sleep.

• First cleaning the effected area with acne cleanser and soft moisturizer before applying overnight acne patches will help a lot.

• Secondly in the morning the patches may be removed and discarded.

  Other acne treatments include phototherapy.

• In phototherapy the affected area is irradiated with a particular wavelength of light. The irradiation kills the bacteria by which producing free radicals in porphyrins of the bacteria. Applying delta-aminolevulinic acid (ALA) to the affected area increases the effectiveness of phototherapy. The effectiveness of phototherapy is about 75% almost as effective as benzoyl peroxide. There are no side effects in phototherapy. The medicines listed here are to be taken only after consultation with a doctor.

  There are still other alternative acne treatment remedies like azelaic acid, zinc, sulfur, chromium and insulin available. However the studies on these are still continuing and the out come of effectiveness or their working mechanism is still not clear.

  Most acne treatment is given in conjunction with food supplements like acuzine, as acuzine helps in early recovery of the skin. Acuzine has beneficial ingredients, vital vitamins and chemicals needed for the acne treatment to be successful.