Treating Adult Acne With Anti-aging Moisturisers

Softening the skin and relieving wrinkles with anti-aging moisturizers is becoming a welcome and effective method of treating acne. To date there is a large and growing number of people, especially adult women, who have benefited from new techniques that not only reduce acne but also improve aging skin.

There is connection between anti-aging and acne. In the 1970's two Dermatologists, Dr. Eugene Van Scott, and Dr. Albert Klingman begin investigating vitamin A as an alternative to benzoyl peroxide for the treatment of acne. Benzoyl peroxide is the active ingredient in most over-the-counter acne remedies such as Proactiv, Clearasil and others. Dr Klingman eventually developed Retin A, a derivative of vitamin A, and Dr. Van Scott began working with the structurally similar Alpha Hydroxy Acids (AHAs). Neither of these researchers attracted much attention until it was noted that women using these substances for acne were experiencing a reduction in skin wrinkling. Retin A and AHAs quickly became most widely used anti-aging skin care ingredients worldwide.

Acne and wrinkling share the same problematic skin condition: excessive undetached dead skin tissue building up on the skin's surface. This stiffens the skin. Wrinkles result because a less flexible outer layer of skin creases the underlying growing tissue. The skin thus increasingly grows into deeper and more pronounced lines. Acne results when this dead skin tissue clogs pores and inhibits the normal passage of oils and moisture, causing whiteheads or blackheads and eventually pimples. Both AHAs and Benzoyl peroxide, however, can relieve this condition by exfoliating this dry outermost layer of the skin.

The problem is that benzoyl peroxide, while it is effective in removing oil, dries out the skin thus increasing the amount of dead skin tissue on the surface of the skin. This in turn clogs pores. For most women however, using moisturizers to relieve this dryness is not an option. The oils and waxes used in moisturizers aggravate acne because they compound pore blockage.

Several companies have worked to solve this problem and have developed moisturizers for acne prone skin. Murad and Olay have developed a number of products. At Niora, we have worked to solve this problem by creating moisturizers formulated with specially emulsified jojoba oil. Jojoba oil, while intensely moisturizing, is a fine oil with a far smaller molecular weight than sebum, or skin oil. Jojoba penetrates these heavier skin oils, unclogging pores and dissolving nascent blackheads and whiteheads. Because of Niora's emulsification process, dissolved sebum and excess oils rinse free leaving the skin soft and clean.

These lighter moisturizers can be blended with alpha hydroxy acids, which in turn exfoliate the skin and work to prevent excessive tissues from building, back up in the pores. Typically these types of exfoliating cleansers must be used daily to be effective, but they replace normal moisturizers and cleansers and fit easily into most skin care regimes.

These new skin care products thus offer the best of both worlds: an effective acne treatment that moisturizes the skin and reduces wrinkling. To date thousands of women have successfully used these new products demonstrating that the best acne treatment might well be anti-aging skin care.

Keywords: acne moisturisers, acne moisturiser, best acne moisturiser, acne prone skin

Acne Moisturizer Resources

Acne Moisturizer News

Adults have options for acne products (The Tuscaloosa News)
Dermatologists recommend prescription or laser treatments for consistent, long-term acne problems, but for the occasional blemish or breakout, over-the-counter products can help. Here are some recent products aimed at adults:Clinique Acne Solutions Clear Skin System, including cleansing foam, clarifying lotion and Moisturizer.

Let new you break through (CNN.com)
Forget a head-to-toe makeover. From angling your bangs to upgrading your Moisturizer to switching laundry detergents, a change doesn't have to be a big deal to be a real breakthrough. We've got 53 smart little ways to make you feel dazzling.

Skincare for Children and Teens: Address Skin Care Concerns Early On (PRWeb)
Skincare-News.com finds that the best way to combat skin problems such as acne or dryness is to take control of them early on, with smart skincare geared toward young skin. (PRWeb Mar 10, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb744754.htm

'Best of Show' Awards Go to Spa and Medical Aesthetics Industry Stars (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
An array of innovative new products were named "Best of Show" at the 2008 Los Angeles Spa & Resort Expo and Conference and Medical Aesthetics Conference and Expo.

Skincare-news.com Product Review: Proactiv Skin Care Works, But Sensiclear Even Better (PRWeb)
Skincare-News.com reviews two leading acne treatment product lines, Proactiv and SensiClear. (PRWeb Mar 12, 2008) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/03/prweb760624.htm

Niora is the manufacturer of the sensitive skin friendly anti-aging acne treatment, Alpha Clear. Niora has created fine anti-aging skin care since 1989.  www.niora.com

Copyright 2005-2007, Project Management Course