The Rise of Super Acne – Is Anyone Safe?
There’s a discouraging new skin problem that some refer to as Super Acne. This is acne caused by bacterial that are resistant to antibiotics. Once this type of acne gets established it can be very difficult to get rid of.
To start, we need to understand how antibiotic resistance comes about in the first place. By now, most people have heard of methacillin resistant staph (MRSA). Super acne cam about in the same way.
Bacteria multiply rapidly and as they do mutations can develop. Rarely, this process will lead to the occurrence of a gene that conveys antibiotic resistance.
Groups of bacteria compete for the nutrients needed to grow and multiply. If a resistant bacterium comes up with a lot of other bacteria around it can’t multiply very rapidly. When an antibiotic kills off all the sensitive bacteria it removes that competition. This leaves the resistant bacteria to multiply rapidly and take over.
When penicillin was first used it was effective against almost all bacteria. Now almost all bacteria are resistant to it. For the same reason, using antibiotics to treat acne has made the bacteria that cause acne resistant to antibiotics.
Because of this, physicians are less likely to prescribe antibiotics for acne. In the past it was relatively common for a physician to prescribe regular antibiotic use, usually tetracycline or erythromycin, for acne. They’re much less likely to do that today.
Fortunately, we have good treatment programs today that yield great skin without resorting to antibiotics. A program that’s helped a lot of people is Acne Free In Three Days.
They may be exaggerating when they say three days in the title but the treatment program does can clear up problems very rapidly for most people. No antibiotic involve.
You can find a lot of good information on the prevention and treatment of acne and I suggest you look around. Best Acne Answers always seem to have reliable information. They have page on super acne you should see:The Rise Of Super Acne – Is Anyone Safe?
If at some point a physician does want to prescribe an antibiotic for acne talk about the reasons why very carefully. Antibiotics may be the right treatment for you, but you don’t want to take a chance getting super acne if you don’t have to.
My personal opinion is that you should get a second opinion from a dermatologist before you take antibiotics for acne.
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