Are Antibiotics Good for Acne

It doesn’t matter whether oral or cream antibiotics are used; they can cause problems. Antibiotics can help to reduce acnes, but they also hit other friendly skin bacteria and herein lies the problem.

Staphylococcus epidermidis lives on our skin and helps keep other nasty bacteria away. The same antibiotics that reduce p.acnes often hit the s.epidermidis as well. This attack puts selective pressure on the bacteria to survive and within three or four weeks you can isolate resistant strains of s.epidermidis on skin being treated with antibiotics.

Now Staphylococcus epidermidis is related to Staphylococcus aureus. S. aureus lives inside the body and s.epidermidis lives on the skin and They come together at entrances into the body like the nose.

The acne sufferer ends up in hospital for an operation. They get a wound infection either from their own bacteria or through other bugs already there. Now the antibiotics don’t work because the system is now immune. (Note) The antibiotics used for wound infections are often similar to the one that has been used for acne. While in the hospital this infection is extremely difficult to remove and can go on to infect many other patients.

Using a product such as Aknicare, this has 4 antibacterial agents which control p.acnes by changing conditions in the area under the plug. Aknicare can reduce acnes and all the other key causes of an acneic skin (inflammation, oil production, cell turnover) without abusing your immune system.