Adult Acne Treatment, Probiotic Action Shares New Information on How...

Miami, FL (PRWEB) September 27, 2013

A recent article by the mankatofreepress.com shared insight on how Kefir is being seen as a stronger probiotic product than yogurt, and how it helps promote the growth of probiotics in the body system. As the article stated, Kefir, being a liquid is, not only digested quicker, but contains three times more probiotics strains than most yogurts. As a leader in probiotic awareness and education, Probiotic Action, best known for their adult acne treatment shares how drinking Kefir may help aid in the reduction of breakouts, and promoting probiotic growth in the body.

Those suffering with acne are often told that milk based products and dairy will contribute to acne flare ups. As a fermented milk product, items like yogurt and Kefir, have the reverse effect. As probiotics are needed to combat the P.acnes bacteria known to cause breakouts, probiotic based products help in the digestion of enzymes in milk products and other foods, which contribute to the production of acne causing oil, and feed the P.acnes bacteria. Aside from the digestive aids, The PA team offers that the probiotics in a liquid form, will enter the body system faster, and if low in sugar, may help supplement a topical probiotic better than probiotics in pill form.

“Every body will need a different amount of probiotics to help supplement their acne treatment,” says Probiotic Action spokesman Fernando Perez. “Drinking Kefir may work better for some than others, but is worth a try to gain a better mix of probiotics. If one is using a probiotic beverage to help supplement our adult acne treatment, make sure that the product has a low amount of sugar- consuming high amounts of sugar will only feed the bad bacteria causing flare ups,” added Perez.

For further insight on benefits of probiotics, why they are known as “the best acne treatment”, and information on using probiotics for acne, visit ProbioticAction.com. To stay in touch with Probiotic Action as they offer new products, like them on Facebook for reviews and product updates.

Probiotic Action is an advanced acne treatment that uses probiotics for acne containing the “good bacteria” that is naturally found on healthy human skin. By using probiotics, Probiotic Action is an effective treatment that restores the normal bacteria content on skin, while battling what causes acne. Probiotic Action will successfully clear skin when used as an adult acne treatment while protecting skin against bad bacteria, free radicals, and pollutants*.

*These statements have not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Probiotic Action is not intended to diagnose, treat, cure or prevent any disease.

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Treatment Options Expand for Psoriasis Patients

By Serena Gordon
HealthDay Reporter

FRIDAY, Sept. 13 (HealthDay News) -- For the legions of Americans living with the red, scaly patches of psoriasis, doctors have good news.

"We are at a point where we can help almost anyone, and we can do it fairly safely," said Dr. Mark Lebwohl, who chairs the National Psoriasis Foundation's medical board. "If you have psoriasis, there's usually a treatment out there that will make you better."

Some 7.5 million people in the United States have the autoimmune disease, yet it's unknown to millions of others.

The telltale scaly patches often occur on the outside of the elbows, knees and scalp, but they can appear anywhere on the skin and may itch, sting or burn. Some people with psoriasis also develop psoriatic arthritis, which causes stiffness, pain, throbbing, swelling and tenderness in one or more joints.

Symptoms vary from person to person, as does severity of the disease. Some people are affected mildly, while others have signs of the disease over most of their body.

But Lebwohl said there are more treatment options available today than ever before, and more are on the way. "We have medicines that are pretty safe and incredibly effective for the large majority of patients," he said.

For most people, the first line of treatment is a topical medication. Topical corticosteroids are probably the most common first treatment, he said, and they often work very well but are prone to such side effects as thinning skin and stretch marks.

Dr. Janet Lin, a dermatologist at Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore, also noted that people can develop a resistance to topical corticosteroids, which means the medication won't work any longer.

Another topical treatment is a class of medications known as vitamin D analogues, which Lin said "help normalize the growth of the skin cells, and they don't have the side effects of corticosteroids." Examples are calcipotriol, calcitriol and tacalcitol.

Two other topical formulations approved for psoriasis treatment are salicylic acid and coal tar, according to the foundation.

Lin said that steroids injected into areas with psoriasis patches can help thin out the scales, but they can be used only in limited areas.

Light therapy can also help people with psoriasis. "There are certain wavelengths in the UVA and UVB spectrum that help suppress inflammation," she said. The problem with light therapy, though, is that it must be administered in a doctor's office two to three times a week, which makes it inconvenient.

Oral medications also are available and are often the first ones tried for widespread psoriasis. "If someone is covered from head to toe with psoriasis," Lebwohl said, "it's useless to try topical treatments."

Examples of oral medications are acitretin, cyclosporine and methotrexate. He said that most insurance companies prefer that people start with methotrexate because it's effective and considerably less expensive than some of the alternative treatments. Most oral drugs, however, are not considered advisable for use by women during their childbearing years.

The newest and perhaps most helpful drugs for people with psoriasis are called biologics and include such drugs as Enbrel, Humira, Remicade and Stelara. They work by suppressing certain parts of the immune system, and are given by injection or intravenously, Lebwohl said. Because they affect the immune system, however, they carry some increased risks.

"People usually do very well on these medications," Lin said, but she added that "they may see an increase in colds or in infections like strep throat."

For people with psoriatic arthritis, Lebwohl said, methotrexate and most of the biologics are the preferred treatments.

Many people end up using a combination of medications -- a biologic and topical corticosteroids, for instance.

Even more options are in the treatment pipeline.

Lebwohl said there are "at least two pills on the near horizon, and at least five new biologics in the works." And, according to the foundation, more oral medications and new topical treatments are currently being tested in clinical trials.

"There are good medications to control psoriasis, but there's no cure yet," Lin said, but she added that, with all the new medications in development, there's reason to be hopeful.

Copyright © 2013 HealthDay. All rights reserved. SOURCES: Mark Lebwohl, M.D., chairman, medical board, National Psoriasis Foundation, and Sol and Ciara Kest professor and chairman of dermatology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York City; Janet Lin, M.D., dermatologist, Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore

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Acne Treatment

It is fair to say that the list of possible treatments for acne stretches a long distance when written on paper, and some of the treatments listed would be as effective if that is where they remained. Acne treatment, and any other kind of medical treatment for a skin condition, will always be a potentially lucrative market because of the large numbers of people with skin conditions, who are keen to get rid of their blemishes by one means or another. Many of the products available for treatment of acne or other skin conditions, however, are at best temporarily or superficially effective. Those which are powerfully effective are more likely to have side-effects, leaving the sufferer with a choice between ineffective and detrimental.

It seems clear that prevention of acne is considerably better and more reliable than any known cure. This prevention depends on a system that does not merely treat symptoms, but combats the underlying root causes of the skin condition. Anti-inflammatory medication, for example, will prevent the skin from becoming reddened and blotchy. Hormone supplements which level out the amount of testosterone – frequently overproduced in acne sufferers – are also beneficial. Other treatments have differing effects but, taken in combination, the overall effect can be to deal with each of the separate problems which together cause acne blemishes to appear on the skin. There are other measures which can be taken – not least dietary changes and washing regimes – to produce a holistic acne prevention system. Treating the problem globally in this way is perhaps the best bet for long-term effectiveness.