| The skin is often looked at by people as an | | | | and other side effects that can add to one's |
| outward sign of a person's hygiene and | | | | social anxiety, rather than help relieve it. |
| health. Subconsciously, human beings tend to | | | | Medically speaking, adults often find it |
| associate smooth, clear skin with being in | | | | harder to tolerate benzoyl peroxide, as |
| good physical condition. Good skin is also | | | | compared to teenagers. An alternative for |
| perceived as one of the most obvious signs of | | | | acne medication (and the subsequent relief |
| physical beauty. | | | | from social anxiety) can come in the form of |
| | | | treatments that make use of salicylic acid. |
| The preoccupation with skin care has led to a | | | | |
| boom in the skin care product industry. These | | | | Salicylic acid works on acne in a different |
| skin care products are marketed to cater to | | | | manner from benzoyl peroxide. While the |
| the large market that demands a variety of | | | | peroxide compound works by targeting the |
| preparations to treat dry skin, control oily | | | | bacterial infections behind acne, salicylic |
| skin, and even to "reverse" the aging | | | | acid functions as an exfoliant. The acid |
| process. Today, manufacturers of beauty | | | | works by peeling away layers of the skin, |
| products have expanded their beauty line to | | | | subsequently also peeling away the acne |
| include concoctions to cure skin infections. | | | | gradually. The acid is considered to be |
| The products that are usually bought to | | | | milder than the peroxide, though it can still |
| control skin infections usually include those | | | | have side effects. Additionally, salicylic |
| that are supposed to treat adult acne (acne | | | | acid is not as effective an acne treatment |
| rosacea) and teenage acne (acne vulgaris). | | | | option as benzoyl peroxide, simply because it |
| Adult acne and teenage acne are two entirely | | | | lacks the raw chemical potency of the |
| different things, though most scientists | | | | peroxide. |
| believe the root causes are essentially the | | | | |
| same. There are currently no concrete | | | | There are some dermatologists that suggest |
| findings on what the ultimate cause of acne | | | | combination treatments as a way to relieve |
| is, though most studies point to bacteria | | | | acne. The approach works by having people |
| being the most prevalent factor in both | | | | apply salicylic acid during the day time, as |
| rosacea and vulgaris problems. The single, | | | | it is the compound that has a lower chance of |
| definitive cause has yet to be found but the | | | | inducing side effects. The benzoyl peroxide |
| countless studies have shown the medical | | | | is then applied at night, before sleeping. |
| world that there are a number of possible | | | | This reduces the chances that the side |
| solutions to both acne rosacea and acne | | | | effects would interfere with the patient's |
| vulgaris. These treatments promise to help | | | | daily life, as well as reduce the chances of |
| alleviate the problem of acne, as well as | | | | the peroxide bleaching clothing. |
| alleviate the social anxiety that people with | | | | |
| severe cases of acne experience. | | | | In your typical pharmacy, there are various |
| | | | treatments for acne and other skin |
| Skin infections like acne rosacea and teenage | | | | infections, and not all of them will contain |
| acne are typically caused by bacterial | | | | salicylic acid or benzoyl peroxide. That |
| infections in the skin. Among the many core | | | | doesn't mean that they don't work as well, |
| ingredients of the medications used to treat | | | | it's just that they probably work differently |
| acne and similar bacterial infections is | | | | from the aforementioned types of treatments. |
| benzoyl peroxide. In the case of acne, | | | | Whether one decides to take an |
| benzoyl peroxide works by attacking the | | | | over-the-counter treatment or go for a |
| bacteria, effectively attempting to cut off | | | | prescription, the important thing to remember |
| the acne at the source. However, benzoyl | | | | is that once the acne has been effectively |
| peroxide is a potent compound and people with | | | | removed, then working on relieving the social |
| sensitive skin can develop redness, rashes, | | | | anxiety can begin. |