Recently I’ve been receiving emails and comments asking at what point should a person go to the doctor or dermatologist for acne treatment? This is a very personal answer, and different for every one, but I would like to suggest that if your acne is bothering you and you can’t remedy or control it on [...]

Acne scars have got to be one of nature’s cruelest jokes! To make matters worse, treating and preventing scars from acne is just as varied and difficult as treating and preventing acne itself as there are many different types of scars. But don’t lose heart! Scars can be treated, and with the right daily acne [...]

There are several types of acne, each requiring different methods of treatment. Though all pimples may form beneath skin’s surface, they often take on different shapes and characteristics when they reach the outer layer of your skin. They also react differently to different treatments on different people. Acne is formed when a hair follicle becomes [...]

Perhaps one of the most difficult effects of acne is the nasty scars and pitting it leaves behind – often not showing up for years! Even the mildest form of acne can mar your skin, but the more severe types can leave very deep scars that won’t ever disappear on their own – actually the [...]

Take note, as a general rule I do not recommend skin scrubs for facial skin. Not since a friend told me that she was certain all that gritty scrubing over all those years was likely the cause of her deep acne scarring. But, on tougher body parts there’s nothing wrong with a gentle skin scrub [...]