Mapperley Park Clinic
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What are the treatment options?
It is often thought that, in order to get the better of spots and acne breakouts, it is necessary to use strong, alcohol based products to dry the skin out. Unfortunately, these same products can make the situation worse by stripping the skin of natural oils and encouraging the sebum glands to work even harder. This increased production of sebum produces increased skin congestion and provides the perfect environment for further bacterial growth.
At The Mapperley Park Clinic, we believe in a less aggressive approach using a variety of well targeted and properly formulated treatment products, non-laser treatments and as our first-line treatment, the NLite laser.
Most sufferers feel driven to do something to improve their physical appearance and consequently, the aim of acne treatment is to deal with skin eruptions in the short term and to prevent scarring in the long term. If no treatment is sought then long term scarring is more likely to occur.
So what should you do?
Seek advice from people with the experience and the range of options to treat your personal condition.
In most cases, we will recommend the Nlite laser as the first, most effective step.
Our products consist mainly of Vitamin A based creams and gels, to reduce sebum production, and mild Glycolic Acid preparations to remove dead skin cells and unblock pores. We also have excellent Vitamin C based products to deal with the excess pigment production that can occur following breakouts in people with darker skin.
We sometimes offer adjunct treatments, such as glycolic acid, in-clinic 'peels' prior to laser treatment.
In any case, we will begin with a consultation during which we look at your current skin management regime, including all the products that you are using: while some products may be good for continued use, it is not unusual to discover that some products are not appropriate and can even be exacerbating the problem, these can be replaced with something milder and more "skin-friendly".
We will take a full medical history and carry out an examination of the skin to assess your current situation.
We will then inform you about the products and treatments that we consider would be of most benefit to you. These might be a mixture of a home care regime and in-clinic procedures, such as peels and the Nlite laser.
The treatment regime is always individualised for each client: as what is perfect for one client with acne might be unsuitable for another.
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