What Are the Examination, Treatment Methods, and Types for Acne Dermatology Near Seokchon Station?

"My skin doesn’t really have any particular problems,

but I’m struggling because of acne.

My skin looks so dirty because of acne..."

When I hear concerns like this, I can fully understand how frustrating patients feel. That’s because many people are fighting a war against acne even though they don’t have any other disease and their skin condition is not especially poor.

Acne occurs when sebum is not discharged smoothly.

However, sebum is an essential element in protecting our skin, so it is not something that can simply be eliminated completely.

So today, let’s look at why humanity has not been able to conquer acne, and also explore treatment methods that regulate the sebaceous glands to address that limitation.

What Are the Examination, Treatment Methods,

and Types for Acne Dermatology Near Seokchon Station?

• Causes of acne

• Why hasn’t humanity conquered acne?

• The principles and effects of Gold PTT

• Other sebaceous gland regulation treatment methods

Seokchon Station Acne Dermatology (Department: Dermatology) Causes of acne

Before talking about acne, let’s first look at what role sebum plays.

Sebum is an oily substance produced by the sebaceous glands in the skin and released to the skin’s surface through the hair follicles.

When it is secreted in appropriate amounts, it keeps the skin healthy by forming a thin layer on the skin’s surface that prevents moisture from evaporating, providing mild antibacterial effects, and protecting the skin from external irritation.

But the problem arises when this sebum is secreted in excess. When excess sebum meets dead skin cells that have not shed properly, it blocks the pores and becomes trapped inside.

Then the inside becomes almost oxygen-free, creating an environment that acne bacteria love(?).

This bacterium normally resides in our hair follicles, but in an oxygen-poor environment, it breaks down sebum and produces free fatty acids.

These free fatty acids irritate the follicle wall, trigger an immune response, and eventually develop into the red, pus-filled inflammatory acne that we can see with the naked eye.

Seokchon Station Acne Dermatology (Department: Dermatology) Why hasn’t humanity conquered acne?

At this point, you may also have realized why it is impossible to simply say, "Let’s get rid of the sebaceous glands completely!" in order to prevent acne.

As mentioned earlier, sebum is a key component of the skin’s protective barrier.

If sebum is not secreted at all, the skin becomes extremely dry, more vulnerable to external irritation, and its natural defense function is damaged.

So completely eliminating it should not even be an option in the first place. Then you may wonder whether medicine could solve the problem.

Medications containing ingredients such as isotretinoin are representative oral drugs that greatly suppress sebum secretion.

Isotretinoin

They may show effects when taken for a certain period of time, but after stopping the medication, many sebaceous glands become active again and acne recurs.

This is because the cause was not eliminated with medication; its function was only suppressed for a while. In addition, there are many side effects to be careful about when taking it, so it is also a drug that must be used cautiously.

That is why it has been so difficult for humanity to wipe out(?) acne, and sebaceous gland regulation treatments also began as a way to address the problems raised above.

The idea is to selectively regulate only some sebaceous glands.

Seokchon Station Acne Dermatology (Department: Dermatology) The principles and effects of Gold PTT

Let’s look at the types of treatments that regulate sebaceous glands.

First is Gold PTT. As the name suggests, it uses gold as the medium.

After nano-sized gold particles are applied to the skin in ampoule form, ultrasound is used to penetrate these particles deeply to the location of the sebaceous glands.

When a laser is then applied in this state, the gold particles located inside the sebaceous glands absorb the laser light and generate heat, which selectively destroys the sebaceous glands in that area.

As a result, after treatment, the function of overactive sebaceous glands is regulated, sebum secretion decreases, and the frequency of pore blockage decreases as well, which in turn lowers the frequency of acne occurrence.

Seokchon Station Acne Dermatology (Department: Dermatology) Other sebaceous gland regulation treatment methods

Gold PTT is not the only method for regulating sebaceous glands. There are also methods called Neobeam and Agnes, although the energy used and the treatment range are somewhat different. Let’s take a look.

• Neobeam

This method uses a high-output diode laser with a wavelength of 1450 nm.

The laser energy passes through the epidermis almost unchanged and is selectively absorbed by the sebaceous glands, generating heat, and this heat shrinks the function of the sebaceous glands.

Neobeam tip

Because the treatment tip is large and can cover a wide area at once, it is especially effective when acne is spread across a broad area.

• Agnes

This method involves directly inserting a fine insulated needle, with only the tip exposed, into the location of the sebaceous glands and delivering radiofrequency energy.

This allows heat to be delivered intensively only to the sebaceous glands. The affected sebaceous glands then have reduced function and no longer produce sebum. Naturally, acne occurrence also decreases.

Because it can also be applied to local areas or individual lesions, it is effective for pustular acne or stubborn acne that repeatedly appears in specific areas.

Finally, here is a brief comparison of the three treatment methods below.

Today, for those looking into acne dermatology near Seokchon Station (Department: Dermatology), we covered the causes of acne and why it has been difficult to eliminate, as well as treatment methods that regulate the sebaceous glands.

Many people worry that their skin may become dry after receiving this kind of treatment, but as explained above, the goal is not to remove all sebaceous glands.

Since there are tens of thousands of sebaceous glands on a person’s face, regulating only some of them makes side effects such as dryness less likely.

Also, Gold PTT, Neobeam, and Agnes are all grouped under the same category of sebaceous gland regulation treatment, but their mechanisms of action and the skin conditions they require are different.

So I recommend receiving treatment at a place that carefully assesses what stage your acne is in and what condition your skin is in, and I’ll end here.

Thank you. This was Jamsil U&I^^

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