Types of Acne Explained



By Wanto

The different types of acne can influence how effective acne treatments are and possibly change your approach to getting rid of acne.
We briefly look at 4 types of acne that you may suffer from at certain points in your life, highlighting symptoms, possible causes and types of acne treatments.

Baby or neonatal acne
You will probably not remember experiencing baby acne but if you are a parent you will as it affects around 20% of newborn babies.

Teenage Acne
Excessive, unsightly pimples can occur during teenage acne and affects most teenagers at some stage. Treating adult acne has tended to involve over the counter acne treatments unless the condition is very serious whereby your doctor may put you on prescription acne treatments, which is quite rare.


Rosacea Acne
Rosacea Acne is experienced by around 1 in 10 people and tend to be mostly women. The symptoms of Rosacea Acne include redness and blotching primarily on the skin of the face.

Effective acne treatment
There is no one effective acne treatment that will work for all types and stages of acne. Whilst teenage, adult and Rosacea types of acne can be treated with safe, proven over the counter acne products if you wish.