What is the best acne treatment for black skin?

While researching online for the best acne treatment product for reviewing, I've come across a very interesting question on several online forums and messageboards, with seemingly no clear cut answer. The question was:

"What is the best acne treatment for black people?"

I've decided to investigate a bit, and see if any of the top products that I review here help treat acne in dark skin people.

Acne hits people of all ages, skin types, and conditions, and that is a fact. When trying to control acne, treatment concerns are widely different. Some treatments that work well on fair skin may be discoloring for black skin. It all depends on the amount of melanin pigment found in the skin. Darker skinned people have more melanin than fairer folks.

Now there is a myth saying that darker skin is easier to manage, because it is tougher than lighter skin. This is completely wrong. As a matter of fact, many times just the opposite is true. Darker skin is often very sensitive and must be treated very carefully. And darker skin, just as lighter skin, is very prone to acne and pimples and acne scars.

In general it is said that every treatment is equally good for any type and color of the skin. Black-skinned people tend to have dark scars and injuries, while those with white skin tend to be red-inflammatory agent as a result of acne. Thus if you have dark skin and have severe acne, you might notice that once the inflamation has retreated, the skin has now a lightened (hyperpigmentation) or darkened spot (hypo-pigmentation). Also it is said that this changing in color will usually disappear with time.

However, in the meantime the discoloration is there, and if you are sadly looking at the faces on the magazine covers, secretly longing to have that gorgeous skin as the next super model or Hollywood star, you need to take steps to get that acne free skin.

One of the very important things you need to remember is that if you have a darker skin, you need to particularly avoid picking, squeezing, or otherwise irritating acne blemishes. I know it is difficult, the fingers are just itching to squeeze the heck out of those pimples, but try to resist.

Also certain acne treatment products can cause skin discolorations such as mentioned above. One of them is benzoyl peroxide. Although benzoyl peroxide is very effective in treating acne and removing acne scars, it puts the user at risk for hyperpigmentation or hypo-pgimentation. So if you are using products with benzoyl peroxide in them, such as Acnezine, or ProActiv, first test on a smaller surface and see for a few days how it works.

So, coming back to the main question asked on these forums, "what is the best acne treatment for black people?"
One product that is not using benzoyl peroxide, or anything else harmful is ClearPores. It has only natural ingredients, and it has been highly recommended by several people with black or darker skin who have tried it. No adverse effects noted so far and although the success rate was not 100%, it was more than encouraging to be worthwhile mentioning here.

If you have tried other things and didn't work, give ClearPores a try. It never harmed anyone so far and it might just cure your acne right on time for the next major event in your life.

You might also be interested in the book that addresses specifically treating acne for black skin, called Acne in Black Women, by Neil Persadsingh. The book covers quite a lot of aspects and differences between acne in white and black skin. Many dermatologists also recommend it.
Sadly it is sold out at Amazon (I have linked it just in case you might catch it at one or the other private seller). Keep looking for it though, or google it, it's worthwhile hunting down a copy. It's not a cure, but a wonderful companion to your acne treatment.

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