Can Antibiotics Help Acne? by Kate Billingtton, edited by Filipe Muhale, PhD
Acne is one of the most widely known skin issues that people deal with today. It occurs when your pore gets clogged with oil, dead skin, or bacteria. Antibiotics are powerful artificial pharmacological chemicals that kill or slow down bacterial growth. Our body is naturally armed with an immune system and other mechanisms to fight infections. However, in infectious disease, pathogenic harmful bacteria can grow in excessive numbers that overwhelms the immune system. This is where, antibiotics play an irreplaceable role on fighting infectious diseases.
