Colloidal Silver - An Excellent Remedy For Baby Acne

Acne is known to be a disease typical to youth. But, people will be surprised to know that new born babies also suffer from it, although it is not a common phenomenon. Unlike the reasons of acne in youth, which is primarily attributed to changes in hormonal disorders, acne in babies is caused by mother's hormones which are passed to the baby during pregnancy. However, this acne is not visible immediately after the birth. It takes almost three to four weeks after the birth for baby acne to appear. It is believed that the hormones passed from mother trigger the production of oils and lead to development of acne. Use of certain medication during pregnancy may be the factor behind occurrence of baby acne in some cases. It is also proven that heredity or genetics is also one of the main factors for acne.

Baby acne is one of the skin conditions that can make the baby's appearance unpleasant. The soft and healthy look of a new born gets totally distorted by spots on the face, neck, chest, back and upper arms caused by this disease. The skin gets blotchy and even a beautiful face lose its charm. Some parents go under trauma after seeing their baby in this condition. After all, parent's concern about the baby's health is a natural phenomenon. Everybody wants and make all out efforts to ensure that their baby had good health and soft, smooth skin. Therefore, it comes as a shock to parents when this disease starts showing its presence in the baby's body.

Unlike acne in youth, baby acne needs special care. Those over the counter creams are strict no-no as it may suit skin of a youth, but it will severely damage the soft skin of a new born baby which can not tolerate the hard chemicals found in some creams. Contact with saliva or milk of the affected area can worsen the baby acne condition. Crying, which is the natural thing for babies, increases the blood flow towards skin. Such increased blood flow can cause irritation to the baby's skin. Harsh soap or scrubs should never be used for cleaning baby's face. It could aggravate the condition. Use of warm water may help up to certain extent. It is best to avoid contact with the affected area of the skin; particularly rubbing of those areas must be prevented even accidentally. If at all cleaning of the skin is required to be done, it should be performed very gently maintaining least of friction with the skin. Traditionally, mild soap and water is being used for washing of affected area to relieve baby acne.

It should be clearly understood that acne is caused by clogging of pores which is again a result of accumulation of dead cells and excessive oil. There are some over the counter medications available for treatment of baby acne. However, it is advisable that doctor should be consulted before using such medications as selecting wrong medication can lead to certain skin disorders.

Use of colloidal silver soap is considered as one of the safe remedies for treating baby acne. The silver particles in the colloidal silver soap disinfect the area and kills bacteria that are main cause behind occurrence of baby acne.

Colloidal silver soap is so effective due to its main constituent colloidal silver. Colloidal silver is nothing but very fine particles of pure silver, suspended in water. The particle size is in the order of nanometer. In fact, a colloidal silver particle is about 60 times smaller than a red blood cell. One of the characteristic of colloidal silver is the silver concentration, which is expressed as parts per million (ppm), which again is nothing but silver per liter (mg/L) of water. A concentration of 20 ppm is considered optimum for normal usage.

Colloidal silver has antimicrobial properties. The antimicrobial property of colloidal silver is attributed to its silver content and can be explained accordingly. Although silver is harmless to human beings it is deadly to a culture of bacteria of a virus. It doesn't kill bacteria or a virus but when a particle of silver comes into contact with these living beings it inhibits their ability to reproduce. It does so by disabling the oxygen metabolism enzyme found in single celled organisms such as bacteria and fungi, as well as the enzyme found in most viruses. This causes the pathogen to die/stop replicating so that the immune and lymph systems can eliminate them from the body.

Most importantly silver particles kill only infected tissues without harming other tissues or body systems. Colloidal silver soap is also available in solution form. Usually, colloidal silver soap is applied topically to baby acne. As the micro-organisms present in the baby acne comes in contact with the colloidal silver, the silver particles in the product kills the bacteria by attacking enzymes (that are required for development of bacteria). As a result of this attack the micro-organisms get suffocated and die. These dead organisms are then eliminated through lymphatic system.

Due to its usefulness in curing baby acne, colloidal silver soap has attained wide popularity all over the world. It is more so because it does not have any side effects unlike antibiotics. More and more people are attracted towards this new method of treating baby acne. And, none of them are complaining about it.