>>> APPROXIMATELY 50 MILLION AMERICANS SUFFER FROM ACNE AND IT'S NOT JUST TEENAGERS, BUT ADULTS AS WELL. THERE ARE DIFFERENT KINDS OF TREATMENTS THAT ARE AVAIAILABLE BUT WHICH IS THE RIGHT ONE FOR YOU? IT CAN BE HARD TO WORK IT ALL OUT AND FIGURE OUT WHAT TO DO. A BOARD CERTIFIED DERMATOLOGY WITH BELLAIRE DERMATOLOGY ASSOCIATES JOINS US THIS MORNING TO GIVE US SOME GOOD IDEAS. GOOD MORNING TO YOU. >> GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> WE ARE GLAD YOU'RE HERE. IT'S SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY AFFECTS EVERYBODY IN SOME WAY, EITHER THEMSELVES OR SOMEBODY THEY KNOWOW WHERE DO YOU BEGIN? >> IT REALLY DOES. I'M GLAD YOU BROUGHT THAT UP. 80 PERCENT OF THE WORLD'S POPULATION DEVELOPS ACNE AT SOME POINT IN THEIR LIFE. IT AFFECTS ALL OF US. WHAT CAN WE DO TO IDENTIFY WHAT CAUSES AND HOW WE CAN STOP IT? THE NICE PART IS THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT ARE OVER THE COUNTER WE CAN DO STARTING AT THE BASIC LEVEL. >> WHEN YOU LOOK, THERE ARE SO MANY PRODUCTS, IT'S HARD TO KNOW WHERE TO BEGIN. I WOULD THINK STARTING WITH A GOOD CLEANER IS THE FIRST PLACE TO START, GET AS MUCH BACTERIA OFF AS YOU CAN? >> EXACTLY. THERE ARE SO MANY PRODUCTS OUT THERE WORKING SO WELL, NEUTROGENA, WE CAN ALL AFFORDS IT. START WITH A GENTLE CLEANSER TWICE A DAY. >> NOW WHAT DO WE DO? >> DEPENDING ON WHAT TYPE OF ACNE YOU HAVE, IF YOU GET THE BUMPS WE GET -- I HAVE ONE HERE, THEY ARE FRUSTRATING. YOU CAN USE A BENZOYLE PEROXIDE. >> WHAT KIND OF WASH? >> USUALLY WHAT THAT DOES, IT KILLS THE BACTERIA CAUSING THE ACNE. >> AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU DO OVER THE COUNTER. >> OVER THE COUNTER. >> LET'S STAY IT'S NOT BUDGING IT. IT'S GETTING WORSE. >> THAT'S WHERE WE GIVE YOU INDIVIDUALIZED TREATMENT. WE SPECIALIZE IN EXACTLY TREATING WHAT YOU HAVE. ONE OF THOSE TREATMENTS IS SOMETHING SIMPLE, A RETINOID. THE WAY IT WORKS IS TYPICALLY THE SKIN, FOR 28 DAYS, IT GETS STUCK TOGETHER. WITH ACNE-PRONE PATIENTS, IT STICKS TOGETHER LONGER. WITH THE RETIN A, IT'S BREAKING THAT UP. >> IS IT ALL OVER TO MAKE SURE IT -- >> YOU TREAT THE WHOLE FACE. >> WHAT ABOUT LASER TREATMENTS? THOSE SEEM TO BE POPULAR. ARE THEY WORKING FOR ACNE? >> THERE'S FANTASTIC TREATMENTS WE HAVE. ONE THAT CAME OUT ON THE MARKET IS ACNE CLEAR ALWAYS. YOU SEE A CHANGE IN 48 HOURS. >> EXCELLENT INFORMATION. THANK YOU FOR COMING IN AND HELPING US AND HOPEFULLY PEOPLE