Good news, future teenagers!!!

 Acne, as every teen will tell you, is a skin condition that occurs when skin pores become clogged and swell up with dirt, debris, bacteria, and inflammatory cells. Simply put, acne can be just awful and it definitely has no appeal in today's society.

In future society, these could be "beauty marks"...right?

How do you know if you have really bad acne? When a blind man can read your face. (Just a joke, relax)

These days, the most common method of treating acne is to apply a topical ointment with benzoyl peroxide. The problem with these creams is that they are not always effective and in most cases they lead to burning and redness, which just shows the pimples off more. Recently, a new method has been suggested by a bioengineering student from UC San Diego Jacobs School of Engineering. The student came up with a way of treating acne through a nano-scale bomb filled with lauric acid. The lauric acid attaches specifically to the cells of Propionibacterium acnes and ultimately kills the bacteria.

This is definitely a more intricate process than just letting a chemical compound diffuse into the skin and work its biochemistry magic. However, nano-delivery of drugs is becoming an increasingly researched field as nano-scaled devices become a more common reality, and ideas like these are what our society needs to reach the next technological breakthrough in modern medicine.


References:

http://www.biology-online.org/articles/nano-bombs-treat-acne.html