Acne Treatment

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Acne affects almost everyone — more than 90% of all adolescents, nearly 50% of all adult women and 25% of all adults. Crossing gender lines as well as national borders, it's one of the most widespread medical conditions in the world. Yet there's still no cure.

At Tri-State Lymphedema Clinic we have been helping our patients for over 14 years. We offer a proven treatment of gentle, rhythmic massage movements which follow the natural lymphatic passageways of the head and neck. This treatment called Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD) increases the transport of damaged cells, inflammatory by-products and toxins away from the affected areas.

For most people with acne, it begins at puberty. This is when the body starts to produce hormones called androgens. Androgens cause the enlargement and over-stimulation of the sebaceous glands in people with acne. Sensitivity to these androgens also causes acne to appear during the menstrual cycle and sometimes in pregnancy. The extra sebum (oil) that the sebaceous glands produce mixes with dead skin cells and bacteria on the skin's surface and this blocks pores. Inside the blocked pore, bacteria multiply and cause inflammation leading to the spots and pustules associated with acne.

Manual Lymph Drainage (MLD)

MLD is a unique therapy by which the movement of fluids in the tissues is stimulated. The rhythmic massage of MLD stimulates the contraction of lymph vessels, encouraging the natural flow of lymph fluid. The enhanced lymph fluid movement helps to quickly clear the connective tissue.

MLD traces its roots to Dr. Emil Vodder and his wife Estrid who were working as physical therapists in Cannes on the French Riviera in 1932. The majority of their patients were English, who were there to recover from their colds. The main symptoms being nose and throat infections, headaches, blemished, oily skin and swollen lymph nodes; all leading to chronic inflammation of the nasal sinuses. Dr. Vodder realized that the nasal sinuses were connected to the cervical lymph nodes by lymph vessels. By 1936, Dr. Vodder and his wife had compiled a series of systematic and precise massage movements using a combination of practical experiences, anatomical knowledge and intuition, which became known as Manual Lymph Drainage.

Each relaxing treatment lasts 45 minutes and is performed by a Nationally Certified therapist in a private treatment room.