Zeno Acne Clearing Product

ZENMED® Acne Treatment
Clears acne from the inside-out. Works Fast with Guaranteed Results!

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Acne is the most common skin disease treated by physicians. It is a chronic condition that affects over 85% of adolescents and young adults. There are 4 factors that cause acne:

Plugging of the hair follicle
Excess sebum production
Inflammation in the pore
Presence and activity of Propionibacterium acnes

What is Zeno?
It is the last 2 factors that the Zeno Acne Clearing Device addresses. Zeno is a handheld, portable electronic medical device. It heats the skin up to 120 degrees for 2 ½ minutes which has shown to kill bacteria and cause the influx of heat-shock proteins. These proteins help kill the bacteria and reduce the inflammation in the pore. The heat is controlled by a small microchip that is good for approximately 90 uses. After 90 uses the cartridge needs to be replaced.

Zeno Tested
Zeno was tested in a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial (click here for a detailed summary of this trial) which showed subjective and objective improvement in the time to complete resolution of pimples and the time to improvement of pimples.

Zeno in Action
Zeno can be used up to 3 times a day on a pimple. The heat from the device can be felt but it is very tolerable. It does not burn the skin, but can leave a small red mark for up to 20 minutes depending on skin type.

Zeno Availability
Zeno is FDA approved for the treatment of pimples - red bumps or pustules. It does not treat comedones or the large cystic nodules. It is currently only sold at physician's offices because the company has trials on-going with the FDA to see if Zeno is effective for fever blisters and nail fungus. The results of these trials are expected out in approximately 18 months. Once these trials are concluded, Zeno will likely be available in stores.

Zeno Cost
Zeno currently retails for about $235.00 and the replacement cartridges cost $35.00. It is not covered by any insurance plans. For more information about Zeno and a list of physician's offices selling the device, visit www.myzeno.com.
By Heather Brannon, MD

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Zeno Acne Clearing Device Review

ZENMED® Acne Treatment
Clears acne from the inside-out. Works Fast with Guaranteed Results!
www.ZENMED.com
Zeno Acne Clearing Device Review

Featured on numerous TV shows and awarded various high level awards, the Zeno Pro Acne Clearing Device is the first FDA-Approved at-home medical device that is clinically proven to make pimples and zits disappear fast. In fact, for treating acne pimples, it's the most scientifically advanced and effective device available without a prescription. The hand-held, portable Zeno Acne device works by applying a precisely controlled heat dose directly to the pimple through a metal pad. Zeno rapidly resolves an acne pimple with just two to three 2½ minute treatments done at home that are spread over 12 to 24 hours. It's that simple. Best of all, Zeno Acne Device is safe for patients to treat mild to moderate acne pimples at home on their own.

Zeno Acne Device uses heat to destroy the bacteria causing acne blemishes and reduces inflammation, thus allowing the skin to return to a healthy state. Pimples occur when excess skin oil and flaking skin plug the opening of a hair follicle and create the ideal environment for acne bacteria to grow. P. acnes bacteria is the causative agent in approximately 90% of all acne blemishes. Precisely controlled heat applied for a specific period of time causes the bacteria to self-destruct. When the bacteria die, the pimple goes away.

In an FDA-reviewed , 14-day randomized, controlled, double-blind study assessing the safety and efficacy of Zeno for treating acne blemishes, 90% of blemishes treated with Zeno were disappeared or faded within 24 hours.

Zeno Acne Device can clear up a pimple in just hours. Most other medications can take days or even weeks to work. What's more, other than slight, temporary skin redness, Zeno has none of the side effects described by most topical or oral medications.

The Zeno Acne device is so safe that it can be used during pregnancy. Patients included in Zeno's clinical trials experienced little reaction to the low-level heat. The level of heat does not cause skin damage. The technology further assures safety by way of Zeno's internal PID controller chip that continually modulates the temperature to a fixed range even under different skin and circulation conditions, and an integral digital timer that controls the treatment time. Other than some temporary skin redness following a treatment cycle, no other adverse side effects were reported.

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Zeno Tip Life and Replacement

Zeno Tip Life and Replacement

Zeno relies on carefully controlled heat doses in order to kill P. acne bacteria. After multiple cycles of heating and cooling a treatment tip can degrade and become unable to reach sufficient temperature, reducing the efficacy of Zeno's therapy. The Zeno Treatment Tips are therefore limited to 90 treatment cycles to ensure that the thermal efficiency cannot degrade to the point of preventing adequate treatment temperature. Once you reach the end of your treatment cycles with your treatment tip you will need to purchase a new replacement tip so your Zeno device will work at it's optimal level.

The science of heat applied to acne

With Tyrell's ClearPoint™ acne heat treatment technology, P. acne are destroyed by a process called heat shock response. Heat shock response is a reaction bacteria have to heat whereby they transcript a number of their genes and activate heat-shock proteins. These heat-shock proteins participate in the bacteria's death by causing the bacteria to self-destruct. P. acnes self-destruct in the acne lesion preventing infection and allowing the skin to return to a healthy state. Fortunately, the level of heat required is not sufficient to cause damage to the skin.

Tyrell performed numerous lab studies on P. acnes to assess the temperature range in which heat shock response occurs in this bacteria, including a waterbath and a thermal cycler study, known for accuracy to tenths of a degree. DNAtrix, Inc., a molecular pharmaceutical company jointly owned by Dr. Conrad and the Board of Regents of the University of Texas , performed the thermal cycler testing which was critical in determining if P. acnes ' heat shock response occurs below the point of heat damage of human skin. Futhermore, these tests were critical in assessing the rate of P. acnes death at various temperatures over time (temperature versus time). The results indicated significant death of P. acne at a temperature well below the thermic damage of human skin.

Acne Pimple Treatment

Acne is pustular eruptions, localized abscessed formation and local inflammatory conditions of the dermis and epidermis skin layers. Endogenous hormones (mainly androgens), which are present in unusually high concentrations in the blood during adolescence and puberty give rise to an excessive production of sebum (or oil).

Acne condition may worsen by a simultaneous increase in the rate of keratin in the skin's outer layer (the horny layer) that causes skin cell death. As the horny cells proliferate, they can form an occlusive plug or comedone which coupled with the increased production of the sebum, represents an ideal medium for the proliferation of the skin resident anaerobic bacterium, P. acnes.

Plugged follicles may take the form of either whiteheads, where the plug in the follicle remains beneath the skin's surface, or blackheads, where the plug in the follicle extends to the skin's surface and becomes visible. In the majority of these clogged follicles, the bacterium P. acnes will cause swelling, itching, and redness around the follicle.

The bacterium P. acnes is normally present in all skin types as part of the skin's sebum maintenance system. In a hair follicle, P. acnes produces enzymes that break down sebum creating a balance of oil in the skin. However, a clogged follicle creates an ideal environment for this sebum-eating skin bacterium to multiply. Consequently, the increase of P. acnes and its enzymes irritates and inflames the skin resulting in acne. Furthermore, P. acnes is responsible for at least 90% of all acne cases.

There are many myths about what causes acne. Stress does not cause acne, and neither does eating greasy foods. Another common myth is that dirty skin causes acne, but studies have shown that blackheads and other acne lesions are not caused by dirt.

Acne is a medical problem and requires a medical solution.

Pimple Treatment
People of all races and ages get acne. Although frequently thought of as a condition that affects teenagers, adult acne is a real problem, and some people in their forties and fifties continue to have this skin condition. For decades, people have experimented with and invented all manner of treatments and medications to clear acne, with varying degrees of success.