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Benzoyl peroxide trickled upon the acne scene in the 1930s. Why trickled? Because it was not heavily used at first and scientists didn’t understand quite how to administer it and at what dosages. Also, it was initially used in formulations in a powder form which proved explosive and extremely dangerous to work with. But, despite these setbacks, by the 1960s and 1970s benzoyl peroxide grew in popularity to become the mainstay of acne treatment. To this day, only Accutane can rival it for consistent results. Though it’s not a cure for acne.

So what is this acne remedy they call benzoyl peroxide?
Benzoyl peroxide is a molecule which basically creates oxygen. Peroxides all perform this action and contain an oxygen-oxygen single bond. What is so revolutionary about benzoyl peroxide, however, is its ability to penetrate the epidermis. Our epidermis is nature’s barrier. It does it’s job extremely well and prevents most substances from entering into the skin below. What scientists found with benzoyl peroxide is that it is capable of penetrating into the skin and still maintaining its oxygen creation properties.

And how does benzoyl peroxide help keep people acne free?
Skin bacteria, also known as P. Acnes, can only live in an anaerobic environment. This means it can only thrive when there is no oxygen around. You guessed it, benzoyl peroxide creates oxygen and this bacteria can’t survive. It dies, and dies quickly and reliably when oxygen is present. Studies show that upwards of 99% of skin bacteria is zapped with one application of 2.5% benzoyl peroxide. Benzoyl peroxide works remarkably well at killing this bacteria—better than any other product on the market, prescription or otherwise. But it also works in another way, through what they call desquamation. Desquamation is a fancy term for sluffing off skin cells. Benzoyl peroxide gets into the pores of the skin and sluffs off skin cells. It also does this on the surface of the skin. This mechanism helps pores from becoming clogged. If that weren’t enough, benzoyl peroxide is also an anti-inflammatory, which brings down inflammation in the skin. You can see this with people who often start out quite red and inflamed with a case of acne. After a few weeks or months on benzoyl peroxide their skin adopts a much less red, more even-toned look. Sure, even-tone is nice, but what’s even better about benzoyl peroxide’s anti-inflammatory response is that it helps prevent clogged pores from progressing into zits. Clogged pores are usually not even visible to the naked eye. When you see a red zit, that means the wall of the pore has actually broken. The body responds to this wall break with inflammation which creates the red color. Benzoyl peroxide works to fight this inflammatory response, thus allowing the body to heal itself more rapidly from a pore wall break. Using benzoyl peroxide from early onset of Acne can help prevent acne scars

Does benzoy peroxide work for acne on the back?
Yes it does, it can work great for back acne but it can work even better with the addition of alpha hydroxyl acid. Just be aware that benzoyl peroxide can bleach fabric when using it on the back.

Electrician 4 Hire Ltd is a company who offer their services to residents in the Essex area and strive to offer an efficient, affordable and highly professional service for all of its customers. The company prides itself on its huge customer focus and many of the company’s sales come directly from word of mouth suggestions.

In 2006, the company was founded by Les Grayson, who too is an electrician in Thurrock. Ever since the company was founded, Les has worked hard in bringing the company together, incorporating good working ethic and believes in giving customers a full-sense of security and peace of mind before and after each transaction.

Electrician 4 hire is a family run business, which means a more personalised and tightly-knit service being offered – it’s their policy to never sub contract their work to third party companies as the service and quality cannot be guaranteed; each and every electrician is employed directly by Electrician 4 hire.

As part of the companies great customer care, they also offer free callouts and estimates of which are totally free of those charges that the best of us hate, hidden charges. Electrician 4 hire also gives you the most for your money by charging half hourly, which ultimately means the customer saves money. It’s uncommon to find a commercial electrician in Essex or company who charge you by these means

Quality of work is of utmost importance. All electricians will ensure customers are entirely satisfied with all work carried out on customers property, all will often give that little extra to ensure customers are one hundred percent happy.

Service is offered to all counties in the Essex area, this includes the Grays, Thurrock and Rayleigh areas. A member of the team can be with you on the very same day you request work to be carried out and at a time that is convenient to the customer, be it day or night.

Electrician 4 hire carries out work for commercial and non-commercial clients, also working with the likes of ITV and Stratford theatre. Whilst working with ITV on their ever-popular show “60 Minute Makeover”, they were originally asked to work for a single episode; however due to their hard working ethic and professionalism, they were asked to finish the remainder of the series for the Essex based shows.

Being NICEIC certified means a lot – these certifications hold nationwide recognition and demonstrate skills and knowledge in the relevant areas. NICEIC electricians are assessed on a regular basis to ensure that they are competent and capable of meeting the relevant technical and safety standards, codes of practice and rules of the Schemes they are registered to. Each Scheme has a defined set of competence criteria that contractors must meet to achieve and maintain registration.

It is believed that approximately 90% of Local Authorities in the UK restrict work to NICEIC Approved Contractors on safety grounds and householders can be assured that all work undertaken by an NICEIC-registered contractor will be safe and of high standards.