Chances are that you will experience acne sometime if your life. Teenagers most often get a mild form of acne. So what is acne? Acne, occurs when dead skin cells and oil plug and clog your follicles or pores. Acne is also known as acne vulgaris.
Your skin will replace itself every 28 to 45 days. This is your body?s mechanism to limit the damage done daily by ultraviolet light, pollution and general wear.
During this procedure, dead keratinocytes (An epidermal cell that produces keratin) on the skins surface are shed and new cells from the epidermis base move up to replace them. Old skin cells
on the surface of the skin fall off uniformly, and new cells are added below at the same rate.
Sometimes your body may produce an excess of sebum. Sebum is oily and sticky and may combine with some of those loose cells at the skin surface. So that instead of falling off, a paste like material is produced. This paste is then wedged into an open hair follicle (pore) and sit there forming itself into a compact hardened solid.
A hard to remove wad is formed that plugs the pore opening. These blockages force dilation in the canal which enlarges the pores on the skins surface a condition typical to acne sufferers. Apart
from looking unattractive, these enlarged pores have a good and bad effect. The good part is they allow more sebum to emerge delaying or reducing the amount of internal sebum buildup. The
bad part is the larger mouths of the pores are more susceptible to gather plugs from that cell-and-sebum mixture.
Inside the pore, as more sebum builds up, and if the partial blockage is generated from that external paste of cells and sebum and is near the surface, you may start to see blackheads. The dark color of the blackheads is not dirt, it comes from the pigment of the sebum. If the blockage is further down the canal you will see a slight reddish bump. An acne spot will eventually erupt.
Next sweat will penetrate past the partial blockage into the stagnant sebum and a series of chemical nd physical reactions will turn it into a waxy cheesy like consistency. This is what you see emerge when you pop a zit. The water in the sweat will also cause the canal walls to swell.
Before long a complete blockage will occur. The comedone will appear as a firm white pustule, a hitehead or blackhead. Now the plug is so firmly in place that no sebum can escape at all. And your skin is ready for the next more undesirable phase of acne. Large deep pimples are known as a cystic esion. These cystic lesions and can be painful and may create scarring.
Treatment of Acne depends upon the severity of the acne. The overall goal is to reduce or eliminate acne outbreaks and reduce any scarring caused by yctic acne.
Start by cleansing with mild soap and warm water and using benzoyl peroxide. Cleans your face twice daily. Do not use a wash cloth, use your clean, bare hands to wash instead. Don?t rub your skin hard this only makes acne worse.This is often an effective in the prevention of mild acne.
If the acne persists the acne sufferer may need to consult a physician (dermatologist) for a more aggressive treatment.
The physician may prescribe a course of antibiotics combined with topical benzoyl peroxide. Accutane may be prescribed as a last resort if there is still no improvement and the acne is severe. Accutane is very expensive and may have rare but serious side effects.
There is a new treatment available called Light Wave Therapy. Recently approved by the FDA this treatment and is helpful in reducing and controlling mild to moderate acne.
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