Skin Care Tips

Everyone gets acne. Everyone is vulnerable. Maybe we should start with a little background on how it develops. The more you know about the way something grows, the better equipped you are to prevent it. At the very least, it might gross you out enough to keep your hands off your face and that in itself will help prevent acne.

There are bacteria on your hands that you can transfer to the pores on your face and other areas of the body. Follicles called pores sometimes get blocked for reasons that no one entirely comprehends. Sebum, which is a type of oil, normally drains to the surface but occasionally gets blocked. Bacteria then begin to grow in that area and micromedones are produced. Both whiteheads and blackheads start out as micromedones. A micromedone becomes a non-inflamed skin blemish referred to as comedones, which can be a whitehead or a blackhead. A whitehead occurs when trapped bacteria and sebum stay below the skin’s surface. A blackhead occurs when tapped bacteria and sebum partially open to the surface and turn black due to the skin’s pigment, melanin.

At this point, a blackhead or whitehead can discharge its contents to the surface and heal. It is possible that the follicle wall will rupture causing inflammatory acne. The rupture can be caused by a random occurrence or by touching the skin or picking at the skin. This is why it is extremely important to leave acne alone. You should try to keep your hands off you face as much as possible. Also when you talk on a phone, you should try to wipe the phone before and after each use. Bacteria grow there also.

There are two types of inflammatory acne: papule and pustule. A papule occurs when there is a break in the follicular wall. White blood cells charge in and the pore then becomes inflamed. A pustule forms several days later when white blood cells make their way to the surface of he skin. This is what people usually refer to as a zit or pimple. It is possible that an inflamed lesion will completely collapse or explode. This can severely inflame the surrounding skin.

Now that you know a little more about acne, maybe you can prevent it a little better. It is hard to believe that the complicated process explained above is how we produce the pimples that we see on our faces. Acne is not prejudiced to any age either. You can get it well into your older years when you think that it should be over.

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