What You Don’t Know About Acne
When pores become blocked and bacteria form inside them, the result is a common skin disease called acne. It affects nearly everybody at some stage in their life, but is usually at its peak in the teenage years. The inflamed, red bumps that form sometimes can be painful, and white pimples are unsightly even though their painless.
Our skin is the outermost layer of our body. The skin has pores in it that contain hair follicles. Below the hair follicles lie the sebaceous glands which secrete, “sebum”, oil for the skin and keep it flexible and not dry.
The natural process is for our skin to grow, and shed by either showering or rubbing. Or it may come off by itself. At the same time, sebum is being distributed around the skin and our hair continues to grow through the surface. But, sometimes bacteria get trapped deep down in the pores and mixes with the sebum. This clogs the pores and results in acne.
A white pimple that sometimes forms can contain dead skin cells, white blood cells, and bacteria. The area around the pimple can also harbor pus which often creates an inflamed, red area. When a follicle wall bursts and white blood cells flow inside as part of a healing process, a pustule can develop. Postule is derived from the term ‘pus.’
There are also another type called blackheads, they get there name from their color. But here’s an important point to remember, the black isn’t actually from dirt. It’s a combination of dead skin cells and sebum that have oxidized. The oxygen in the air causes a chemical reaction that turns them black.
The various forms that we have mentioned are referred to by the medical term called ‘comedones.’ The only difference that determines what type of comedone is whether the formation is open or closed.
If acne continues to get worse, it will take on one of the following forms. One, if your acne formed when the hair follicle exploded close to the surface, this is called a papule. They don’t contain pus and they’re small. If you have noticed a hard lump under your skin and the break is at the base of the follicle, this is called a nodule. If the lump under your skin is larger than with the nodule, it is called a cyst. The lump is painful even though it is soft.
You’re probably not looking for a biology lesson, but are looking around on the net for ‘What is Acne.’The time that you spent here will be worth it, because now you know a little more about acne. That gives you an advantage, if your knowledgeable, then you won’t spend your money on things products or procedures that don’t work.