Acne Treatment

Causes of Acne

• - NO ONE FACTOR CAUSES ACNE
• - HAPPENS WHEN SEBACEOUS GLANDS ATTACHED TO THE HAIR FOLLICLES ARE   STIMULATED   AT THE TIME OF PUBERTY BY ELEVATED LEVELS OF MALE HORMONES.
• - SEBUM IS A NATURAL SUBSTANCE WICH LUBRICATES AND PROTECTS THE SKIN. WITH   INCREASES IN OIL PRODUCTION, A CHANGE OCCURS IN THE MANNER THAT THE SKIN   CELLS   MATURE. THEY BECOME PREDISPOSED TO CLOG AT THE FOLLICULAR OPENING OR   PORE.
• - CLOGGED HAIR FOLLICLE GRADUALLY ENLARGES, PRODUCING A BUMP
• - AS THE FOLLICLE ENLARGES, THE WALL MAY RUPTURE, ALLOWS IRRITANTS AND NORMAL   SKIN BACTERIA TO ENTER THE DEEPER LAYERS OF THE SKIN- PRODUCING INFLAMMATION
• - INFLAMMATION NEAR THE SKIN'S SURFACE PRODUCES A PUSTULE, DEEPER INFLAMMTION   PRODUCES A PIMPLE, EVEN DEEPER IS A CYST
• - IF THE OIL BREAKS THROUGH TO THE SURFACE- RESULTS IN A WHITEHEAD
• - IF THE OIL ACCUMULATES MELANIN PIGMENT, BECOMES OXIDIZED AND THE OIL CHANGES   FROM WHITE TO BLACK- BLACKHEAD-NOT FROM DIRT OR POOR   HYGIENE
• - FOOD- PIZZA, CHOCOLATE, GREASY AND FRIED FOODS, AND JUNK FOOD- DON'T CAUSE   ACNE   OR MAKE IT WORSE
• - DIRT AND SWEAT DO NOT CAUSE ACNE- NOT NECESSARY TO SHOWER INSTANTLY AFTER EXERCISING
• - STRESS- CAUSES THE PICKING OF YOUR PIMPLES-MAKES THEM LAST LONGER, DOES NOT PLAY MUCH OF A DIRECT ROLE IN CAUSING ACNE
• - PRESSURE- HELMETS, CHIN STRAPS, COLLARS, SUSPENDERS-AGGRAVATE ACNE
• - DRUGS- MEDICATIONS MAY CAUSE OR WORSEN ACNE-STEROIDS, PREDNISONE, LITHIUM
• - OCCUPATIONS- EXPOSURE TO INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS LIKE CUTTING OILS
• - COSMETICS- PORE CLOGGING- LOOK FOR WATER BASED PRODUCTS TO NOT CLOG PORES

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