What Is Acne – A Brief Users Guide For Parents, Teens And The Rest Of Us.

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Article Title: What Is Acne – A Brief Users Guide For Parents,

Teens And The Rest Of Us.

Author: Mark MacKay

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Acne is a disease in which the hair follicles on your skin

become clogged and infected. This results in one of the three

types of acne lesions to form.

The production of excess sebum is the culprit. It causes the

follicles to become blocked. The medical community is still

uncertain as to what triggers this excess production. Sebum is

produced by the sebaceous oil gland and everybody needs a small

amount to achieve healthy skin. Sebum helps protects the skin

from harmful bacteria by washing it away.

Types of Acne Lesions:

The three types of acne lesions are whiteheads & blackheads

(also known as closed and open comedones respectively), papules

& pustules, and cysts.

Whiteheads as the name suggests, look like white bumps. They

form under the skin and never reach the surface. This makes

them very hard to eliminate. Blackheads grow upward and break

the skins surface. This enlarged follicle and the oxidation of

the dead cells, sebum, and bacteria have a black color, hence

the name.

Papules form when a whitehead burst and the bacteria spreads to

the surrounding tissues under the skin. This causes your body’s

immune system to increase its fight on the infection making the

inflammation worse. They appear as small, firm, red bumps.

Pustules form as the body’s immune system continues to fight

the infection by sending pus to the area. They appear similar

to a papules with the addition of a yellowish white head.

Cysts are the third and final type of acne lesion. They form

when a pustule worsens and expands further down under the skins

surface. They appear red or purple and are very painful. This is

the most serious of all types of acne lesions.

Types of Acne:

Acne can not only be classified by the types of acne lesions,

but further broken down by acne type; depending on what types

of lesions you have. People whose acne consists of whiteheads

and blackheads would have what is called comedonal acne. A mix

of blackheads, whiteheads, papules and pustules acne lesions is

called acne vulgaris and is the most common type of acne. The

third type of acne is called cystic acne and it is when someone

has all three types of acne lesions with numerous cysts.

Who Can Get Acne:

While most people associate acne with teens, anybody can

experience some type of acne at any age. That said certain

groups of people are more likely to experience acne. They

include teens, people under stress, people who have a family

history of the disease, people taking certain drugs and adult

women.

About The Author: Mark MacKay is a researcher, marketer, and

former Acne sufferer. For more information on Acne Myths,

Causes, Types of Acne, Acne Treatments, Skin Care, Adult Acne,

Teen Acne, Acne Discussion forum, latest research articles and

much more visit Mark’s Acne Explained web site at

http://www.acne-explained.info

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