Basic Facts about Acne – How, Who And Where
It is a most common disorder of the skin and is termed “acne”. A common type of acne is termed “Acne Vulguris”
It is a disease of sebaceous glands. It develops in stages. It starts with whiteheads and blackheads and can eventually turn into cysts and nodules. Though it is a skin condition, it is strongly connected to psychology of the person. The disfigurement of skin has a strong connection with the emotions of the person. This makes a good reason for treating it as early as possible.
How Acne Develops
Before knowing about the treatment of acne it would be good to have an idea about the skin. The sebaceous glands are found on the skin of our whole body except at some places like soles and palms. Sebum is produced by sebaceous glands and comes on the surface of the skin through pores. The body hair also grows from the same pores. Sometimes these pores get blocked because of dead cells or excessive oil production. When the pores get blocked it gives room to produce acne bacteria which then develops into acne.
In earlier stages acne appears as blackheads or whiteheads. Blackheads are also termed “open comedones’ whereas whiteheads are termed “closed condemones”.
The next stage of acne is zits or pimples. These zits and pimples are termed pustules and papules. Pimples appear when there is an inflammation in the sebaceous glands. If the infection is left untreated it spreads further and results in the third acne stage. This appears in the form of nodules and cysts.
Acne does not always enter the third stage. Sometimes it may stop itself at the first or the second stage.
Where Acne Develops
Acne can develop wherever there are sebaceous glands. As mentioned earlier they are spread all over the body except at the palms and soles. But as they are attached to hair follicles they mainly are found on the face, neck, shoulders, back, chest and arms. Acne is most common in these places.
Who develops acne
Mostly teenagers are the sufferers. But acne can catch a person at any stage. Sometimes it even affects the person at the age of thirty and forty and is termed “adult acne” sometimes newborns or toddlers can be the victim. Here it is termed ‘baby acne”
Whatever the age is; if acne is treated at early stages it can rightly prevent the skin from entering the severe third stage. The early treatment also prevents the formation of acne scars; which is even a bigger issue than acne itself. If you are suffering from acne, you might also be interested in this post on how to get rid of acne fast.
