Acne gives the combination of symptoms like greasy skin, white heads and blackheads, pimples, inflammation and scar formation. Acne mostly affects young people age 14 to 25, but also for the elderly, in some cases, as in postmenopausal women most teenagers experience outburst of acne, some only a few, but for others acne may develop into skin disease seriously with great cosmetic impact.
SKIN ANATOMY
To understand the process of acne, and some knowledge of physiology and anatomy of the skin is essential:
Skin there layers: the outer layer called the epidermis consists of epithelial cells. Under this lies the dermis consisting of connective tissue. At the bottom there is a layer called the weft consisting mostly of fat cells.
Tight skin and pores extending from the surface down to the hair follicles upper dermis subsidiary called. Pile stretching from the growth in the bottom of each hair follicle, and open on the surface of the skin. About hair in the dermis, and there is a small glands called sebaceous glands. These glands produce an oily substance, sebum, which emptied by opening pores and lubricates the hair and skin.
ACNE process
Acne starts from glands in the hair follicles increase sebum production. This will only behind oily skin. Finally, the input of follicles sebum mixes with dead skin cells. This mix reacts chemically to forms hard accessories, comedones that close the pore entrances. Depending on the color comedones, the so-called black heads or white heads.
Then gets filled closed hair follicles with sebum and bloating. Pod swollen and infected by bacteria. Bacteria and cause accumulation of sebum pores and surrounding skin inflamed, forming a pimple. Finally, the explosion inflamed follicle and empties its contents. Finally, the affected area heals. Sometimes inflammation penetrates deeply into the skin pores and destroys surrounding skin tissue. This will cause more or less distinctive scars that might be present permanently. In general, the person will be affected follicles in all stages of the process at any time.
Causes of acne
Increased production of the hormone puberty stimulates increased production of sebum. The male hormone, testosterone, and it seems that contribute more than others. As girls begin to produce more testosterone in adulthood. For other periods, you may change hormone production gives acne, for example by women in menopause.
Like all teenagers get acne in any degree, can increase the level of the hormone is not the whole reason of increased production of sebum. Must the persons concerned follicles respond for some reason harder at the highest level of the hormone.
Dietary factors, such as eating too much fat, has a lot of sugar or the wrong kind of fat aggravate acne by some individuals. May lack of vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids also contribute to the development of acne.
Indigestion, constipation and intestinal lazy aggravate acne in some people, and may be due to the production of toxins in the intestine. May be caused by colon lazy food errors, such as the lack of fiber.
Very frequent washing and use of strong soaps aggravate acne, does not resolve the situation as many people think. May rub, rubbing or pressure on the skin also aggravate acne.
Here are some other factors that may contribute to the appearance of acne or progression of the disease.
- Stress
- Some agents and contraception
- Pollution of the environment or the home.
- And humid environments.
- Some antidepressants.
- Steroids and testosterone used to treat or bodybuilding.
- The use of certain types of cosmetics bold.
- Some antiperspirants.
- The skin is exposed to chlorine or other halogens, or medicines that contain halogen.
- Women can be exacerbated acne 2-7 days before menses.
What can you do to prevent or treat acne
Sometimes so severe acne that is required private medical treatment, and cause acne sometimes require medical treatment. But you can also do a lot yourself. Here is the list of things that you can do yourself to prevent or treat acne:
1. Some tips on diet can help prevent and treat acne:
- Do not consume a large amount of fat.
- Should you add fat to food are natural oils. Olive oil is ideal, but the use of other types of oils as well, such as walnut oil, sunflower oil and soybean oil. However, do not use only soy oil and many tend to do. Will be used from soybean oil also gives you some fatty acids and very little of the other.
- Eat plenty of fish and seafood and meat too much.
- Eating foods rich in fiber to regulate digestion, such as vegetables and whole grains, wholemeal bread and fruit from corn.
2. Here are some things that should be avoided.
- Do not use oily cosmetics or heavy clog your skin and are difficult to remove.
- Do not use antiperspirants irritants.
- Do not wash with soap or harsh detergents that dry out your skin and remove any natural protection for your skin is oily.
- If you are bodybuilding, do not use steroids or other hormonal supplements.
- Use clothes that allow air to reach the surface of the body to prevent the accumulation of moisture and high temperature of your skin.
3. Use of rinsing solutions or milk
You can rinse the skin with light products are specifically designed to dissolve in the pores and your plugs and make the environment in your skin unfriendly to bacteria causing the infection. And the production of some of these products to wash your skin with one or several times a day, you must run again overnight and rinse in the morning.
Salicylic acid is a mild often used these products in comedones solution. Often contain components of products that work antibacterial and stimulate the work of cleaning the skin clean, such as tea tree oil or extract echinacea.
4. The use of gels and creams to treat acne and protect your skin
After rinsing, treatment must be applied a little gel, cream or lotion on your skin to get these effects:
- To make the skin soft and flexible.
- To protect your skin against the environment.
- Is also a solution clogging the pores of the skin.
- To soothe and reduce inflammation.
- To kill bacteria that cause infection or make a hostile environment for bacteria.
- Stimulate the skin to clean.
- Stimulate the skin to heal.
- To use an insulating layer between the skin itself and cosmetics
To protect, make the skin softer and resolve comedones, contains many natural products, vegetable oils are easily absorbed through the skin, such as tea tree oil, Rosehip oil, and lavender oil and olive oil.
Has the ingredients used in products to reduce inflammation and stimulate healing are: aloe vera extract, extract Viola tricolor and rose hip oil, vitamin E and vitamin A supplementation.
Tea tree oil and grapefruit seed extract and antibacterial agents used in the natural many of these products. In other products such as benzoyl peroxide synthetic compounds used.
5. Oral supplements to combat acne and nourish the skin process
Supplements taken by mouth to feed your skin can be helpful. The purpose of these supplements is more or less the same as that of nourishing creams.
- To make the sebum more flexible so that it flows more easily.
- To promote the exchange of materials and cleanup operations in the skin,
- Stimulate the skin to heal,
- To give the nutrients needed to build your skin healing.
Ingredients often used in these supplements to stimulate the healing process and cleanse the skin are: Vitamins A, C, B1, B2, B3, B6, C, D, E, folic acid, beta carotene, bioflavonoids, magnesium, copper, zinc and selenium, green tea antioxidants, methane Metylsulfonyl.
Present nutrients in these products are used as for the reconstruction of damaged skin and gives better consistency with sebum are: oil, evening primrose oil, olive oil, flaxseed oil, and borage oil, oil and soybean germ oil and wheat, and lecithin.
guggul gum extract used in oral products has vital war on, and helps to spread the acne infection, and thus helps to scar formation.
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