Acne is a skin condition that occurs when your hair follicles become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. It often causes whiteheads, blackheads or pimples, and usually appears on the face, forehead, chest, upper back and shoulders. Acne is most common among teenagers, though it affects people of all ages.
Effective treatments are available, but acne can be persistent. The pimples and bumps heal slowly, and when one begins to go away, others seem to crop up.
Depending on its severity, acne can cause emotional distress and scar the skin. The earlier you start treatment, the lower your risk of such problems.
Hormones - Androgens are hormones that increase in boys and girls during puberty and cause the sebaceous glands to enlarge and make more sebum. Hormonal changes related to pregnancy and the use of oral contraceptives also can affect sebum production. And low amounts of androgens circulate in the blood of women and can worsen acne.
Certain medications- Examples include drugs containing corticosteroids, testosterone or lithium.
Diet - Studies indicate that certain dietary factors, including skim milk and carbohydrate-rich foods — such as bread, biscuits and chips etc. may worsen acne. Chocolate has long been suspected of making acne worse. A small study of 14 men with acne showed that eating chocolate was related to a worsening of symptoms. Further study is needed to examine why this happens and whether people with acne would benefit from following specific dietary restrictions.
Stress - Stress can make acne worse.
Acne signs and symptoms vary depending on the severity of your condition:
• Whiteheads (closed plugged pores)
• Blackheads (open plugged pores)
• Small red, tender bumps (papules)
• Pimples (pustules), which are papules with pus at their tips
• Large, solid, painful lumps beneath the surface of the skin (nodules)
• Painful, pus-filled lumps beneath the surface of the skin (cystic lesions)
- Acne marks and black spots?
We should always seek the advice of an experienced dermatologist so that we can correct on its initial stage before making the condition worse or scarring. So consult a doctor and follow the course as prescribed by him and never leave the course before timeso that you can get acne free skin.
After completing the treatment , your marks can be corrected with chemical peels such as salicylic acid peel, glycolic acid peel. Different varieties of non ablative lasers, photo therapies are available depending upon the severity of your post inflammatory marks
