Omaha District UMC

Acne is a combination of several factors that lead to infection of the skin. This evil, which develops at puberty under the influence of testosterone, affects 80% of adolescents.

Acne can be a small problem or a personal tragedy!  Most people who have reached or exceeded the teens have experienced skin and irritated by unsightly acne.

For most of us, acne is a problem sometimes associated with adolescence, sometimes also present intermittently throughout life.  For others, acne is an aggressive invader, always there, irritating, ugly, ubiquitous, that gene in their relations with themselves and to others.  Some, but they are rare, have little or not suffered from this problem.

Needless to deprive you of chocolate or even wash your face several times a day!  It is a disorder of adolescence when hormones play a role.

But if acne usually fades to the age of 20 years, some adults continue to suffer until an advanced age. Indeed, contrary to commonly accepted image, acne is not just for adolescents: 20% of women and 14% of men between 35 and 55 years are equally affected!
. Acne occurs when hair follicles of your skin are clogged.

 Nobody knows exactly why this happens or why it varies in intensity from one individual to another, even within the same family. We do not know why acne commonly appears after puberty, although the sebaceous glands widen considerably at that time, which could be a factor. Fat manufactured by the hair follicles, oil, is useful in normal skin because it will not dry out and protect themselves from infection.

 When the oil can no longer drain, it accumulates and becomes a holder of bacteria. The sebaceous glands of people with acne are especially sensitive to the presence in the blood of a hormone called testosterone, which is naturally both in men than in women.

Testosterone, in people suffering from acne accelerates the activity of the sebaceous glands that make producing oil in large quantity. At the same time, the epithelial cells died blocking the opening of hair follicles (the tubes containing hair) are not eliminated properly and clog follicles.

These two effects combined cause a concentration in the greasy hair follicle.  Resulting in the formation of black spots and white buttons.

 For some, acne does not progress beyond this stage. However, for others, the fat concentration in the hair follicle, creates an ideal environment for the development of bacteria called Propionibacterium Acne.

These bacteria normally live without problems on our skin. But when this ideal environment is created, they are developing. They feed on oil and produce a substance that provokes an immune system response of our body.

As the buttons appear, the skin can catch fire.  This inflammation can last beyond the switch itself, once it broke or cured. In extreme cases, scarring may occur following the inflammatory response caused by the infection. It is not known why some people are more prone to scarring than others. . Although the healing process can take time, fortunately inflammation and most buttons acne eventually disappear.

 Acne can lead to consequences on the psychological and social It is therefore important to take charge as soon as possible and to implement effective treatment to prevent its worsening.  Moreover, acne can cause scarring, including corrective treatment (peeling, laser …) is sometimes difficult.
We can not prevent acne because of origin is often hereditary, but can act on aggravating factors.

Generally, juvenile acne is treated better than adult acne. Choose the most appropriate treatment is not always simple.  It is important to keep the skin clean and clean the affected areas twice daily with mild soap fragrance and moisturize the skin with a cream appropriate.

There are a number of remedies to treat acne sweet.  They usually contain antibacterial agents such as benzoyl peroxide.

In addition to its antibacterial effects, benzoyl peroxide dry the skin and requires it to remove dead skin fragments. These two effects combined, preventing pores from clogging and easily develop an infection.
That said, whatever the treatment, medical or otherwise, they require several weeks to yield results.