Acne Skin Problems: Introduction And Treatment Tips
Acne Vulgaris is one of the most common skin disorders today. Over 20% of people aged 24 to 44 experience some form of acne. It has been recorded, that more than 85% of teenagers and young adults between the ages of 12 and 24 will have acne at one point or another. Many of whom will unfortunately end up with permanent skin scaring, varying from slightly visible flaws, to more severe scars and skin alterations in the more serious cases of acne.
It is important to keep in mind that when neglected, acne can become infected and lead to acne scars that become permanent on your skin. You certainly don't want this happening to you, so i advise that you check out our Acne Articles and see if any of the recommendations and acne treatment tips have a positive effect on your condition. Sadly, I'm afraid, one solution does not apply to everyone when it comes to acne treatment. One product might reduce your breakouts, but then fail in helping another, yet remedy someones else's condition entirely. As weird as it sounds, our acne is as different as we are diverse, so we need to treat every instance individually.
Acne as we know it, is a non-contagious skin disorder; also called seborrhea or seborrheic dermatitis. It occurs due to a contamination of the sebaceous glands under the skin. The cause of this can be contributed to a build up of oily toxic matter, which contains: dirt, dead skin, excess sebum oil, acid waste and bacteria.
In the absence of any dis-balance, the sebaceous glands release an essential oil up and out through the pores and onto of the surface of the skin. This natural lubrication keeps the skin flexible and moist, providing protection from the environment.
When the pores on your skin become congested and clog up, this prevents the natural lubrication process carried out by the skin from taking place and creates a build up of toxic oil beneath. When the oil produced by the sebaceous glands is unable to escape freely, as it would under normal conditions, build up under the pore of your skin increases in size gradually and creates what we visually refer to as a pimple.
If the walls of the congested pore can no longer contain the build up of excess oil, they will burst causing white blood cells to move in and digest the collagen around the pores. If this happens, it will most likely lead to an eventual scar.
In order to avoid having scars, you need start an acne treatment program before your acne occurs or just as soon as it emerges, so that your pimples and back heads don't develop to the point at which they become severely infected and burst. When the sub-surface collection of oil and bacteria burst, the don't just magically disappear. Instead they spread under the skin and propagate outwards infecting other pores. You want to try and avoid this at all times by treating your acne promptly and regularly taking care of your skin.
Taking Care Of Your Acne Skin
Acne like we mentioned is a complex condition that involves many parts of the body. Although it initially shows up through breakouts on the surface of the skin, you need to understand that these are merely symptoms of an internal dis-balance your body is experiencing, psychological or physical. Acne can be caused by any number of things that offset the body's natural balance. This can range from colon problems, poor digestion of food, an overall bad diet, a weak liver, blood infections, fatigue, stress and other conditions that force the body to retain or manage unnecessary amounts of toxicity. Unfortunately there is no one universal form of treatment that is capable of absolutely remedying and preventing our skin condition.
We all have a heart, a liver, set of lungs, two legs, two ears and nose. And although I certainly hope that description isn't enough to fully classify any of our reader's entire physical compositions, it definitely suffices to demonstrably illustrate that we are common in our human makeup. Yet, ironically, so different when you take into account our personal lifestyles.
If you think about it we all have our own individual routines; from what we eat, to what we drink, to what we smoke, breat, observe and live. The specific combinations of external factors that constitute our lifestyles affect our bodies uniquely, which is why the reasons for the occurrence of everyone's acne are absolutely individual and must be treated as such. It is important to remember that acne is a visual symptom that reflects an internal problem based on our personal lifestyle pattern. That is to say that attempting to cure two different persons' acne conditions through the same means of treatment, will not necessarily yield similar results due to the fact that we experience internal dis-balances according to our own bodies.
This is, in a way where commercial products fail. The skin cream you order online from the miracle cure store isn't going to change its ingredients just to tailor them to your requirements. No, you get the same thing everybody else pays for. All they do is target general problems, and general we are not. All of this doesn't mean that commercial products are ineffective, but I do want you to understand that, seeing a spectacular commercial or reading a list of convincing testimonials is not an evidential guaranteed to the effectiveness the said product will have on you. Don't forget that acne is the most common skin disorder today. It is only natural that select groups of people share the same conditions and consecutively use the same products. So don't get too excited if you find something with great reviews, because chances are you might not even be experiencing any of the dis-balances pertaining to the customers submitting those reviews.
With acne you just have to keep on trying and trying until you find something that complements the condition causing your acne to emerge.
So yes I do believe in commercial products and I do recommend them, but tend to lean more towards methods of natural self-healing through regulation. Are you eating too much? Are you eating too little? Do you exercise? What's your current mindset? It's all a matter of learning to establish a balance in your life. Because essentially that is what dis-balance means; a body that is not in balance. or a disease; a body that is not at ease. Acne is just a physical and visual symptom of these dis-balances, because sometimes we're so busy with our lives, that we don't notice the initial warning signals our body outputs. Some people have become too desensitized to notice the subtle signals, so we just don't pay attention. Acne is the body's desperate attempt at an outcry, screaming, "Hello, something's going on here. You need to take care of me right now." And you need to stop, acknowledge this and analyze your lifestyle.
Acne typically appears on the face but in rare cases it has been known to occur on the chest, shoulders, neck and sometimes even the back. It manifests in the form of pimples, commonly also referred to as whiteheads or blackheads. In more acute cases, deep pimples are known as cystic lesions, which can lead to permanent scarring. As we mentioned, while there is no cure for acne, there are a number of products and other treatment methods that have been used to control or in some cases completely eliminate outbreaks and reduce scarring. We will list some of them below, including some general tips:
Acne Treatment & Acne Skin Care Tips
Benzoyl Peroxide: An organic compound consisting of two benzoyl groups joined by a peroxide group. It is normally mass-produced in the form of lotions, and is used for acne treatment, improving flower, bleaching teeth and hair, and many other applications. It was first used to treat acne in the 1920s and is found to be most effective in concentrations of 5% to 10%. It is known to initially cause dryness and in some occasions skin irritation. Although the skin develops a tolerance to it after around a week, it is probably a good idea to avoid applying it altogether if you have extremely dry skin. On the other hand, when it does work, it has proven to be an effective method of controlling mild acne and preventing outbreaks. If benzoyl peroxide doesn't work for you, you can approach a doctor who can prescribe topical antibiotics to help kill the bacteria.
Sweating: When undertaking strenuous physical activity, which leads to sweating. Is important that you wash yourself or take a shower. If you don't, the sweat, which is already a waste product, will mix with the dead skin cells on the surface of your skin, dry off and contaminate your already problematic acne prone skin pores. So make sure you always have a shower after sweating, unless you like smelling like Bigfoot's gym bag.
Long Hair: Believe it or not having unkept long hair can significantly contribute to your acne problem. Your long hair is like a big mop which picks up dust particles as you go along. Dust in case you weren't aware, consists primarily of dead skin cells (one of the main constituents leading to a clogged pore), desiccated corpses of dust mites, dried feces and lots of other wonderful stuff. Having said that it's not difficult to imagine how unkept long hair, which is regularly in contact with your face, can help in the direct transference of germs and unwanted bacteria. Although it doesn't apply in exactly the same way with shorter hair, being as it's not in direct contact with the skin. Short hair still collects dust from the environment, which trickles down onto the face. So make sure you wash your hair regularly and maintain good overall hygiene.... To Be Continued
