Caring For Your Skin

What is acne?
Acne can affect people from ages 10 through 40; it's not just a problem for teenagers. Most women between 25 to 30 years old can develop acne, even if they have not suffered breakouts in years (or ever). Acne can show as congested pores, blackheads, pimples, pustules, whiteheads, or cysts (deep pimples). These blemishes occur wherever there are many oil (sebaceous) glands, mainly on the face, chest, and back.
There are acne products available at a drugstore or cosmetic counter that do not require a prescription, and using them can be very useful. However, for tougher cases of acne, you should consult a physician for professional skin help.
What causes acne?
No one factor causes acne skin problems. During puberty, an elevation in male hormones in both boys and girls produces an stimulation of their oil (sebaceous) glands, making acne appear. When this oil clogs sebaceous glands, it stimulates bacteria to multiply and cause surrounding tissues to become inflamed (acne skin). If the inflammation is right near the surface, you get a pustule; if it's deeper, a papule (pimple); deeper still and it's a cyst. Whiteheads appear when the oil breaks though to the surface. If the oil is oxidized (that is, acted on by oxygen in the air), the oil changes from white to black, and the result is a blackhead.
What can you do about acne on your own?
Most people writing an acne faq, acne guide, skin tutorial or acne support columns base their skin tips on advices to: (1) unclog pores; (2) kill bacteria; and (3) minimize oil. These acne tips are focused on help acne patients, but an adequate skin guide should be focused in lifestyle. Ok, moderation and regularity are good things, but not everyone can have eight hours of sleep, eat three good meals, and drink eight glasses of water a day; this surely helps acne patients, but this type of skin support is not for everyone.
You can, however, still control your acne even if your routine is frantic and unpredictable. Probably the most useful lifestyle change you can make is to put hot compresses to pustules and cysts, to have facials, and never to pick or squeeze pimples, as stated in every faq acne has inspired. Playing with pimples, no matter how clean and careful you are, nearly always makes bumps stay bumpier and redder longer. In the permanent sense, this redness is not a scar, even though people usually call it scarring. It's just a mark that takes months to fade if left entirely alone.
You cannot stop the oil production from your oil glands (unless you mess with your hormones or metabolism in ways you shouldn't). Even isotretinoin (Accutane) only slows down oil glands and helps skin for a while; they come back to function later. What you can do is to reduce the embarrassing shine, getting rid of oil on the surface of the skin.

By: Sandrine Magrin

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