What is Acne

What is Acne

Acne is a common skin disorder normally
found on the face and the upper torso. This is a cause of embarrassment to most
people but it is seldom serious. Acne is caused by an interaction between
hormones, skin oils, and bacteria that results in the inflammation of the hair
follicles.

Majority of the cases responds pretty well with personal care.
With combination of personal hygiene, over-the-counter
acne treatments and alternative remedies, you may have
a clearer and fairer skin

Acne is in the form of pimples, cysts and
sometimes abscesses. Cysts and abscesses are pus-filled pockets
of skin where the hair follicles grow. Hair follicles are connected to the
sebaceous gland that are located in the middle layer of the skin or the dermis,
these glands secretes an oily substance called sebum that the body uses to keep
the skin from drying.

Symptoms of Acne


There are 2 major categorization of symptoms of
acne

Mild acnes. This is one of the symptoms of acne and are
mostly superficial, these symptoms of acne are characterized with the
development of few noninflammed blackheads or a moderate number of small mildly
irritated pimples. Symptoms of acne includes blackheads which
appear as tiny black dots at the center of the small swelling of normal colored
skin. Other symptoms of acne are called pimples. Pimples on the
other hand have white centers surrounded with moderately reddened skin. Pimples
are moderately uncomfortable and irritating. Mild acnes rarely leaves scars on
the skin.

Severe acne. Symptoms of acne that is
categorized as severe acne include several large, red, painful pus-filled lumps
(nodules) that develops on the skin. These symptoms of acne are usually deep and
cystic. At times these lumps join together under the skin forming a giant lump
where it ruptures and oozes abscesses. Severe acnes usually leaves scar in the
skin depending on the depth of the acne. Scars maybe tiny deep holes (ice pick
scars), wide pits of varying depths or large irregular identations. Scars
resulting from severe acnes lasts a lifetime. To some people this is
cosmetically disturbing and a source of psychologic stress.