Archive for March 27, 2009

What everyone all over the world knows as acne, specialists choose to call it acne vulgaris. Some other common names for this disease are pimples, whiteheads, blackheads, or simply zits. This is a very common skin problem affecting majority of teenagers, but even babies and middle aged people are not spared.
The facial skin is afflicted by some small reddish eruptions which may be itchy and irritating, It gets worse when the eruptions get bigger, covering a greater part of the skin by its sheer numbers, and more troublesome. In its worse form, the pimples acquire swelling. Become painful, and pus and take longer to go away, leaving ugly scars behind.

As it is, they look ugly on an otherwise pretty face. And as if the discomfort is not enough, scarring makes it worse. The causes could be harmonic changes that occur around puberty, or even in the genes. Environment could trigger pimples in some while bad diet or even constant use of make up could lead to acne. Still, there actually are a lucky few who are simply blessed with an acne free skin.

As diverse are the causes, so are the responses to treatment; varying from person to person, Although the general impression is that nothing, except perhaps age, is really effective, the practical truth is more soothing. The social effects of acne isolate a person, making him self conscious and aggressively seek remedies.

The range of treatments could be vast. Starting with inexpensive home made treatments like fruit pulp or ice packs, to anti acne lotions, creams or gels and antibiotic treatments to sophisticated and pretty costly laser treatments and surgical procedures. The aim is to have an acne free skin and all you seem to need is to be patient with your skin as tension and worry only worsen it.