What the hell is acne?
Christopher Wen

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Defined Tag: Adult Acne.

You have to know this. Acne is the most common skin disorder. Over 10% of Americans age 25 - 44 have acne. Over 85% Americans age 12 - 25 will have acne at one time or the other. Wow that is shocking right?

If you are one of the thousands that will purchase acne treatment products this year, before you invest your money, you need to know several things about what is happening to your face, your chest and your body.  Often, individuals blame the acne on their body on puberty.  But, it can be caused by many more things as well.  For some, it is just this, puberty.  For others there are other conditions that may be causing the acne to appear.  If you take the time to understand why you have acne, you are likely to learn how you can treat your acne.

If ignored, acne can become infected, create scars, and pockmarks that become permanent on your face. Normally, it happens because bacteria get into your pores where it breeds.  Once the skin becomes irritated by this, it will then react in the form of sores.  This is the acne that you see on your face. 

Under normal conditions the sebaceous glands release oil that comes up through your pores onto the skin surface. This release keeps your skin moist and lubricated for protection from the environment.

If your pores on your face are not open or plugged, this creates toxic oil that cannot move out onto your skin. This results in a growth or pimple that start to increase in size as more toxic oil tries to reach the surface of your skin.

If the pore walls burst under the skin, white blood cells move in to digest the collagen around the pores. When this happens, you will have scars on your face.

To learn what is causing your acne problems, you should carefully think about what is happening in your life and improve anything that you may see as an obvious reason why your body may be facing these factors.  In most cases, you will need to seek out the help of your family doctor or a dermatologist when it comes to determining your body’s reasons for over producing oil secretion in your skin.  This can be done through a blood screening or in some cases your doctor may not need to do anything to realize that this problem needs to be addressed.  These are the first steps in getting rid of your acne.

Christopher Wen is the webmaster for greenHealth information site where he provides articles, news, and remedies to current health issues we faced in our everyday life. Check out his blog at greenhealthinformation.com

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