AcneJune 6, 2008 1:58 pm

Acne Scars Problem and How Can Remove

Acne is one of our skin problems. It makes skin less than perfect, then adds insult to injury by leaving acne scars in its wake to remind us forever of our problem skin.

The problem begins within our skin as it naturally produces oil in our sebaceous gland. Acne-causing bacteria metabolize this oil and that metabolized oil is irritating to our skin. As the skin becomes increasingly irritated by this oil our hair follicles will become plugged, thereby collecting debris. This debris then erupts down into the deeper layer of our skin, the dermis. This debris is an intruder in the dermis, a foreign body, which doesn’t belong there. As a result our body attempts to get rid of this foreign body with an inflammatory response.

There are number of treatments for removing acne scars that depends on the type and depth of scars. The hypertrophic and keloid acne scars are formed due to the increased tissue formation due to the accumulation of collagen in the skin. There are also acne scars formed due to the loss of tissue like ice-pick scars, depressed fibrotic scars and atrophic macules.


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Health, AcneOctober 30, 2007 8:03 am

Acne & General Treatments

 

Acne is an inflammatory disease of the skin, caused by changes in the pilosebaceous units (structures of the skin which consists of a hair follicle and its associated sebaceous gland). Acne lesions are commonly referred to as pimples, blemishes, plooks or "zits.Acne is most common during adolescence, which affects more than 85% of adolescents, and often continues into adulthood. [2] For most people, acne diminishes over time and tends to disappear, or at least diminish, after one reaches their early twenties. There is, however, no way to predict how long it will take to disappear completely, and some people continue to suffer from acne decades later at thirty and forty and beyond.

There’s a lot of myth and misunderstanding about acne.

Exactly why some people get acne and some do not is not fully known. It is known to be partly hereditary. Several factors are known to be linked to acne:

    * Family history
    * Hormonal activity, such as menstrual cycles and puberty
    * Stress, through increased output of hormones from the adrenal (stress) glands.
    * Hyperactive sebaceous glands, secondary to the three hormone sources above.
    * Accumulation of dead skin cells.
    * Bacteria in the pores, to which the body becomes ‘allergic’.
    * Skin irritation or scratching of any sort will activate inflammation.
    * Use of anabolic steroids.
    * Any medication containing halogens (iodides, chlorides, bromides),
       lithium, barbiturates, or androgens.
    * Exposure to high levels of chlorine compounds, particularly chlorinated dioxins,
       can cause severe, long-lasting acne, known as Chloracne.

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