Acne Vulgaris
Posted on 21. Dec, 2009 by admin in Acne Types
Acne vulgaris can be defined as a global skin syndrome that occurs for most of the people in their teenage years. Acne vulgaris affects all parts of the body, especially the face, back, neck, and upper portion of the chest and so on. This is because of the unlimited secretion of the sebaceous fluids inside the body. Acne needs effective treatment.
It is not a killer disease or a disease that impairs your health, but still it causes frustration because of the ugly looks it gives out, and the comments that the person has to face. Luckily, you can treat and cure this completely, with the various existing methodologies. Acne has in itself a compound aeitology, with abnormal keratinisation, hormonal changes, increasing bacterial growth and decreasing immunity.
The condition becomes serious, when the sebaceous glands become hyperactive. The first and foremost happening of acnes is the appearance of black heads, which is caused due to the blocked pores. This turns out to become white heads leading to excessive secretion of oil, pores blocking, and bacterial infections and at last inflammations.
The sufferings may either be mild or moderate or it can be severe. Mild acne are just for some days, with no harm, nor any permanent marks. Moderate acnes; create some sort of irritations and the marks left behind is not that obvious. Severe acnes are highly harmful, which leaves behind permanent marks and also needs to be treated with utmost care. It has multi functional pathogenesis.
The major factors responsible for acne lesion are epidermal hyper proliferation containing clogged pores, inflammation, and excessive secretion of sebum and the accumulation of the propionibacterium acne.
Because of the above factors, the pore in the skin gets blocked and thereby causing significant damage. Acne has no connection, with the race, gender or the ethnicity. There are chances of spreading, through the commonly used combs, soaps, cosmetics, brushes and other accessories. Therefore, it is safe to avoid this common usage practice.
The acne grows strong and sturdy in the surface of the skin, because of the over production of bacteria. The puss provides the bacteria, with the most perfect temperature for its growth and sustainability. The grown bacterial content causes inflammation, which eventually becomes a scar. The scars are the end products of the fibrous materials, commonly called as the corneocytes, which brings out discoloration of the skin.
The severity of the scars varies with the intensity of inflammation; it might either be a spot, which is temporary and harmless, or a scar, which is supposed to be permanently annoying. The reasons for these severe scars are the enlargement of tissue cells and also because of the loss of them.
These scars get embedded deep in the skin and thus are really difficult to treat. The soft and the superficial scars can be easily treated, where as the ice prick scars involve long process of treatment. To our satisfaction, these scars do not tend to spread in the body parts and will not affect any organs in the human system.
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