Sunday, October 01, 2006

What Is Acne

What Is Acne

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.

Acne is an infection on your skin. 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.

Acne is generally caused by the occurrence of the bacteria
on your face and increased amounts of oils on the face
which make it a welcoming place for bacteria to go and
hide.

* These two things are generally the case for most types of
acne. But, there are different things that cause them to
happen. This is what you need to learn in order to know how
to treat your bacteria.

The oils that are being secreted at high levels may be due
to hormone imbalances that are caused by such things as
puberty, stress, health issues and other conditions.

* Bacteria can get onto the face from a poor level of
keeping your face and your skin properly cleaned.

* Bacteria can feed on the dead skin cells that are not
properly exfoliated away, making this a more likely target
for growth.

* Eating a poor diet can help to encourage oily skins as
well as lowers the body’s ability to fight off the
infections that it is facing.

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.

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