Acne: Yes it hurts, but there are cures!

Acne vulgaris, or just Acne, is a fairly common, but a painful and often stressful disease, which is faced by most of the 'young ones' (especially adolescents). Owing to its affect on 'the face' of a person, it not only causes the pain associated with the disease, but also leads to anxiety, stress, lowered self-esteem or even suicides (in extreme cases). This article has thus been initiated to provide information about the disease from causes to cure, apart from being a platform for discussions related to Acne.


What exactly Acne is?
Acne (or pimples) are result of the blockage of the hair follicles (pores in the human skin: can be observed through a magnifying glass), which are actually connected to oil glands (sebaceous glands) located underneath the skin. An oily liquid, called sebum, is produced by these glands. Apart from hairs growing out of the follicle, sebum carries out the dead skin cells on the surface. It's when these follicles get blocked that a pimple/acne develops (leading to an accumulation of sebum under the skin). Bacteria tend to grow/infect the blocked follicles filled with keratin and lipid making the condition even worse.

Types of Acne
Often people live with the ignorance that "those red-rashy-puss filled" bumps on the face are typical acne! But the truth is that Acne are of various types; and in fact, some of the most common beauty loop-holes associated with face 'are actually acne' only. Even Blackheads and whiteheads are also two types of Acne!
Following are the various types of acne:
a) Whiteheads
b) Blackheads
c) Pustules
d) Acne conglobata

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