Acne is a skin disease that affects everyone.
So let's see why there are acne on the face, talk about their types and learn how to deal with this cosmetic flaw at home.
Why face acne appears - the main reasons
One of the causes of acne is the increased production of androgens, which most often occurs during adolescence. In this case, an excess of male sex hormones occurs not only in boys, but also in girls.
The second reason is also associated with increased production, but not of androgens, but of sebum. Although, if to draw parallels, then often excessive greasiness arises due to excessive production of androgens.
The third reason is microbial inflammation. Especially good bacteria feel on oily skin. Acne can also occur on the faces of people who do not understand how important it is to cleanse the skin of dead cells in order to prevent a gland blockage.
Many girls believe that acne occurs due to the use of certain products. But some experts prove that there is no connection between acne and what a person eats.
Another cause of acne is Demodex. It is a parasitic mite that lives in a hair bag or in the sebaceous gland. It contributes to the development of skin diseases. Ticks can be transmitted to humans from another person or animal. The development of some diseases, which we will discuss below, can also cause acne. Such illnesses usually provoke hormonal disruptions, which lead to the occurrence of acne. True, more often these diseases themselves develop as a result of hormonal disturbances.
The link between organ diseases and acne on the face
Any of the diseases that suppress the immune system of a person with demodex can lead to the development of acne. The fact is that immunosuppression positively affects the rate of reproduction of the tick. The increase in the number of ticks leads to the development of skin problems.
A huge number of experts also have no doubt that acne is caused by problems in the gastrointestinal tract. They say that diseases of the gastrointestinal tract can lead to hyperstimulation of the sebaceous glands, and, as already mentioned, acne mainly occurs on oily skin.
Acne - frequent guests on the face of women with diseases of the adrenal glands, thyroid, pituitary, etc. Therefore, if you have acne, be sure to contact the medical institution to check the endocrine system. When visiting a clinic, many girls learn that the first thing they need to do is not to remove the rash, but to normalize hormones and treat diseases of the internal organs.
On the face of men and women can appear a variety of pimples: red and white (purulent), subcutaneous, etc. Many are not hearsay with teenage acne. All sorts of rashes occur in very young children. All these pimples can appear for various reasons: from mechanical damage to hormonal disruptions or serious diseases.
Subcutaneous Facial Acne
Subcutaneous acne is called "closed comedo". They occur when a secret produced by the sebaceous gland cannot reach the surface of the skin. As a result, the iron begins to swell, which leads to a protrusion of a certain area of the skin. Squeeze out the contents of subcutaneous pimple is quite problematic.
Note: to eliminate subcutaneous acne, many experts prescribe drugs that block the work of the sebaceous glands.
Pustules on face
Gland-developed sebum, mixing with bacteria, dead cells, forms inflammatory elements, which often have the appearance of pustules. How does this happen? Dead cells are not only on the surface of the skin - they can fall on the walls of the oil-hair follicles. When mixing fat and cells, a secret is obtained which is dense in structure, which can form traffic jams. These plugs interfere with the normal release of fat to the surface. To suppress stagnation, the glands begin to produce even more secretion, which only worsens the situation and leads to the appearance of ulcers.
If the nature of the appearance of an ulcer is bacteriological in nature, the person cannot do without antibiotics. When white acne occurs due to blockage of the pores with a mixture of fat and cells, then the problem can be resolved with exfoliating agents.
Remember that microbial purulent inflammations cannot be crushed. Otherwise, the abscess may burst inside. As a result, inflammation spreads to nearby areas. But it is not necessary to walk with ulcers on the face - they can be opened.
So, the opening of the abscess should begin with disinfection. You just need to soak the cotton wool with alcohol and process the ulcer itself and a small area of skin around it. After skin disinfection, take a needle. If the needle is disposable and was previously in a closed bag, it is not necessary to process it additionally. The usual needle, which was previously in operation, should be held over the fire or wiped with an alcohol solution.
Attention: pierce purulent education should be on the side.
No need to thrust a needle into a pimple. Puncture the abscess on the side, stretch the needle along the suppuration. Reaching his middle, push the needle up and lift. Now you can delete the contents. After that, the pimple must be re-treated with alcohol.
Red pimples on face
A frequent cause of red acne is mentioned demodex. If this tick is in a dormant state, then it practically does not cause acne. Its presence can produce enlarged pores or other minor cosmetic defects. But when demodex aktivnichayet, on the surface of the face are pronounced red acne, which may have purulent head.
According to statistics, 90% of the adult population are carriers of demodex. And if you do not want to treat red acne, then you need to adhere to the rules of personal hygiene. Try not to use with a stranger and familiar one towel, makeup brushes. When you sleep outside, use your bedding or ask them to make a clean one.
So, if you have red acne, you must first contact the medical center to diagnose a tick with a special microscope. In case of its detection, you will have to undergo laser or phototherapy.
Teenage facial acne
Very often, extrusion becomes the main and only way to deal with teenage acne, which is fundamentally wrong. It is categorically forbidden to crush teen acne just as abscesses that have appeared at any age. But before telling why teenage acne should not be touched, let's see why young people are prone to inflammation of the face.
Normally, the sebaceous gland surrounds the hair follicle and secretes a small amount of oily secretion. And this is normal, because sebum plays the role of a safe natural cream for the face. But, as mentioned, in adolescence, the body over-produces male sex hormones that cause increased sebum production. In the secreted bacteria begin to actively develop bacteria. They multiply continuously, using fat as a nutrient medium. This causes inflammation. At this time, the number of cornified scales also increases. The latter simply close the duct of the gland, which begins to swell, crawling to the surface in the form of a pimple.
So why not squeeze out acne in adolescents or go to a beautician for cleaning? The fact is that by squeezing these pimples, we provoke the proliferation of a site of inflammation. After all, when squeezing out, part of the sebum infected with bacteria simply goes down and spreads all over the gland, aggravating the problem.
In addition, it must be remembered that such procedures lead to the appearance of wounds at the site of acne, which, in the absence of proper treatment, heal with the formation of scars. ARGOSULFAN® cream helps to accelerate the healing of abrasions and small wounds. The combination of the antibacterial component of sulfathiazole silver and silver ions provides a wide range of antibacterial action of the cream. Apply the drug can not only wounds, located on the open areas of the body, but also under the bandages. Means possesses not only wound healing, but also antimicrobial action, and besides, promotes healing of wounds without a rough scar(1)
How to be? It is necessary to deal with the causes of teenage acne: excessive production of sebum, androgens, an increase in microbial inflammation, or cornified areas. With external causes of teenage acne can be sorted out with the help of purchased or homemade cosmetic products for oily problem skin, which cleanses the face of fat, dead cells, preventing the reproduction of microbes and gland blockages. But the internal problem (increased production of male hormones) should be addressed through the use of drugs that affect the production of androgens.
Important: a girl with rashes in the lower third of the face, which indicate significant hormonal changes, will not prevent the gynecologist from showing up.
Acne in young children
If any inflammation occurs on the face of a child, you should contact your doctor, who will conduct an examination, prescribe tests and, if necessary, give direction to the examination by other specialists. Self-treatment in this case is unacceptable. Acne on the face in children can occur as a result of intolerance to certain products and preparations (allergic reactions), due to improper performance of hygienic procedures, etc. Rash in children often occurs due to serious diseases, including with blood diseases. Pimples often appear from mechanical damage to the skin, they can be infectious ...
Getting rid of acne at home
Many people wonder whether it is possible to completely get rid of acne at home without attracting specialists. So, it all depends on the degree of neglect of the problem. Information about the severity of lesions is available below, but before reading it, do the following: go to the mirror, look at your face, count the pimples, pay attention to the presence of knots on the skin, etc.
We determine the seriousness of the problem: if a girl or a guy has no more than 10 acne on his face, this indicates the first degree of severity of the skin disease, and up to 40 - about the second. Signs of the third degree: more than 40 acne can be counted on the face, nodes are visible on the skin, inflammatory infiltrates.
Calculated and determined? Good. If you have a third degree of severity, then to cope with the problem yourself, while using only home remedies, definitely will not work. As for the second degree of complexity of the disease, you also need to make a choice in favor of visiting specialists, who after the examination will be able to prescribe the correct comprehensive treatment. And only with the first degree of development of inflammatory processes on the face, one can hope that it will be possible to cope with the problem without using anything other than cleansing, drying and lightening home masks, scrubs, tonics, etc.
Attention: some experts actually advise their patients with different degrees of progression of inflammation to use time-tested home remedies in addition to medical treatment.
How to remove fresh acne from the face of folk methods
If you wake up and see a huge pimple on your face, and you have a serious event planned for the evening, then you can dry up an annoying misunderstanding, lighten the red bump and relieve inflammation with a few folk remedies. Let's look at the most unpretentious acne masks, the ingredients for the preparation of which are sure to be found in every home.
Honey and butter
So, you need one teaspoon of honey and a few drops of tea tree oil. Take the honey and put the right amount of sweetness in a plate. Now drip butter on top of the nectar and mix the ingredients. The mask should be applied point. We clean the tool covered with the cotton pad on the inflamed area 25 minutes after application. Pimple should decrease in size, brighten.
Honey and Aspirin
To partially relieve inflammation and dry the pimple, make a mask of three aspirin tablets and a small spoonful of honey. Aspirin needs to be crushed and soaked in half a teaspoon of boiled water, after which honey is added to the white gruel. This tool is applied, like the previous mask, only on the appeared pimple. Wait half an hour and wipe the mixture with a wet disc.
"Clean" pimple paste
Another folk remedy, by which our girls are taken to remove acne - is toothpaste. Particularly tender feelings for women to mint paste. All you need to do is apply the above remedy to a pimple and walk with it until you get bored. Ladies who cleaned acne with toothpaste, assure that the seal is almost completely takes place in some 2-4 hours.
Budget remedies for spots after acne on the face
Pimple stains can be lightened with ordinary foods that we regularly eat. For example, from steamed and pre-crushed oatmeal, an excellent scrub is obtained that cleanses the skin and brightens acne spots. How to use it? It's simple - apply a mask-scrub on the face and massage the skin with this oatmeal for 20 minutes.
The lemon juice has a lightening effect. Rubbing pimples with lemon juice every day will make them less pronounced. To remove such cosmetic flaws can also kefir or cucumber mask. The composition of the first mask includes sour kefir, the second - gruel of fresh cucumber. Both products last 20 minutes. Kefir mask first roll off the skin, then wash your face with warm water. Cucumber mass is removed with a cotton pad, and in the end, the face is rubbed with a tonic for problem skin. You can also make a decoction of parsley and dill to lighten the spots after acne. This decoction is better to freeze. Wipe your face with a piece of healing ice every morning.
Homemade products from scars and acne scars
The most popular home products in the fight against post-acne in many women is a mask from powder of bodyagi and 3 percent hydrogen peroxide. But with this tool you need to be as careful as possible. It can not be kept on the face for more than 20 minutes or use in the summer. Also, it is forbidden to apply the bodysuit mask on sensitive and damaged skin. Such products should be pre-tested.
1 - E.I.Tretyakov. Comprehensive treatment of nonhealing wounds of different etiology. Clinical Dermatology and Venereology. - 2013.- № 3 You should read the instructions or consult with a specialist.
