Once boys and girls reach the puberty years, they have a lot of unanswered questions, especially when it comes to acne. The most frequent question they ask is: ’’What is acne?’’.
Well, the acne is actually a disorder of what the specialists call ‘’the pilosebaceous unit’’, or in easier words, the hair follicle or the pore. The American Academy of Dermatology says that acne represents the most common skin disorder. They refer to it as acne vulgaris and listed it in the category of chronic inflammatory skin’s disease. Once you notice the presence of pimples or ‘’zips’’, whiteheads and blackheads, it is certain that you suffer from acne. Varying from mild to extremely severe, acne is present on the face, the neck, the back or the shoulders and it is extremely rarely found on other parts of the body.
One other frequent question asked by adolescents is: ‘’who usually suffers from acne?’’. They will find that it most frequently appears in preadolescents and adolescents and every three out of four of them will experience acne. Both sexes are stroke, but it seems like teen boys usually have longer lasting acne than girls and more severe forms. However, is not necessary that acne only appears in adolescents affected by puberty; it might also appear in women and men who suffer from adult onset acne breakouts and even in children for a number of reasons.
‘’How does acne develop?’’ is another frequent questions that adolescent ask. They will find out that the disorder occurs when the dead cells of the skin and the oil eliminated by the sebum gland are trapped inside the hair follicle, creating a plug that clogs the pore. The blackheads and the whiteheads are nothing else but non-inflamed plugs. There are a lot of factors that cause the acne to develop and even though some of them can be controlled from the outside, it is quite difficult to explain it to an adolescent and to educate him or her in refusing or avoiding doing some things which seem normal. For example, if you want to avoid or at least not worsen the acne you have on your face or neck, you should have a healthy diet, without too much bread, chocolate or chips, as they will increase the levels of the blood sugar and eventually lead to acne breakouts. There are a number of things that have to be taken into account in order to avoid severe acne and there are also a number of things that you have to avoid when you suffer from acne, such as ripping the pimples or rubbing them (as you might develop scars).
I know that this is difficult to understand when you are an adolescent, but if you don’t want further consequences of the disorder, you should follow the advice of the dermatologist!
