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Friday, February 25, 2011

Healthy Tips:Overcoming Acne

Acne is a condition in which the clogged skin pores causing pus pockets that are inflamed, acne is a skin disease that quite a large number of sufferers. "No one else in the world who go through life without a pimple on his skin.". Possible cause is hormonal changes that stimulate oil glands in the skin. Other hormonal changes can lead to acne is the menstrual period, pregnancy, use of birth control pills, and stress.

Acne does not always appear because the skin is dirty, but rather due to factors from within the body. Acne is an abnormal condition of the skin due to excessive production of oil gland disorders (sebaceus gland) which causes blockage of hair follicles channels and pores of the skin. The most common cause of acne is hormonal, a pile of oil or sebum in the skin in collaboration with the bacteria.

The results showed 85% of the population experience acne at age 12-25 years, 15% of the population experience it until the age of 25 years. If not resolved properly, acne problems can be settled until the age of 40 years. Acne itself known with 3 different types of acne, namely:

1. Blackheads. Blackheads are actually clogged pores, can be open or closed. Open comedones (blackhead), looks like an enlarged pores and blackened. The closed comedones (whiteheads) have skin that grows over the clogged pores so it looks like small white bumps. Acne types of blackheads is caused by dead skin cells and excessive secretion of oil glands in the skin.
2. Ordinary acne. This type of acne is easily recognized, small pink bumps or redness. Occurs because of clogged pores become infected by bacteria. Bacteria that can infect the washcloth, makeup brushes, fingers, also the phone. Stress, hormones and humid air can increase the likelihood of the formation of acne.
3. Stone acne (Cystic acne). Cystic acne is acne which were large, with severe inflammation, gathered around the face. People with cystic acne are usually also have close relatives who suffer from this type of acne.

However, from several different types of acne was actually to be avoided by performing a number of ways without having to remove the excess costs, such as:

* Always keep cleaning your face. With diligent washing face with soap that matches the skin PH. Purification ritual was also included powerful therapy to reduce acne.
* Regulary drinking water. This therapy really works not just for acne problems and even to diseases other major diseases though.
* Avoid stress. Too many problems or excessive stress can lead to more and more acne.
* Sports. Doing physical activity quite a bit of a positive result produces sweat to reduce the severity of acne.

Never once did squeeze acne, especially when using hands is not clean because it ONLY will further aggravate the situation could even lead to other injuries or infections. If there is anti-septic wounds apply to prevent continuous infection. Try to use herbs in starfruit the pasty mashed into powder and then mixed with salt water, body scrub also serves as an astringent that will help minimize the pores are open too wide. Avoid fatty foods and always consumption of vitamin C and zinc-containing foods.

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