1.What is acne?
”Acne” is medically known as acne, also known as pimples and acne vulgaris. It is easy to misunderstand the term acne, thinking that only adolescents will get this disease. In fact, acne can occur at any age. In fact, there are two stages of age at which acne occurs: one in adolescence and the other in women in their forties.
2.What are the main reasons for the occurrence of acne?
The first thing you need to do is to get a good idea of what you are getting into. However, some people’s sebaceous glands are very sensitive to sex hormones, making sebum secretion more vigorous than ordinary people.
In addition to the body type, there are some factors that affect sebum secretion.
(1) Endocrine: The sebaceous glands of the skin have a receptor for androgens (also known as hormones), and some people’s receptors are particularly sensitive, so slight changes in hormone secretion can affect sebum secretion. Some women find that around the time of their menstrual cycle, acne grows heavily; others get acne after staying up late or when they are stressed, which is influenced by endocrine secretion.
(2) Acne vulgaris: This is a bacterium that lives in the sebaceous glands and normally coexists peacefully with people. However, if this bacterium proliferates too much, it can also cause inflammation of the hair follicles.
(3) Inappropriate maintenance products or cosmetics: some maintenance products are more oily, suitable for dry skin maintenance, if you do not have a correct understanding of their skin type, randomly apply {maintenance products, but will block the hair follicle mouth, even if the skin oil secretion is normal will lead to excretion disorders, causing acne.
3, acne is not toxic in the body? The actual endocrine disorder?
It is not. The formation of pimples is due to excessive sebum secretion. It is related to endocrine, but not imbalance, more precisely sebaceous glands are more sensitive to endocrine. Some people think that emotional stress, sleepless nights, acne growth is due to these reasons affect the sensitivity of the sebaceous glands to endocrine, not related to internal toxicity. The actual fact is that you will be able to get a lot more than just a few of the most popular and most popular products.
4. Why do I still get acne after puberty?
The growth of acne, regardless of age. If the sebaceous glands suddenly secrete too much oil or the pores are blocked, it is possible to grow acne at any time. It is most common after staying up late or being stressed out, and some may be related to the use of cosmetics.
5.Why do acne manifest differently in different people?
The formation of acne is due to excessive oil secretion from the skin, which cannot be discharged and clogs the hair follicles. If the follicle is only blocked but not inflamed, it is called acne; there are two types of acne, those with openings are called blackheads and those without openings are called whiteheads. If the degree of follicular obstruction is more severe causing inflammation, it is called inflammatory acne, which can be a papule, pustule or form a cyst. As for why the degree of inflammation is mild or severe, that is a matter of personal constitution.
6.Why do I have acne on my back when others have acne on their faces?
The pimples are caused by inflammation of the hair follicles and sebaceous glands, and any part of the body with hair follicles and sebum distribution may have pimples. Clinically, the most common areas for acne are face, back, forehead, back, thighs and upper arms in order. The treatment of acne outside the face is relatively tricky and must be combined with oral medication to be successful.
7. Is acne on the chin a problem of the stomach and intestines?
Some Chinese medicine practitioners believe that acne under the chin is related to “heat in the stomach and intestines”, but it is not! The actual fact is that you can get a good deal on your own, and you can also get a good deal on your own. There are also some folk sayings: a long forehead means a weak brain, a long cheek is a bad liver, a long chin means a bad stomach and intestines, these sayings have no scientific basis at all.
8.Will it hurt my skin to wash my face a lot?
As long as you wash your face the right way, it will not. Many people are afraid that washing the face too much will wash away the sebaceous film, in fact, human oil is constantly secreted, this worry is unnecessary. The general doctor’s advice is – face wash 2-3 times a day, the rest of the time as long as you feel the face oily rinse with water, very comfortable.
9.What are the factors that can worsen acne and should be avoided as much as possible?
Lack of sleep, anxiety, stress, and emotional disturbance can all increase oil secretion. Foreign studies have also confirmed that spicy food and sweet food can aggravate or trigger the disease. Therefore, in addition to relying on the treatment of physicians, you should also pay attention to your own lifestyle.
10.How to deal with the scars left by acne?
There are two types of scars left by acne, one is post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation, which can be treated with vitamin A acid, fruit acid or other whitening medical products, and the patient’s daily life should be accompanied by less sun exposure and more vitamin C or related fruits, which may make the pigment fade faster. For depressed scars, laser resurfacing or fractional laser treatment can be considered.
Although there are many advertised drugs on the market that claim to fight acne, remove acne and replenish scars, in fact, acne treatment is not that simple and easy, and the treatment plan may be different for different acne types. The most economical and effective treatment method is to use different drugs at different times.