Acne is also known as pimples. Facial acne is a common skin condition that is usually seen in teenagers, but there is no age limit for facial acne. There are many types of facial acne, and in severe cases, it can become pus-filled, so facial acne needs to be treated promptly.
Causes
The occurrence of acne is mainly related to excessive sebum production, blockage of sebaceous ducts, bacterial infection and inflammatory reactions. After puberty, the level of androgens in the body, especially testosterone, rises rapidly, promoting the development of sebaceous glands and the production of large amounts of sebum.
The causes of facial acne are mainly endogenous and exogenous.
Internal factors
(1) Endocrine factors: When you enter puberty, androgens increase, stimulating the secretion of sebaceous glands in hair follicles and increasing sebum discharge, blocking pores, resulting in facial acne. In addition, some places with developed sebaceous secretion, such as the back, have thicker skin and are also prone to acne.
(2) Genetic factors: Acne has a certain degree of heredity. If both parents have oily or combination skin and have suffered from acne, the chances of their children suffering from acne will also increase.
External factors
(1) Improper diet: Li Yuanwen, vice president of the Oriental Hospital of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, said that people usually like to eat spicy, sweet and greasy food. Such as chocolate, cola, cold drinks, beef and mutton and other high-calorie foods, are likely to cause the aggravation of damp heat in the body, making facial acne intensify
(2) Irregular life: Irregular life and staying up late can easily lead to metabolic disorders, resulting in skin moisture loss, and if you stay up late for a long time, it can also lead to endocrine disorders, acne on the face and dull skin tone
(3) Improper use of cosmetics: Improper use of some cosmetics can easily lead to clogged pores, which, combined with incomplete makeup removal, can easily lead to acne on the face
(4) Improper cleaning: improper cleaning can easily induce facial eczema, so it should be noted that usually wash your face with warm water, twice in the morning and twice in the evening, and if there is more oil, you can add an appropriate time at noon. People who use computers for a long time, because they need to use the computer in close proximity, easy to produce electrostatic adsorption, clogging pores, also need to increase the number of times to clean.
Other causes
1, the nervous system: too nervous or worried, will stimulate the production of renal glandular hormone. Adrenaline itself can carry out the normal growth of androgenic hormones, which in turn stimulates the secretion of oil
2, endocrine disorders: endocrine disorders lead to excessive sebum production, which cannot be discharged and block the hair follicles, creating the prerequisites for acne to occur. The sebaceous glands of the skin have an androgen receptive body, and some people’s receptive bodies are very sensitive, so if there is a slight change in the secretion of hormones, it will affect the secretion of sebum. Some women find that acne develops around the time of their menstrual cycle, or when they stay up late and are under stress.
3, lack of sleep: lack of sleep will cause metabolic disorders, and the skin will turn from a healthy weak acid to alkaline, losing its bactericidal effect.
4, inappropriate care products: more oily care products, only for dry skin maintenance. On the contrary, it will block the hair follicles, making it difficult to excrete skin oil secretion.
Location
1. forehead acne.
Cause: Stress, poor temper, resulting in heart fire and blood circulation problems, that is, heart and spleen imbalance
Improve: Early to bed, early to rise, drink more water
2. Pimples between the eyebrows.
Causes: chest tightness, irregular heart rhythm, palpitations. Heart dysregulation
Improvement: Don’t do too much intense exercise, avoid smoking, alcohol and spicy food.
3. Pimples on the nose.
Cause: Excessive stomach fire, digestive system disorder.
Improve: Eat less cold food.
4. Acne on the nose.
Cause: Related to ovarian function or reproductive system dysfunction.
Improvement: Don’t overindulge or abstain from sex, and go outdoors to get more fresh air.
5. Acne on the right cheek.
Cause: Lung dysfunction.
Improvement: Pay attention to the maintenance of the respiratory tract, try to avoid mangoes, taro, seafood and other allergy-prone foods.
6. Acne on the left cheek.
Reason: Liver dysfunction is not smooth and there is heat toxicity
Improve: Normal work and rest, keep a happy mood, blow cold air when you should, do not let your body in a stuffy environment.
7. pimples around the lips.
Cause: Constipation leads to the accumulation of toxins in the body, resulting in stomach and digestive system imbalance. Or use toothpaste that contains too much fluoride.
Improve: Eat more high-fiber vegetables and fruits and adjust your diet.
8. chin acne.
Cause: Overall endocrine imbalance.
Improve: Eat less cold things.
9. Solar plexus: Gallbladder imbalance
Small pimples near the temples indicate that your diet contains too much processed food, causing gallbladder blockage, and you need to perform an internal cleanup quickly.
Treatment
Acne is a multifactorial disease whose onset is mainly related to sex hormone levels, heavy secretion of sebaceous glands, proliferation of Propionibacterium acnes, abnormal keratinization and inflammation of the sebaceous ducts of hair follicles. The fact that the problem is due to various habits of life and diet, which leads to the repeated growth of acne, greatly affects the beauty of our face, and sometimes leads to low self-esteem, so we must correctly understand the causes of acne, in order to better fight acne in the end;
You can use moisturizing cleanser, do not use cosmetics, excessive facial oil secretion can be properly cleaned with sulfur soap, saline, etc. In a sense, the prevention of acne is particularly important, usually should pay attention to the following aspects.
1. Spiritual and psychological factors are important: do not be pessimistic when suffering from acne, be optimistic and confident, and adhere to active and reasonable treatment.
2. Diet: pay attention to “four less and one more”, that is, less spicy food (such as chili, onion, garlic, etc.), less oily food (such as animal oil, vegetable oil, etc.), less sweet food (such as sugar, coffee), and less food.
Such as sugar, coffee, eat less “hair” (such as dog and mutton, etc.), appropriate to eat cool vegetables, fruits, but also to prevent excess caused by gastric disease.
3. Life: It is best not to smoke, not to drink alcohol or strong tea, etc. Patients with active or inflammatory acne (such as papules and pustules) should be less exposed to the sun, avoid sand and wind, and places that are too cold, too hot or too humid are not good for acne.
Methods/Steps
Skin cleaning should be in place. Many friends who have acne will buy acne or oil control face wash, they think that good oil control, remove facial dust and other dirt can get rid of acne, wash the face several times a day, in fact, this instead damaged the face skin, so it is best not to use this kind of efficacy of the face wash, use the kind of cleansing and moisturizing effect of the face wash will be better;
Regulate the endocrine. It is recommended to go to the relevant dermatology hospital for treatment work;
Maintain a good diet. Good eating habits in daily life is also essential, less fat and sugar foods, less fried foods and onion, garlic, chili and other stimulating foods, more fruits and vegetables to prevent constipation and indigestion. These are essential to pay attention to, good diet and lifestyle habits are essential to have better skin;
Keep enough sleep. Every day you should develop a good habit of going to bed early and waking up early, drink more water and keep a happy mood. Only to ensure good habits of rest and relaxation, will not lead to endocrine disorders, and thus repeatedly acne, so that good habits of rest and relaxation is also essential in life;
Keep a happy mood. Keeping a good mood in daily life is also more than indispensable, stressful pressure
Just moved to a new home, abroad, a new job, marriage, children, exams and so on life with a large pressure, so keep a happy mood
Improve the immune system. Usually pay more attention to nutrition, eat more vegetables, fruits and protein-rich food to improve the body’s resistance, and also to strengthen physical exercise to strengthen the body and improve immunity;
Treatment
1. Hormone therapy: Hormone therapy is mainly aimed at people with heavy facial acne, and the use of hormone therapy needs to be carried out strictly under the guidance of a doctor.
2. Chinese medicine treatment: Using the reasonable allocation of traditional Chinese medicine, we can deeply remove dampness, heat, fire, inflammation and toxicity from the body and block the root cause of acne.
3. Photodynamic is a local treatment with no systemic side effects. It achieves the purpose of preventing recurrence and the formation of acne scars, pits and scars.