| Acne gives the combination of symptoms like greasy | | | | you can do yourself to prevent or treat acne:1. Some |
| skin, white heads, black heads, pimples, inflammation | | | | advices about diet that may help prevent and cure |
| and scar formation. Acne mostly affects young | | | | acne:- Do not consume a great amount of fat. |
| people in the age 14 - 25, but also sometimes older | | | | - The fat you add to the food should be natural oils. |
| persons, like women in their menopause. Most | | | | Olive oil is ideal, but use other types of oils too, like |
| teenagers experience outburst of acne, some only | | | | walnut oil, sunflower oil and soy oil. However, do not |
| little, but for others acne may develop into a serious | | | | use only soy oil as many tend to do. Using only soy |
| skin ailment with great cosmetic impact.THE SKIN | | | | oil will give you too much of some fatty acids and |
| ANATOMYTo understand the acne process, some | | | | too less of others. |
| knowledge about skin anatomy and physiology is | | | | - Eat much fish, seafood and not so much meat. |
| essential:The skin has there layers: The outer layer | | | | - Eat food with a high fiber content to regulate the |
| called epidermis consists of epithelial cells. Under this | | | | digestion, like vegetables, whole cereals, full corn |
| lies the dermis consisting of connective tissue. At the | | | | bread and fruit.2. Here are some things you should |
| bottom there is a layer called the hypodermis | | | | avoid.- Do not use greasy or heavy cosmetics that |
| consisting mostly of fat cells.The skin has narrow | | | | clog your skin and are difficult to wash away. |
| pores extending from the surface down to the top | | | | - Do not use strong irritating antiperspirants. |
| of the sub-dermis, called hair follicles. A hair extend | | | | - Do not wash with strong soap or cleaners that dry |
| from a growth zone in the bottom of each hair | | | | up your skin and take away all the natural oily |
| follicle and out at the skin surface. Around the hair in | | | | protection in your skin. |
| the dermis, there are small glands called sebaceous | | | | - If you perform body-building, do not use anabolic |
| glands. These glands produce a fatty substance, | | | | steroids or other hormonal supplements. |
| sebum, which empty through the follicle opening and | | | | - Use clothes that allow air to reach your body |
| lubricates the hair and the skin.THE ACNE | | | | surface to avoid collection of humidity and |
| PROCESSAcne starts by the glands in the hair follicles | | | | overheating of your skin.3. Use of rinsing milk or |
| increasing their sebum production. This will in the | | | | solutionsYou can rinse your skin with mild products |
| beginning only cause greasy skin. Eventually the | | | | especially made to dissolve the plugs in your pores, |
| sebum in the entrance of the follicles mixes with | | | | and to make the environment in your skin unfriendly |
| dead epithelial cells. This mix reacts chemically to | | | | to bacteria causing infection. Some of these products |
| forms hard props, comedones that close the pore | | | | are just products to wash your skin with one ore |
| entrances. According to the color of the comedones, | | | | more times a day; others should be on during night |
| they are called blackheads or white heads.Then the | | | | and flushed away in the morning.Salicylic acid is a mild |
| closed hair follicle gets filled with sebum and swell. | | | | ingredient often used in these products to dissolve |
| The swollen follicle then gets infected by bacteria. | | | | the comedones. The products usually also contain |
| The bacteria and the accumulated sebum cause the | | | | ingredients that work antibacterial and stimulate the |
| follicle and the surrounding skin to get inflamed, | | | | skin's own cleaning activities, like Tea tree oil or |
| forming a pimple. At last the inflamed follicle burst and | | | | Echinacea extract.4. Use of gels and creams to treat |
| empties its content. Eventually the affected area | | | | acne and protect your skinAfter the rinsing, you |
| heals. Sometimes the inflammation reaches deep into | | | | should apply some treatment gel, cream or lotion |
| the skin surrounding the follicle and destroys skin | | | | onto your skin to achieve these effects:- To make |
| tissue. This will cause more or less distinct scars that | | | | your skin soft and elastic. |
| may reside permanently. Typically an affected person | | | | - To protect your skin against the environment. |
| will have follicles in all these stages of the process at | | | | - To acts further to dissolve the clogging of your |
| any given time.THE CAUSES OF ACNEThe increased | | | | pores. |
| hormone production in the puberty stimulate to | | | | - To soothe and alleviate inflammation. |
| increased sebum production. The male hormone, | | | | - To kill the bacteria causing infection or make an |
| testosterone, seem to contribute most. Also girls | | | | environment hostile for the bacteria. |
| begin to produce more testosterone in the puberty. | | | | - To stimulate the skin to clean itself. |
| Also in other periods, altered hormone production | | | | - To stimulate the skin to heal. |
| may give acne, for example by women in the | | | | - To be used as a isolating layer between the skin |
| menopause.Since not all teens get acne in any | | | | itself and cosmeticsIn order to protect, make the |
| degree, the increased hormone level cannot be the | | | | skin soft and further dissolve the comedones, many |
| whole cause of the increased sebum production. The | | | | products contain natural plant oils that are easily |
| follicles of affected persons must for some reason | | | | absorbed into the epidermis, like Tea tree oil, Rose |
| react stronger upon the higher hormone level.Dietary | | | | hip oil, Lavender oil and Olive oil.Ingredients used in |
| factors, like eating too much fat, too much sugar or | | | | products to reduce inflammation and to stimulate |
| the wrong kind of fat may aggravate acne by some | | | | healing may be: Aloe Vera extract, Viola Tricolour |
| individuals. Lack of vitamins, minerals and essential | | | | extract, Rose hip oil, Vitamin E and Vitamin A.Tea |
| fatty acids may also contribute to development of | | | | tree oil and Grapefruit seed extract are natural |
| acne.Poor digestion, lazy colon and constipation | | | | antibacterial agents used in many of these products. |
| aggravate acne in some individuals, probably due to | | | | In other products artificial compounds like Benzoyl |
| productions of toxins in the intestines. Lazy colon | | | | peroxide are used.5. Oral supplements to fight the |
| may be caused by dietary faults, like lack of | | | | acne process and nourish the skinSupplements taken |
| fiber.Very frequent washing and use of strong soaps | | | | by mouth to nourish your skin may be useful. The |
| aggravate acne, and does not alleviate the condition | | | | purpose of these supplements is more or less the |
| as many think. Rubbing, scrubbing or squeezing the | | | | same as that of nourishing creams.- To make the |
| skin may also aggravate acne.Here are some other | | | | sebum more fluid so it drains more easily. |
| factors that may contribute in causing acne or | | | | - To stimulate the substance exchange and cleaning |
| aggravating the condition.- Stress | | | | processes in your skin, |
| - Some contraceptive agents | | | | - To stimulate your skin to heal, |
| - Environmental or domestic pollution. | | | | - To give your skin building nutrients necessary to |
| - Humid environments. | | | | heal.Ingredients often used in these supplements to |
| - Some antidepressants. | | | | stimulate the cleaning and healing processes in the |
| - Testosterone and anabolic steroids used for | | | | skin are: Vitamins A, C, B1, B2, B3, B6, C, D, E, Folic |
| treatment or by body-building. | | | | acid, Beta carotene, Bioflavonoids, Magnesium, |
| - Use of some types of greasy cosmetic products. | | | | Copper, Zinc, selenium, anti-oxidants from Green tea, |
| - Some antiperspirant products. | | | | Metylsulfonyl methane.Nutrient found in these |
| - Exposing the skin for chlorine or other halogens, or | | | | products used as material to rebuild damaged skin |
| medicines containing halogens. | | | | and to give a sebum with better consistency are: |
| - Women may get aggravated acne 2-7 days | | | | Evening primrose oil, Olive oil, Flax seed oil, Borage oil, |
| before menstruation.WHAT CAN YOU DO | | | | Soy oil, Wheat germ oil and Lecithin.Gum guggul |
| YOURSELF TO AVOID OR TO TREAT | | | | extract used in oral products has an anti-biotic effect, |
| ACNESometimes Acne is so severe that special | | | | and helps against spreading of the acne infection and |
| medical treatment is required, and sometimes the | | | | thus helps against scar formation.Knut Holt is an |
| causes of acne necessitate medical treatment. But | | | | internet consultant and marketer focusing on health |
| you can do much yourself also. Here are listed things | | | | items. |