Blackheads Skin

Blackheads skin

        Few things can spoil as much as teenage acne. Mostly superficial and benign, it can take deep and serious forms which require an intensive and prolonged treatment. Acne is caused by inflammation of the sebaceous glands of the skin. This is the most common problem of the skin in adolescence. It affects approximately 85% of adolescents. In 30% of cases, acne persists in adulthood too. Although there is no magic bullet against acne, many treatments are capable of reversing the steps responsible for this problem.

Blackheads skin - Superficial lesions

        Acne starts with the black dot or blackheads, which corresponds to the obstruction of a small channel draining the oil. This sebum is secreted by the sebaceous glands of the skin at the time of hormonal changes of puberty. The black dot is surmounted by a white edge.

Blackheads skin - Deep lesions

        Several acne buttons come together to form real pustules. Elsewhere, we see the formation of cysts and abscesses. The affected areas are the face, shoulders, back and sometimes the chest.

What you should not do in Blackheads skin

• Press the buttons between the fingers or scratching. The inflammatory and infected lesions may extend into the neighborhood
• Daily attack the skin with alcoholic solutions or sulfur. These treatments are effective on the spot, but it is only a supplement to use from time to time
• Use any piece of field lag blackheads
• Locally applied cortisone. It's useless, even dangerous
• Aggravate acne cosmetics, including grasses creams. Also abrasives soaps are not indicated

Blackheads skin pictures

What can you do ?

• Degrease the skin with oils of sweet almond,antiseptic sprays;
• Make your toilet with mild soap;
• Use sulfur with caution and from time to time;
• Take regular vitamins A, C, B6;
• You can expose the sun, but reasonable;
• For girls, treat your skin at the time of the rules;
• The problems of acne can affect adolescents who suffer. If shoots are important, remember that a treatment of substance exist and secondly it may be useful to offer adolescent psychological support;
• The food has no effect on outbreaks of acne, no more than sexuality;