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"Here's What You Must Understand About Acne Control..."

Acne control means regular effort on your part.  Acne appearing is beyond your control, but to beat it into submission you are going to have to use some self discipline. 

.......Your skin now needs maintenance and you are the only one who can do what's necessary.  Here's how....

Science Of Acne Control In Layman's Terms by Kirsten Hawkins

In a nutshell, a few simple steps occur that cause skin blemishes and are counter to acne control. First, acne occurs when for some unknown reason or combination of reasons, hair follicles, also known as pores, become blocked.

Acne Control - Although the exact combination of reasons that pores become clogged may not be fully known there are many contributing elements. 

That goes for teenagers and adults alike and can include; genetics (whether or not there is a history of acne problems and if so, to what extent), hormones, dietary and vitamin make up (or lack of /deficiency) and stress related factors.

Other denominators in acne control could include factors like how your body normally rids itself of its dead skin cells.  Something else to consider are the influences that may be working against this regularity (for example climate and other environmental forces or overall body health at the time) and your hormones and their effect on your own body's sebum production (especially for females).

Second, the normal dead skin cells that combine with your body's natural sebum oil as it drains through the skin's surface become clogged in these blocked pores. This substance becomes somewhat sticky, further clogging the passageway and is the enemy of acne control..

Third, bacteria begins to grow around these clogged areas. As a normal reaction your, your body's white blood cells attack the bacteria, fighting it and pushing it out of the body.

And forth, the resulting growths during this 14-day to 21-day battle are called microcomedones. Microcomedones turn into comedones, commonly referred to as blemishes, pimples or acne.

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There are basically four types of acne; whiteheads, blackheads, pimples and nodules.

Whiteheads are when the sebum (oil) and resulting bacteria are trapped below the skin's surface and you can actually see a white head appear above (or near popping out of) the skin.

Blackheads are when the sebum and resulting bacteria are only partially trapped, slowly draining out the surface and turning black because of your skin's melanin or pigmentation. In the absence of either white or blackhead are generally (but not always) smaller pimples.

And the often deeper, boil-like lesions are referred to as nodules.

All forms of acne can be mild, moderate or severe. Typically, mild acne is visible in the form of whiteheads and blackheads, sometimes pimples.

With moderate acne, more pimples and pustules are present on the face, some may appear on the back or chest.

With severe acne, many nodules develop, often large and sore, over parts of the face, back, chest and other body areas. This type of acne can lead to scarring.

Actually, lesser cases of acne have been followed by scarring. So for those with possible nodular acne, seeking advice from a healthcare provider as soon as possible is recommended.

A gender issue to note is that males more often have the severe form of acne rather than females, due to their hormones. And the areas where they tend to break out most frequently are unfortunately more difficult to treat, the chest and back.

About the Author Kirsten Hawkins is a freelance writer specializing in skin conditions such as acne and rosacea. Visit http://www.acnesolution411.com/ for more information on acne and acne treatments.

 P.S. No, you don't have to be a scientist to be effective at acne control.  You just need the basics about acne... and now you have that.  For advanced acne control information......

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