Part 2 of 5:

Written by: Ronit Segev

What is the cause for acne on the face?

There are 4 main factors and a secondary one that

contributes to inflammation and the formation of acne:

1. Hormonal activity.
2. An overproduction of fat in the sebaceous gland.
3. The accumulation of dead cells surplus on the skin as well as inside the pores.
4. The reproduction of bacterium inside the pores.

A less meaningful factor but still does affect certain people

 Irritation or sensitivity/allergic reactions to care products, to specific food (rare) or medications.

How the pimple is being created?

Each hair follicle grows from the sebaceous gland that secretes substance similar to solidified wax which is called sebum. The structure that contains the sebaceous gland and a hair follicle is called pore. When everything is intact, the sebum leaves in a smooth manner the pore and dissolves on the face.

By doing so it helps keeping the surface on the skin smooth and moisture. When things don’t occur properly, like in times where the pore is blocked, or clogged with sebum and dead skin cells, the fat accumulates in the pores and doesn’t secrete. In this sort of environment the bacterium called P. acnes flourishes.

The dead skin cells and the surplus in the sebaceous gland supply the suitable conditions for this sort of bacterium so it could grow. Surplus of sebum is initially created by hormonal activity. When too much fat is being produced, it is mixed with the dead skin cells on the face area along with skin accumulating on the edges of the pores and little pieces left from the hair follicle.

This combination of sebum, dead skin cells and little pieces of hair can block the passage from the hair to the sebaceous gland. With the reproduction of the bacterium that grows in this environment, irritations and inflammations appear. This is the reason why most of the pimples are red and swollen. On the surface, this accumulation of fat can be seen in different forms. Sometime this fat surplus and the dead skin cells develop into a white soft structure – whitehead. 

If the pore is open with no skin coverage at all, the head of the "plug" is exposed to the air and becomes darker, and a blackhead is created-comedo. Black and whiteheads turn to pimples wherever the acne bacterium starts to grow inside the plug, which eventually creates an inflammation and irritation. This inflammation and the extra fat cause the wall of sebaceous gland to crack and get destroyed, when it pours its content (fat, remaining cells, bacterium) into the skin tissue that surrounding it.

The immune system of the body reacts, and send lymph to the infected are in order to fix the damage (what causes the swelling), and now there is a pimple.  

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1. Acne What The Experts Say Part 1 Of 5

2. Acne What The Experts Say Part 2 Of 5 – What Causes Acne?

3.Acne What The Experts Say Part 3 Of 5 - Who Suffers From Acne

4.Acne What The Experts Say Part 4 Of 5 – What Can We Do?

5.Acne What The Experts Say Part 5 Of 5 – Takin Care Of Pimples

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Written by: Ronit Segev

What can we do?

An efficient treatment that deals with: reduction of fat production, reduction of skin cells accumulation on the surface of the skin and in the pores, and eliminating of the bacterium that causes inflammation. Therefore the method of the ideal treatment is doubled: internal and external. In many cases the external treatment is sufficient.

The external treatment

A gentle cleansing of the skin with containing water dissolvent that doesn’t contain components that can block the pores or cause irritation of the skin. It helps to decrease future irritations and redness that can worsen the situation. 

Removals of dead skin cells and encourage a healthy changeover of the skin cells. From the surface of the skin and likewise inside the pores in order to help the skin so it can be peeled in an appropriate manner.

Absorption or reduction of fat surplus. In order to reduce the main reason for blockage and widened pores.

Bacteria elimination that cause outbursts, inflammation, redness and swelling.

The systematic treatment (swelling)

Antibiotic pills – to reduce bacterium growth

Pills and hormones blockage – to control the fat production

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There is no other way – each person needs to try and see what works best for him/her. But in order to cope properly – it is necessary to take into consideration all the factors creating pimples and provide them with the appropriate response. 

What not to do

Don’t use the "heavy" cosmetic and care products, or any irritators. We always emphasize the need for mild cleansing of all different type of skins. This issue is maybe difficult for those with oily skin or those with skin that tend to produce pimples, due to their will "to really clean" the skin – it is hard to withstand this temptation. However, these types of drying soaps don’t clean the skin much better.

What is even more frustrating is the fact that many products in the market produced for the purpose of treating problematic skin are actually worsening it or causing the skin much more problems than those originally existed. Products intended for treating acne many times containing active surface – molecules (heavy detergents), multiple scrubbing particles, alcohol, menthol, mint, camphor, eucalyptus, lemon and grapefruit oils. All these are very irritating and the irritation can damage the skin ability to recover and fight the bacterium.

Those products don’t disinfect, don’t reduce the fat production, don’t influence the hormonal activity and don’t help in peeling it. Instead, they kill more skin cells than necessary, something that can cause blockage of the pores, dry skin, irritations and turn the skin into a much more red tone. A pimple is by definition already irritated, red and swollen, so it isn’t logical to use components that will make it even more irritated, red and swollen.  

The care products containing irritating components, such as face mask, shrinkages, toners and scrubs with grains (that also contain wax), potentially can damage the skin and deteriorate/worsen the acne situation. If a product irritates the skin, if it itches or burns, it doesn’t help. Not only the irritation causes production of fat and redness, it can also increase swelling and dries the skin – it can also create pimples that are similar to skin rush in addition to adolescent pimples that we already trying to get rid of.

Solid soaps and many liquids recommended sometime for acne contain ingredients that can block the pores. Soaps contain milk and solid soaps contain other thickening substance with wax basis that can block the pores. In a surprising manner, soaps with high PH (with PH of 8 and above) can actually increase the quantity of bacterium in the pores! All these elements worsen the condition much more inside the pores and again increase the risk for pimples.

It is difficult to get over the desire to squeeze the pimple and "pop" it out. Some of us erroneously think that this speeds recovery and empties the pustule etc, but actually this can lead to additional problems. The recovery of the pimple that was "squeezed" and its renewed damage, every time, brings up the chances for scares; and It is difficult to get rid of scars, for some of them it is even impossible.

There are those who use hot compresses, a treatment that also damages the skin by burning it. The heat causes extra redness and swelling. The entire process can tear and crack the pores, and bring up the possibility for additional outbursts. The same goes for placing the face in hot steams or the use of hot waters. Hot waters burn the skin, and damage its ability to fight the bacterium. What is necessary in order to calm the skin is lukewarm water.  Use lukewarm water and mild cleansers with water dissolvent, and if it is necessary to clean make up so not with scrubbing. Wiping and scrubbing only worsens the irritations and also can cause dropping of the skin and wrinkles.

It is necessary to ensure that the pimples aren’t a reaction to hair care products that slip on the face. Hair spray, mousse, gel and additional hairdressing products that contain polymers (ingredients that create somewhat smooth coating) can block the pores and cause pimples.

All the articles :

1. Acne What The Experts Say Part 1 Of 5

2. Acne What The Experts Say Part 2 Of 5 – What Causes Acne?

3.Acne What The Experts Say Part 3 Of 5 - Who Suffers From Acne

4.Acne What The Experts Say Part 4 Of 5 – What Can We Do?

5.Acne What The Experts Say Part 5 Of 5 – Takin Care Of Pimples

Part 5 of 5:

Written by: Ronit Segev

Basic facts about taking care of pimples

It is preferable to take the following steps when we are dealing with pimples: 

The first step to begin with is a mild cleansing of the skin. We have discussed it, but it is necessary to emphasize the subject. Cleansing with hydrophilic cleanser cleans the skin gently without irritating the sebaceous gland, increase redness and create dryness. This step is standard for every skin care routine since it does makes the difference in the skin reflection and feel, and is also essential in reducing pimples. 

The minute you will stop using dry soaps that irritate and block the pores or heavy duty soaps, you will see how wonderful your skin feels and looks; you will also notice that it isn’t dry and irritating; you will never go back to your old ways. Make sure that the hydrophilic cleanser you have chosen doesn’t contain irritating substance and doesn’t dry your skin. Disinfecting. There are not many options for skin disinfection. Alcohol (when using it in the right concentration) and sulfur can be good disinfectors, but they are drying and irritating the skin too much.

They can also cause more problems than helping it as well as causing extra outbursts.  Natural disinfectors such as tea tree oil are optional but there are no products that contain high concentrations that sufficient enough to eliminate the bacterium. Benzoic peroxide is still the best disinfector among the shelf products and is available in 2.5%, 5% and 10%.    

If Benzoic peroxide isn’t effective, it is possible to try antibiotic ointments or subscribed pills. In regard to the pills – it is an option less recommended due to its systematic issues and problems with the bacterium durability. The antibiotic that we obtain can eliminate the acne bacterium but it also eliminates good bacterium within the body, and cause fungal infection and other problems with the digestive system. In addition the bacterium P. acnes in the body (the bacterium that flourishes inside the pimples) can develop durability.

Peeling. Pimples develop inside the pores and involve fat production. Therefore, products that contain 1% or 2% of salicylic acid (a beta hydroxyl acid – BHA) are a good starting point (with no prescription) for peeling of the skin. 

The salicylic acid is fact dissolvent, meaning it can peel inside the pore and is very mild. It is recommended for use as a gel, liquid or lotion as it is very mild since there are low chances that the product contains thickening wax substance or softeners that can block the pores. Different skin scrubs as well as alpha hydroxyl acid (that are water dissolvent) can help in peeling the surface, but they can’t affect the pore coating layer, which is an oily area. Reaching this area is essential in order to cope with the root of the problem.

Improving production of cells. Treitinoin (Retin A) and Azelaic acid are treatments subscribed by the doctor, and are designed to allow healthy cellular growth that can change the shape of the pore, and enable a proper flow of sebum out. This improvement can reduce the conditions enabling the pimples growth.

Absorption or controlling of extra fat. Clay mask are an option for fat absorption as long as they don’t contain irritating substance. Use of magnesium milk as a facial mask is a simple and effective way for fat absorption. Contraceptive pills and hormonal blockages can regulate hormones, and reduce the source of extra fat production.

When all other fails – Rockton can be considered the only medication that cures acne, its side effects are known and therefore it isn’t recommended when there are other possibilities for treating acne with safer techniques.

All the articles :

1. Acne What The Experts Say Part 1 Of 5

2. Acne What The Experts Say Part 2 Of 5 – What Causes Acne?

3.Acne What The Experts Say Part 3 Of 5 - Who Suffers From Acne

4.Acne What The Experts Say Part 4 Of 5 – What Can We Do?

5.Acne What The Experts Say Part 5 Of 5 – Takin Care Of Pimples

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Part 3 of 5:

Written by: Ronit Segev

Who suffers from acne?

Actually, most of us: During the period of adolescence, after it and in between ages 25-45, in oily and also "normal" skin … sometimes the pimples at a later age are more severe than ever. There are those who will suffer just from stubborn comedos, and there are those who will try every possible treatment and in spite of that, all the pimples will outbursts again.

The main factor for all these scenarios are the hormones, since they effect the production of fat in the skin, and since their level changes and fluctuate throughout their lives.

The outbursts are common and at the age of adolescence. Statistics show that three out of four adolescent suffer from pimples and different type of acne. It isn’t surprising when taking into consideration the hormonal changes at this age. But acne can happen at every age.

More than 40% of women will experience one type of acne or another. Everything that can bring up the hormones level – stress, menstrual cycle, pregnancy, contraceptive pills or specific medications such as corticosteroids, lithium – that can be used as a catalyst. Food isn’t the main cause for pimples, but certain people can be allergic to specific type of food.

There is also an assumption that food with hormonal additives (particularly chicken and beef), Iodine found in food (sea food) or Polaroid found in toothpaste can worsen pimples. There is no doubt that hormonal activity is the main factor for causing oily skin and acne outbursts. When there is a flow of hormones, pimples break out, but hormones alone aren’t enough to generate this skin syndrome. From unknown reasons, something disrupts the sebaceous gland and blocks the natural flow of the sebaceous out.

There are different theories in regard to the factors causing acne, that focus on the genetic situations formed or damaged sebaceous gland, or a deficient functioning of the pores tunnel that doesn’t peel properly, or fat (sebum) which can be by itself deficient in some way (too viscous or irritating to the skin). When we take care of acne, we need to consider mostly (if not all) these issues in order to decrease the probabilities for outbursts. 

There are theories also in regard to questions why certain people condition is worse than others. Certain researchers think that it involves high level of muscular hormones, while other say that this is a genetic deficiency of the sebaceous gland. There are those who apply excessive sensitivity to the acne bacterium, as the factor for differences between levels of severity in different people.

There is also a research that shows different fatty acids components in the sebaceous gland that can be responsible for such occurrence. The combination of all these factors is the most logical one and it is the cause for the differences between those who suffer from mild acne and those who suffer from severe acne. 

It is impossible to erase a pimple. We are going to look for solutions in pharmacies, and some of them promise to "dry out our pimples" a specific treatment can’t prevent the breaking out of other pimples.

There is a need for a consistent treatment on the entire area affected in order to stop the acne (a consistent, continuous peeling, disinfection, fat absorption, and hormonal balancing).

More than that: many products promise to treat the acne specifically – they contain dry components that cause irritations or sensitivity and that actually worsen the situation. If we will pay attention to what we see on the surface alone without taking into consideration what is going on beneath it, we will not be able to recover the skin, and decrease the pimples that create scars. The most logical treatment is to address the entire problem – the hormonal activity, the fat creation, the peeling of the skin (pores), and eliminating the bacterium that causes the inflammation. Focusing on individual pimple without looking at the whole picture can end up in more pimples that can increase the possibilities for scars; and additional skin problems such as redness, blood vessels on the surface of the skin, irritation and dry skin.  

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1. Acne What The Experts Say Part 1 Of 5

2. Acne What The Experts Say Part 2 Of 5 – What Causes Acne?

3.Acne What The Experts Say Part 3 Of 5 - Who Suffers From Acne

4.Acne What The Experts Say Part 4 Of 5 – What Can We Do?

5.Acne What The Experts Say Part 5 Of 5 – Takin Care Of Pimples

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Part 1 of 5:

Acne – teenage pimples: How to take care and how to prevent worsening of the situation?

What causes acne?

 What worsens acne?

 What are the existing myths regarding acne and

How should we take care of them properly?

One of the more common problems that keeps aggravating our piece of mind in one period or another of our life is acne. It can be comedo (blackheads), white heads (milia), papules, and postulates; sometime it is a severe acne cyst that can leave permanent scars on our skin.

Before we will discuss the different solutions, Lets take a brief look at the different types of acne. In order to learn how to fight the acne from all directions, we need to know what acne is, how does it look underneath the skin, what is the cause for it, what influences it and how. It is also important to depart from few myths. If you will not know what you are fighting against, you will not choose wisely or will not select the appropriate decisions. Before we will submerge into the subject of acne, let’s shatter few myths/misconceptions. If you will keep on sustaining the following three myths and act by them–you will not help your skin recovery and you might also add few problems to it.

Myths on how to take care of acne

The first myth arrived from the belief that pimples can be dried. Water is the only thing that can be "dried". And pimples aren’t connected with being wet: The pimple isn’t watery. Its substance isn’t fatty. However the skin cells – do contain water, and when you dry your skin you are actually drying out the water situated in the skin cell. Drying the skin damages the intercellular substance (which creates some sort of border – protects the skin), something that can increase the existence of bacterium in the pores and cause the texture of the skin to become rough and might also give the skin a feel of being stretched and dry. None of these acts stops the outbursts of acne.

They can only bring additional irritations, added frustration and disappointment from the products intended for taking care of the skin. What is accurate to say, is that pimples can get worse due to the formation of extra fat, and it is necessary to try within the framework of the war against pimples to decrease the creation of fat and/or absorb it. Absorbing the fat located in the skin or in the pores is essentially a different process than the process of drying the skin.       

The second myth, pimples are caused by skin that isn’t clean. Unfortunately, the erroneous common belief causes people to further clean their skin with heavy duty soaps and detergents. This type of cleaning only raises the risk of irritations and dryness and doesn’t prevent the pimples at all. Not only that, the components of the solid soap that preserve the soap in its solid form can block the pores and actually cause pimples to show up.

The truth is that subtle cleansing and caring of the skin and use of gentle products, neither dry nor irritate – and are critical to our efforts in fighting the acne outburst.     

The third myth, pimples can be taken care specifically. Unfortunately, many products are based on this idea. However, the minute that pimples appear on the skin, we can’t "erase" them – a specific application isn’t the proper care for acne that is scattered on the entire surface of the skin.  In regard to most types of pimples (excluding those who are connected to allergic reactions due to cosmetic products or any other products), during the time they are exposed on the skin, they were already two or three weeks "underneath the skin", in the process of being.

Actually, it takes time for the said conditions to develop within the pore in order to create a pimple. If we will not understand and will not learn how to handle this process, we will not be able to deal with recurrent outbursts. Taking care of the exposed pimples solely, meaning that pimples created this moment aren’t stopped.

Remember, we can’t dry the pimples since they aren’t wet, and irritating factors only worsen the situation by creating additional redness and swellings, but also damages the skin ability to recover. The best action is to work on the factor causing pimples, not on its outcome.

All the articles :

1. Acne What The Experts Say Part 1 Of 5

2. Acne What The Experts Say Part 2 Of 5 – What Causes Acne?

3.Acne What The Experts Say Part 3 Of 5 - Who Suffers From Acne

4.Acne What The Experts Say Part 4 Of 5 – What Can We Do?

5.Acne What The Experts Say Part 5 Of 5 – Takin Care Of Pimples

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