Understanding Acne

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Routine acne is a common skin disorder caused by both an increase in hormones (usually during the teen years) and individual personal hygiene habits. It begins with something called a pilosebaceous unit, which is nothing more than a hair follicle, the hair attached to the follicle and a sebaceous gland from which the hair grows. You'll find pilosebaceous glands all over the body - wherever hair grows.

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Sebaceous glands appear in larger numbers on the face, neck and chest, the places where acne is most likely to appear. Now, Sebaceous glands are important to good health. They produce sebum, an oily substance designed to keep the skin and hair lubricated. So far, so good.

Problems arise usually during the teen years when the Sebaceous glands grow larger and start producing more sebum. This happens when the young body begins to produce hormones called androgens. During early adulthood, androgen production declines and the acne problem usually goes away all by itself. But not always.

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This means that there's an internal and external cause of acne. Internally, the body is producing androgens that enlarge the Sebaceous glands that produce sebum to lubricate the skin. Externally, these enlarged Sebaceous glands become clogged with sebum, grime, make-up and other gunk, clogging the pore. This is when bacteria goes to work, attracting white blood cells to the Sebaceous gland causing inflammation, also known as acne.