Learn the 6 Categories of Acne - Which One Are You? |
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Learn the 6 Categories of Acne - Which One Are You? |
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Acne is a skin eruption that is caused by the bacteria Propionibacterium acne or p.acne for short. What p.acne does? Is it grows in the skin and not inside the body. When bacteria isn't present, then you don't have acne and you probably don't need to get rid of acne.
Acne normally occurs from one's genetic make-up, so if your parents had acne, then there's a good chance you may too. Those that do have acne, find that their acne tends to flair up when they are under stress, or experiencing a difficult time in their lives. When this happens as an adult, the condition is normally referred to as adult onset acne.
If you have acne prone skin, then you are more likely to develop acne as the p.acne bacteria is already living in and on your skin. There are basically two forms of acne - the mild acne or the severe acne. You can be anywhere within these 6 categories:
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1. Acne that is inactive - this means that you have acne type skin that isn't inflamed and your skin is relatively normal.
2. Whiteheads & blackheads - when you have whiteheads ( these are closed comedones) and blackheads (open comedones). These would be small early stage bumps that are sitting just under the skin's surface. (Comedone is a clogged pore with sebum and dead cells).
3. A mild eruption - this would be when you skin isn't severely inflamed and you have closed comedones with fewer blackheads.
4. Having raised bumps or Pustules - when you have closed comedones and you also have inflamed pores, then you are starting to see both red and white pus just sitting underneath the surface of your skin.
5. Nodules that are hard - these are cysts that are just under the surface of your skin and they are very painful and tender to touch. This mean that you have both closed and open comedones. |
6. Acne that is active - this is when everything is happening to your skin all at once, and you are experiencing both whiteheads, blackheads, pustules, papules and cysts. It's both painful and your skin hurts when you touch it. Your skin at this point will be highly inflamed.
When you skin is highly active from any type of acne, the worst thing that you could possible do is pick or squeeze them. Squeezing them will only create more inflammation and p.acne thrives on inflammation, and you end up encouraging the bacteria to spread to new areas on your skin.
Just because acne is common, doesn't mean that you need to suffer needlessly, and that there isn't anything that you can do about getting rid of acne. You certainly don't need to wait until it decides to go away by its self before you decide to take action. There is a great remedy available that will help you get rid of acne.
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