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Getting acne....Q&A............(part 3 of 5)

I’ve started getting acne spots. How long do they last? This depends on what type of spots they are and, even then, it can be very difficult to predict what will happen. Some spots will appear and then disappear during the course of a day but others will evolve more gradually through the various stages. Comedones can be very persistent if they don’t get inflamed. Mildly inflamed spots will last 5–10 days before settling down, but can leave a flat red mark (macule) for several weeks. Nodules and cysts may last for weeks or months unless you get some treatment. What is the difference between a whitehead and a yellow- head spot? These two common terms describe quite different types of spot. A whitehead is a closed comedone where the pore is blocked and not open to the air. There is no inflammation (redness). A yellow- head suggests a spot with pus in it. The medical term is a ‘pustule’. Whiteheads may become yellowheads if the blocked pore becomes infected. My daughter is only 9 but she seems
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Chapter 6 Evaluating Other Causes and Contributors: Myth and Reality

In This Chapter
Exploring dirt and oil
Revisiting your diet: Is your face what you eat?
Looking at the connection between stress and acne
Aggravating your acne
Makeup: Does your face become what you put on it?
As long as people have had acne, they’ve tried to find some-
thing to blame for the condition — including dirt, diet, stress,
makeup, and sex. Although dermatologists and researchers still
aren’t 100 percent sure about what causes acne, we’ve come a long
way in recent decades, and most doctors agree that hormones and
heredity are the fundamental sources that lead to the development
of acne (as I explain in Chapters 3 through 5).
In this chapter, I explore the role that stress and diet play in caus-
ing acne or making existing acne worse. I also review some of the
medications and “tripwires” that have been implicated as causing
or worsening acne. I end with an appraisal of the relationship
between makeup and acne.
This chapter also looks at some of the historical misconceptions
that have persisted about acne. For example, you’ve probably been
warned not to eat too much chocolate. And you may have heard
“The Big Bang Theory,” that is, keep your hair away from your skin.
Not true.
These types of myths are passed down from one family member to
another, told to you by a friend, and occasionally published in
beauty magazines. Myths die hard and often there is some underly-
ing truth that can be found to explain where and how some of them
got started; other times they’re just based on silly folklore.
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