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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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Coping with an oil glut

If you have excessively oily skin, that’s due to your sebaceous
glands producing more sebum (the acne-related oil that I discuss
in detail in Chapter 3) than you’d like them to. This is often the
case if you also happen to have acne. But for now, here are some
tips on caring for your oily skin:
 Be happy that you’ll save a few bucks on not buying
moisturizers.
 Be happier because your skin will tend to stay more wrinkle-
free and younger looking!
 Be even happier because your skin will tend to be less sensitive!
But you probably want some more concrete tips, so here you go:
 Even though your skin’s oily, don’t irritate it. Washing your
face twice a day should be enough. I realize that you may have
been told to wash 77 times a day with strong abrasive soaps,
but that will only irritate your skin and make it redder — and
if you have acne, all that scrubbing will only make it look
worse! For advice on exactly how to wash your skin, check
out “How to wash your face.”
 If parts of your face feel oily during the day, the oil can be
wiped away with a mild alcohol-and-water astringent such as
Neutrogena Clear Pore Oil-Controlling Astringent, Noxzema
Triple Clean Astringent, or Clean & Clear Advanced Acne Pads.
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