tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34872281000391662852011-11-27T16:51:51.415-08:00Here we help you to get rid of and cure acne forever by giving easy tips and large variety of acne treatments that will clear your acne and your acne scars.dr.ahmed.ezzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08496232982855422741noreply@blogger.comBlogger921100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3487228100039166285.post-10426270546319535702010-01-13T02:38:00.000-08:002010-01-13T02:48:10.938-08:00

I’ve started getting acne spots. How long do they last?This depends on what type of spots they are and, even then, it canbe very difficult to predict what will happen. Some spots willappear and then disappear during the course of a day but otherswill evolve more gradually through the various stages. Comedonescan be very persistent if they don’t get inflamed. Mildly inflamedspots will last 5–10 days

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Below we outline the types of spots you can get, so you can tell whether you have a mild, moderate or severe problem. They do not all have to be present for you to have acne. Just one type will still mean you have this condition, and there are effective treatments no matter how bad your problem is.ComedonesThese are the starting point of all acne. They begin as very small blockages in the pores.

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‘Acne is just when you get a load of spots all over your face. Youprobably need to have about 20 for it to be bad.’‘I think it is when you don’t wash and your face gets all spottyand horrible.’Acne is, in fact, the world’s most common skin disease. You know you have it when your skin develops blackheads, whiteheads, or red or yellow spots and becomes greasy. These are the classic signs and it

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Removal of comedones can also help to treat your acne and speed up improvement. Your dermatologist may perform acne surgery with a comedo extractor, a small instrument that mechanically removes comedones. Comedo removal can be a useful adjunct to topical therapy when your blackheads and whiteheads are somewhat resistant to topical retinoids.Acne surgery is a noninvasive surgery, meaning that the

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All retinoids can cause some skin irritation during the first few weeks of use. You may have some discomfort, such as stinging or burning, and sometimes may experience mild redness and scaling of your skin. These reactions are to be expected, and they’re an indication that the retinoid is working. After several weeks, your skin generally gets used to the medication and the discomfort eases.A

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Topical retinoids are applied in small, thin, pea-sized amounts to clean, dry skin once a day in the morning or at bedtime. They should be applied to all affected areas as well as to places that areacne-prone. Retin-A (not Retin-A Micro) and Avita, which tend to degrade in sunlight, should be applied only at bedtime. Talk with your doctor about the best time to apply Retin-A Micro, Differin, and

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It’s a tricky business trying to find cheaper drugs. When a famous drug such as Retin-A has its patent expire, it can then become a generic (unbranded) drug. As an example, once a brand becomes generic, the original company often ceases to promote or support it. Sometimes this can be a real benefit because the generic version tends to be considerably cheaper. Hurray!But, after a while, some

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Benzoyl peroxide is the mainstay of over-the-counter acne treat- ment (and I provide a full rundown of these benzoyl peroxide products in Chapter 7, along with all the other OTC acne medications).In addition to using benzoyl peroxide alone to treat your mild acne, benzoyl peroxide is also often used in conjunction with topical or systemic antibiotics. This treatment option is referred to as

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Most dermatologists consider topical retinoids to be the mainstay of acne therapy. They’re often the first-line prescription treatment for acne and they’re also utilized as long-term maintenance for almost every acne patient. Retinoids are, far and above, the drugs of choice in people who have comedonal(blackhead and whitehead) acne, but they’re also effective at fighting inflammatory lesions, so

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Opening Up the Tool ChestTopical acne therapy aims to counter several of the major factors that cause acne:Blocked hair folliclesGrowth of the acne causing bacteria, P. acnesInflammationOral therapy is required to tackle the other important acne causing factors, such as:Increased hormone productionExcess sebum (oil) productionTopical treatment is sufficient for most people who have acne, but oral

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The use of topicals offers many advantages over oral therapy(taking medications by mouth). The most obvious advantage is that your skin gets the direct application of medications and very few serious complications can result, whereas the oral route may lead to more severe side effects (such as those discussed in Chapter 10). In topical therapy, a vehicle (an inactive medium) “delivers” the active

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In This postChoosing to treat your acne topically Evaluating a cornucopia of topical treatmentsGetting into genericsYou may have tried some over-the-counter products, flirted with various diets, or experimented with cosmetics, facials,and soaps. Maybe you’ve even watched a few TV infomercials and tried those products with unsatisfactory results. Well, it sounds like you’re ready for a different

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Acne is a common problem in adolescents but also often occurs in adults. It is thought to be due to hormonal imbalances, and perhaps faulty diet. It appears as inflamed oil glands, generally on the skin of the face, neck or back, which have become blocked and often infected. The pimples are raised, red and usually pus-filled; blackheads are common. The pimples may or may not be

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Rhianna suffering from acne tooEthan Hawke with some acne pimples

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A decision to seek treatment for acne scars, and the specific treat-ments that you may choose, depend on a number of factors thatyou and your doctor can discuss and weigh:How do you feel about your scars? You may have scars andcould care less about them or they may be psychologicallydistressing to you. Do the scars emotionally affect your life?Are you willing to live with your scars and wait for

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MACROLIDESTopical and oral erythromycin and topical clindamycin have been well-established acne treatments for decades, but have become much less effective in the past 15 years or so due to the acquisition of resistance by P. acnes. Resistant bacteria are now induced quickly by macrolide therapy because most patients have a portion of their normal skin flora that is genetically resistant, and that

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INTRODUCTIONAntibiotic therapy in acne is a time-honored practice whose mechanism is only recently thoroughly understood. Initially, it was assumed that the reduction in Propionibacterium acnes was the sole mechanism of antibiotic efficacy in acne, but it is now understood that certain antibiotic drugs are also potent anti-inflammatory agents via nonantibiotic mechanisms. In addition, the induction

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Taking Action Topically: A PrimerA topical product is one that is applied on the skin, such as a cream, ointment, gel, foam, or lotion. Almost every OTC acne medication is topical rather than oral, taken by mouth. Topical therapy is generally safer than systemic (oral or injected) therapy.Topical acne treatments (both the OTC and prescription varieties) are made up of two general types of

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Is your cosmetic really, absolutely oil free? On the assumption that sebum is a beneficial component of the skin, chemists have tried to imitate this substance, but the “oil free” claim isn’t exactly valid and can be misleading because the oil substitutes that are used in these products are synthetic and are considered to be more harmful than the excess sebum found in the skin that can block

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Makeup doesn’t cause acne . A. cosmetica (see the previous post) is the traditional name for the type that cosmetics supposedly cause. I realize that some reactions to cosmetics can sometimes look like inflammatory acnegenic lesions , but it’s really just your skin reacting negatively to one or more of the ingredients found in your makeup that makes already-existing get redder and look worse.And

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In this section, I list some of the activities, exposures, or things done to the skin that have historically been reported to bring on or exacerbate acne.Acne cosmeticaThis condition is described as a persistent, low-grade type that usually involving the chin and cheeks of women who use cosmetics. Lesions that arise primarily as closed comedones as well as papules and pustules. It is often

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Acne reactions caused by medications are usually self-limiting,which means they disappear when the drugs are stopped. If the drug must be taken for an extended period of time, the ACNE or acnelike lesions can be treated with the same medications that areused to fight most forms.CorticosteroidsOral corticosteroids are synthetic derivatives of the natural steroid,cortisol, which is produced by the

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A host of outside agents such as drugs, physical factors such as cos-metics, and even sun exposure have been considered to be triggersand tripwires for acne. I review these agents in the next section. Inparticular, certain drugs can be acnegenic (acne producing) orcreate skin eruptions that look exactly like acne (acneiform reac-tions). The same drugs can sometimes exacerbate pre-existing acne.

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Modern-day living, anxiety in the workplace, too many or too fewhormones, nuclear threats, terrorism, inflation, crime, poverty,obesity — it’s enough to give you terminal acne!Most investigators agree that stress doesn’t cause acne; however,most would agree that stress seems to worsen it. Just ask collegestudents at exam time, teenagers about to go to the prom, or some-one going for that first

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A patient of mine made the following comments, “Recently, I woke up to find myface covered with acne. I’m 18 years old and I get a zit now and then, but I can’tever remember having a breakout this bad (at least 20 pimples) appearing overnight!I tried to recall anything that might have caused this, and my only guess is that Ialso have been having sex lately. Is there some weird kind of hormone

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We aren’t always what we eat. Despite occasional personal anec-dotes and persistent cultural myths, acne is probably not signifi-cantly influenced by diet.In fact, there have been studies in which people were actually paidto eat chocolate. Yum! The conclusion: The chocolate-eating sub-jects’ acne didn’t get worse. Furthermore, several substancesfound in chocolate have been identified as being

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The appearance of acne — the black color of blackheads and facialoiliness — suggests that if only you rubbed and scrubbed yourface really hard and often, you could get your acne to go away. Notso — in fact, before all of the effective acne treatments becameavailable to us, that was how acne was often treated — and unsuc-cessfully I might add.What may look like dirt inside your blackheads is

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In This ChapterExploring dirt and oilRevisiting your diet: Is your face what you eat?Looking at the connection between stress and acneAggravating your acneMakeup: 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 stillaren

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The good news for most adult men is that acne that first appearsafter age 20 is an unusual occurrence. I suppose the bad news isthat if you’re reading this, you’re having just such an “unusualoccurrence.” In men with adult acne, lesions are more often seenon the chest and back. When it arises on the back, it’s sometimesplayfully called “backne.” If you’re a guy, and you’re facing acne,odds are

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When acne appears in newborns it is known as acne neonatorum. It’s actually verycommon. This type of acne is seen mainly in male infants and is believed to occurfrom the stimulation of an infant’s sebaceous glands by maternal androgens. Mostoften, it requires no treatment because it usually goes away by itself.The lesions of acne neonatorum usually appear at about 2 weeks of age. They con-sist of

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Oral drugs known to cause birth defectsI recommend avoiding all oral medicines to treat acne when you’repregnant. However, an oral penicillin derivative, such as amoxi-cillin (if you’re not allergic to it), may be taken safely if your acne isreally bad. If you’re allergic to penicillin or it’s not working, yourdermatologist may prescribe another oral antibiotic that can beused in pregnancy.Many

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During pregnancy, acne is unpredictable. For some lucky women,the result is a welcome surprise — clear skin, the “glow of preg-nancy” that you were told about. If this is your case, enjoy it! Butdon’t get overconfident. When existing acne virtually disappearsduring pregnancy, it often recurs afterward — sorry!However, existing acne can also get worse. Pregnancy is a time oftremendous hormonal

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Johanna, a teary-eyed, anxious, 23-year-old file clerk told me that she had sufferedwith acne “all” her life. After my usual comment that she must have been an unusualacne-covered baby at birth, she then told me that she had been suffering from acnesince seventh grade (I guess that seemed like “forever” to her). As she held herhead down, she said that she was ashamed to look at people and that

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If you’re reading this, I probably don’t have to tell you about thoselittle red bumps that appear on a monthly basis. You’re probablywell aware of those unwelcome visitors that appear, disappear, andreappear like clockwork during your menstrual cycle. They usuallylast for several days, but sometimes they can persist for a monthor longer. No fun!Most often, pimples tend to pop up right before your

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When acne begins in the teenage years, the increase in your androgens — male hormones that are present in both men and women — play a major role in its development. Chapter 3 explainsthis process, but in a nutshell, these hormones stimulate the sebaceous glands, enlarging them, and they respond by producing excessive oil that helps to promote the lesions of acne.Although the entire story isn’t

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Emily, a 33-year-old stockbroker, came to my office. She told me that she had verymild acne as a teenager that cleared up by the time she was 19, but returned out ofnowhere. Since then, she’d noticed increasing numbers of red pimples on her chinthat tended to appear regularly a few days before her period and lasted only for afew days. Some of the bumps seemed to come from under her skin and many

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Adult-onset acne is a type of acne that turns up after the age of 18 —somewhat later than the typical teenage variety of acne. It can cropup during a woman’s 20s, 30s, or even later in life. Adult-onset acne,sometimes referred to as female adult acne or post-adolescent acne,is overwhelmingly a condition of females.The fluctuating nature of adult-onset acne tends to make the influ-ence of hormones

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In This ChapterDescribing adult-onset acneCycling through the ups and downs of acne in womenUncovering acne in menHigh school is a memory. You have a career, you’re going tocollege, or you’re raising a family. You’ve settled down. Acne,you assume, is a thing of the past. But just when you think thatyou’re out of the woods, acne hits you right in the face.Dermatologists regularly hear the

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Acne can be difficult to deal with at any age. But for teens, theappearance of acne can be especially trying. Who has time to dealwith this stuff? At a time in your life when you’re working on yourhomework, social life, dating, trying out for the school play, andgetting a job (among all the other activities and events in life),developing acne can seem like a major bump in the road. You’vegot

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During puberty, the levels of androgens in both boys and girlsstarts to climb and begins to stimulate your oil glands to grow andproduce more sebum. If you develop acne, you probably don’thave higher amounts of these androgens; it’s more likely that youhave a higher sensitivity to them. You can flip back to Chapter 3 tosee how this happens.And how’s this for an entry in the “perfect timing”

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When she was in eighth grade, Margot’s parents had taken her to see a dermatologistwho prescribed a cream and a gel. This approach worked very well for several yearsand kept her acne under good control. However, during midterms in her sophomoreyear of college, she began getting red bumps all over her face. She started to wear acoverup makeup, which she hated to use. “It looked so artificial,” she

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You may think you have teenage acne as some sort of punishmentfor a crime you didn’t even know you committed. Actually though,you’re breaking out for two main reasons. The first is that, as youmature, your hormones are telling your oil glands to produce toomuch oil, and your body isn’t handling the oil very well. Anotherreason you’re breaking out? Well, you may be able to go ahead andblame your

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In its full glory, teenage acne generally looks like a mixture ofblackheads and whiteheads (comedonal acne) with papules andpustules (inflammatory acne) and macules (healing lesions).Awesome! Here’s how teenage acne can look in different kids.Maybe you’ll find your type in one of the following descriptions: Initially, the main lesions may be whiteheads and blackheads.Often they start out in a

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Teenagers’ faces are all different. Your skin may be dark or lightcomplexioned. You may have dry skin, oily skin, combination skin,sensitive skin, or be “thick-skinned” (I’m talking blowtorch-resistant,here). I can’t generalize, but there are a couple of tendencies thatmake your skin different from that of adults: More oiliness and less sensitivity: Teen skin tends to be alittle oilier, and that

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Jonathan is 16. He first started getting acne when he was about 14 when he saw afew small whiteheads and blackheads on his forehead and nose. Then his skinbecame greasy. His mom told him that if he just washed his face more often, hisskin would look better and the pimples would clear up. But despite increased wash-ing, his acne got worse and he started developing a few red pimples in addition

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In this part . . .Not all acne is alike. Acne has many faces and fea-tures, and the condition often varies according toage group (teens and adults) and gender. So, I spend sometime in this part distinguishing between the signs andsymptoms of teenage acne, which affects both boys andgirls, and adult-onset acne, which largely targets femalesin their 20s, 30s, and beyond. I also set the record

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Keep in mind that one person’s “mild” is another person’s “severe” and vice versa:To illustrate this point, I must tell you about two types of patients:A 35-year-old man appeared in my office covered with papules, pustules, nodules,and scars on his face and chest. When I asked him for the reason for his visit, hepointed to his finger and said, “For this wart.”He wasn’t in the least concerned

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It’s important for us dermatologists to be able to describe acne invarious categories. It helps us to better understand what ourpatients have to say and it helps us to communicate with oneanother. It also helps us to follow the progress or lack of progressin our treatments. Here are the basic categories of acne; terms thatyou’ll run into later in this book, and likely in your doctor’s office:

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The responsibility of repairing any injury that takes place belongsto cells in the dermis known as fibroblasts. These cells produce col-lagen. The collagen in your dermis plays the major role in patchingup any damage to your skin. When there is an overproduction ofcollagen, the excess collagen becomes piled up in fibrous masses,resulting in a characteristic firm scar. The P. acnes bacterium

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The word comedo means a “glutton” in Latin and derives from a verb meaning toeat. I guess the microcomedo must be a little glutton? The word is comer to thoseof you who know some Spanish. Do you think the ancient Romans knew about thevoracious eating habits of P. acnes, or did they just think that acne was caused byeating too much Roman junk food? Another conjecture has it that the ancients

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The microcomedo may develop into, and remain, a comedo. Butsometimes it becomes an inflammatory lesion. Inflammation is areaction of the skin to disease or injury; in the case of acne, theinflammation is a reaction to the bacteria known as Propioni-bacterium acnes. Signs of an inflammatory lesion include swelling,redness, heat, and sometimes pain. The presence of these bacteriadoes not mean that

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The trapped sebum, cells, and keratin form a very stickymixture — a real traffic jam that blocks the exit route. This plugacts just like a cork in a bottle, locking in all that stuff inside withnowhere to go, so that it can’t exit onto the surface of the skin(see Figure 3-4). The plug is called a microcomedo (pronouncedmy-kro-cahm-e-doe). You can’t see a microcomedo with the nakedeye; it’s too

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Every day, millions of skin cells die off. You continually make newskin cells and get rid of dead ones. Your body has ingenious ways ofgetting rid of these dead cells. In the case of your skin, sebum carriesthe dead skin cells to the outside of the body where they flake off.Sometimes, though, as sebum ferries dead cells from the inside ofyour hair follicle along the oily sebaceous ducts and out

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Hormones play a central role in the acne drama. Hormones are thebody’s chemical messengers. Without hormones, you wouldn’thave acne, but you’d be in pretty bad shape, because hormonescontrol just about every bodily function, from regulating yourmetabolism to ensuring that you can mature and have children.In both males and females, a particular group of hormones, calledandrogens, are primarily

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In This ChapterFollowing the formation of a pimpleClassifying your acneAh, the pimple. It’s the bane of many a school picture and wed-ding day. Pimples help keep photo retouchers in business.But for many people, pimples aren’t simple nuisances that pop upat inopportune times. Instead, they’re a daily reminder that seem-ingly uncontrollable forces are at work in the skin.In this chapter, I

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The next time you take a long bath or stay in a swimming pool for a long time, noticehow soggy and rippled the skin on your palms and soles looks after a while. That’sbecause they’ve been immersed in water for a long period and your waterproof pro-tective layer of sebum (the oily stuff that plays a large role in acne, as I discuss inChapter 3) got washed away, so water can now get readily

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If you have excessively oily skin, that’s due to your sebaceousglands producing more sebum (the acne-related oil that I discussin detail in Chapter 3) than you’d like them to. This is often thecase if you also happen to have acne. But for now, here are sometips on caring for your oily skin: Be happy that you’ll save a few bucks on not buyingmoisturizers. Be happier because your skin will tend

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If you have overly dry skin (known as xerosis in the medical world),it’s probably more of a problem for you when the weather is cold andthe humidity is low. This occurs most often in the winter months innorthern climates. In Western societies, our modern lifestyles alsoemphasize overbathing, which only serves to worsen the dryness.On top of that, we often live and work in overheated spaces.If

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Different people and different skin types need to do different thingsfor their skin. We have an old expression in dermatology that stillrings true: “If it’s dry, wet it; if it’s wet, dry it.” In recent decades,another truism has been added: “If it’s fair, shield it; if it’s dark,you’re probably very fortunate.” That’s because your melanin pro-tects you from skin cancers, wrinkling, and keeps you

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Here are some skin facts you can use to impress your friends and family: Skin is your heaviest organ. It accounts for about 15 percent of your body weight.That means that the skin of a 400-pound sumo wrestler can weigh in at as muchas 60 pounds! The skin of an average adult woman weighs about 20 pounds. The thickness of the average epidermis varies from 0.5 millimeters on your eyelidsto 4.0

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Your dermis, the layer of skin that lies just under your epidermis,has an intimate relationship with your epidermis. It comes equippedwith sensory nerves, sweat glands, blood vessels, and hair follicles.It nourishes the epidermis by providing gases such as oxygen andcarbon dioxide, which reach the epidermis by diffusing through thebasement membrane. The epidermis can’t survive without thedermis,

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In This ChapterPeeling back the layersFinding ways to keep your skin in shapeDo you know what the biggest organ in your body is? It’s notyour brain, and it’s not your large intestine. Give up? The sub-ject of this book may have given the answer away, so I’ll suspendany further guesswork and tell you: It’s your skin. That’s right; yourskin is an organ (just like your heart, lungs, and liver).

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For those of you who are squeamish or are dog lovers, skip to the next paragraph.Seventeenth-century Britons were as concerned about pimples as we are today.According to an old manuscript of home remedies that was recently discovered,people with acne were advised to cut the heads off two puppies, hang them up bytheir heels to bleed, collect the blood, mix the blood with white wine, and apply

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If you have acne in the 21st century, you’re fortunate. Why?Because there are so many great ways to treat it and there aremany more to come. But there are no quick cures for acne; in fact,there aren’t really any cures. The goal of treatment is to manageyour acne, help control it, prevent it from scarring, and help youlook your best. The truth is that acne tends to heal itself over time,but the

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Whether you’re a teenager who is noticing acne for the first time or an adult who antic-ipated permanently waving goodbye to it forever, you’re in good company. The careersof Cameron Diaz, P. Diddy, Jessica Simpson, Alicia Keyes, Mike Myers, and VanessaWilliams have thrived despite their continuing complexion problems with acne.And think about some of those rugged faces from the silver screen.

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In this part . . .This is the place to start for the full story on acne. I giveyou an overview of the condition — its causes andappearance — and provide a few pointers on determiningif you can treat it yourself with over-the-counter productsor if it’s time to call in a dermatologist. Then, I introduceyou to the parts and functions of your skin, along with tipson caring for this vital organ.

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How This Book Is OrganizedAcne For Dummies is organized into seven major parts — thefollowing sections give a quick rundown on what you’ll find in eachof them. You don’t have to read this book cover to cover (althoughI wouldn’t mind if you did). You can just jump in anywhere you likebecause each section is self-contained.Part I: Facing Up to AcneIn Part I of this book, I give you the essentials

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About This BookAcne For Dummies is intended as a reference for people who haveteenage acne, adult acne, and other acnelike conditions such asrosacea and razor bumps.When I reviewed the existing books on acne that are intended forthe general public, I discovered that most of them offer limited,and at times misleading, information. Many adopt a self-servingmanner selling products or trying to prove

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IntroductionAcne — it’s not exactly a subject that you like to talk aboutevery day. At social events, you do your best to concealit under makeup (although if you’re a man, makeup is usuallynot a realistic option). For kids, acne is more than just a stage ofadolescence — it’s the pits! In fact, acne can be a problem forpeople of any age. Even newborns and seniors can develop acne!Americans

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About the AuthorHerbert P. Goodheart, MD, has been in the private practice ofdermatology for over 25 years. He is a fellow of the AmericanAcademy of Dermatology and a member of the Greater New YorkDermatological Society. For 20 years, Dr. Goodheart was an AssistantClinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Dermatology at theAlbert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, New York, and is now

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Many oral contraceptives have been studied in the treatment of acne (Table 3).These include those containing ethinyl estradiol in combination with cyproter-one acetate (Diane, Dianette), ethynodiol diacetate (Demulen), levonorgestrel(TriPhasil, Alesse), norgestimate (Ortho Tri-Cyclenw), desogesterel (Desogen),and drosperinone (Yasmin, Yaz). Numerous studies point to the efficacy ofethinyl

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Once the decision has been made to initiate hormonal therapy, the various optionsto choose from include: (i) androgen receptor blockers, or antiandrogens (this classof drugs block the effect of androgens on the sebaceous gland); (ii) inhibitors ofandrogen production by the ovary or adrenal gland such as oral contraceptivesor glucocorticosteroids, respectively; or (iii) in the future, it may be

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ESTROGENS IN ACNEVery little is known about the role of estrogens inmodulating sebumproduction.Anyestrogen given systemically in sufficient amounts will decrease sebum production.The dose of estrogen required to suppress sebum production, however, is greaterthan the dose required to suppress ovulation (27). The major active estrogen is estra-diol, which is produced from testosterone by the action

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INTRODUCTIONThe effects of hormones in acne are most notable in women. Androgens such asdihydrotestosterone (DHT) and testosterone, the adrenal precursor dehydroepian-drosterone sulfate (DHEAS), estrogen, and other hormones, including growthhormone or insulin-like growth factors (IGFs), may each be important. It is likelythat the hormones affecting the sebaceous gland are both taken up from

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These references were used in the collection of the information published in previous posts ,go back to them if you need to make sure of something or need more information.1. Kligman AM. An overview of acne. J Invest Dermatol 1974; 62:268–287.2. Blair C, Lewis CA. The pigment of comedones. Br J Dermatol 1970; 82:572–583.3. Marks R, Dawber RPR. Skin surface biopsy: an improved technique for

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The presence of elevated immunity to P. acnes may be the factor that determinesthe severity of a patient’s acne. Other potential explanations such as elevatedandrogens and subsequent increased sebum secretion clearly may play a role indetermining acne severity, but their influence is probably not the primary issue.It is known that virilized women may have more severe acne (44), but not

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BACTERIAL FACTORSThe skin microflora is greatly influenced by the onset of puberty. Before this hormonalflood, the sebaceous gland is inactive and bacterial populations are low. The arrival of alipid product with about 50% triglyceride on the skin greatly stimulates bacterialgrowth and selects bacteria that can effectively metabolize triglycerides. A oncesterile follicle becomes the residence of P.

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INTRODUCTIONAcne is an extremely complex disease with elements of pathogenesis involvingdefects in epidermal keratinization, androgen secretion, sebaceous function,bacterial growth, inflammation, and immunity. In the past 30 years, much hasbeen worked out, and we now have a fairly detailed understanding of the eventsthat result in an acne pimple, although there is also much left to be

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As well as differing in terms of their course, skin conditions also differ with respectto their onset. There are twomain types of skin condition onset, namely congenitaland acquired.CongenitalCongenital conditions are those that are present at birth. Conditions that arepresent at birth are usually the result of genetic inheritance and include conditionssuch as port-wine stains and albinism. Some

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As is case with most illnesses, the manner inwhich a skin disease is acquired, and the course itwill run, can significantly affect the way a personadjusts to their condition. In Chapter 2 wediscussed many of the mythical lay beliefs on skindisease. In this chapter we look at the facts aboutskin disease, focusing on the definition, causes,prevalence and treatment of well-knownconditions as well as

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The extent to which a patient will feel stigmatised will often depend on the natureof the skin condition and the beliefs associated with it. Social stigma refers to theprocess by which a person’s behaviour or appearance is considered to be deviantby others and leads to prejudicial thoughts, utterances or behaviours. Dani, a48-year-old mother of two with vitiligo describes her experience of stigma

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Unlike conditions such as cancer and HIV, which are ranked high on the list ofmedical problems in terms of public awareness, dermatological conditions rarelyreceive attention in public health campaigns and so their effect on people’s livestends to be underrated. Furthermore, this lack of awareness means that less isknown about the causes and consequences of skin diseases as compared to other,more

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Castor Oil/ HOT Steam Method for opening the Pores of the Skin. What you will need: Small bottle of castor oil (available at any drug or grocery/healthfood store), wash cloth and hot water. This is very effective for facial acne and wasrecommended to me by a dermatologist believe it or not! It is great if used in conjunction with the apple fast but can be used alone.Instructions:Daily and

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Candida Yeast Infection“Nutrition Method”I also know that if you are regularly consuming a high concentration of processed food,you may have to do two or three of these diets over a period of 3-5 months to get thegreatest benefit. The naturally occurring yeast Candida Albicans in our bodies often enhances our acneproblems. I learned this personally, and it is one of the reasons you can have so

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I found over the years through working with other people that there are three things thatcontribute to acne:1) Poor elimination of waste from the bowel (primary).2) Dry built up skin blocking the pores from over drying products.3) Overgrowth of Candida Albicans yeast putting toxins in the body and blood stream.Drying agents and over-the-counter products didn' t do the trick, either. In fact,

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What to expect: By the end of day 2, you could notice your acne calming down a little. Ihad no new sores appearing and the cystic bumps calmed some. I felt "lighter" as well. Some folks actually see their acne “ act up” a little more the second and third day. THISIS NORMAL! It means you are affecting your acne and is reflective of your systemreacting. Most of you will not see it get worse

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A few of you may have very resistant acne. If you have completed the apple fastaccording to instructions and still have a lot of sores, you will want to continue with thealternative methods because the apple fast did work. You may need to do the apple fast again a couple of times over a 3-month period. Eachtime you will be removing more of what is causing your problems. Once you have completely

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One of the unpleasant ramifications of acne is the resulting scarring that can occur. Thisis particularly the case where you have cystic acne as I did.Once the acne is cleared, it often leaves behind pockmarks, red broken veins, and evendeep thickened skin in the form of impressions. These small indentations cause anuneven reflection of light and so the marks look darker and worse than they

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It may take some time to find one that works best for you so please be patient and be positive,we will talk now about the OTC which means over the counter drugs that u can buy from any nearby pharmacy and some may not do the trick and others may cause irritation.so please be careful.The most popular OTC acne-fighting ingredient is benzoyl peroxide which is found in most of the effective acne

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You need to understand what is acne at first in order to prevent it ,acne is not caused by dirty skin. eating chocolate, or drinking lots of soda.Oil glands become stimulated when hormones become active during puberty and these overactive oil glands in the skin and an accumulation of oil, dead skin cells, and bacteria, which leads to inflammation in pores is the real cause of acne. Try

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