What You Need to Learn about Adult Acne
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If you believe that acne is only for teens or may only be experienced during adolescent years, then you should change that belief. In reality, there is also a condition called adult acne which may be found in adults aging around 20 years and above. Adult acne may be treated through a number of ways so do not think that you are doomed with acne forever.
Teen acne and adult acne can both be referred to by the medical term: acne vulgaris. This is different from the condition called acne rosacea (extreme redness of the skin). Before treating adult acne, it is better to understand first what it really is.
Acne starts first when a pimple or a comedo as doctors call it is formed. A pimple is described simply as skin debris, fat and oil that clog our hair duct. Its “open type” is commonly called a blackhead while when the pores are closed, it will be considered as a whitehead. Whiteheads are the ones responsible for making the hair duct walls burst leading into infection and redness and the main enemy acne.
It is said that in terms of acne scarring, males would be the ones to suffer most but in terms of developing adult acne, females are more susceptible to it. It has also been believed that the biggest factor in adult acne development is poor hygiene. However, the truth is that there are other factors that cause adult acne especially when the factors are present all at the same time: excess oil secretion due to abnormal hormones, infection, frequent washing as well as abnormal closure of the hair duct.
How do we treat adult acne? Adult acne treatment is usually termed by dermatologists as acne surgery. This is because the skin experts use a sterile instrument in pricking or squeezing pimples and acne. The special instrument has been designed in such a way that it would not cause the spread of acne and infection. Do not squeeze adult acne or even pimples all by yourself at home as this would result to scars and even infection that would cause the acne to spread.
There are also adult acne treatment products that are available in drugstores that you can check out. Just a reminder though that there are a lot of products to choose from and you have to know which would suit you best because those products are not all applicable to the type of acne you have.
Visit the dermatologist if you want to be sure. A dermatologist will be able to examine you and have knowledge on the kind of adult acne that you have and would definitely know which product or medication would help you get rid of adult acne. It may be costly to go to a dermatologist but is would even be more expensive if you keep on buying one product from another from your local drugstore with none of them working because of the fact that they were not made for your adult acne.
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