Acne Cure

The simple form of acne affects around 90% per cent of teenagers, so demand for acne cure is high.

The greasy skin with blackheads, pus-filled spots, purplish-red lumps and possibly scarring that characterizes acne is more common in boys and may run on families. Acne mainly affects the face, chest and back. Acne is caused by blockage and inflammation of the grease glands in the skin.

Our skin contains grease (sebaceous) glands that secrete an oily substance (sebum) to keep the skin supple and moist. If the exits from these glands become blocked, sebum bursts into the deeper layers of skin. Here it is highly irritant and causes inflammation, which can become infected. The result is pus-filled spots, blemishes and the classical tender, purplish lumps of acne. When the lumps heal, scars and pitting may be left behind.

Acne is graded in stages of severity:

Stage 1: oily skin with blackheads
Stage 2: Stage 1 with pus-filled spots
Stage 3: Stage 2 with deep, tender, hard purplish lumps
Stage 4: Stage 3 with pitted and scarred skin.

With no sign of a cure on the horizon, it is up to you to deal with the outbreaks of spots that can damage your looks and your self-esteem long past adolescence.