Knowing the Types for Acne

Understanding what acne is, what it does, and the different kinds can help you prevent it.
All types of acne develop in the same way, however they can affect people differently and have different appearances.

Follicles become clogged creating a comedo, which is called acne.
When the hair follicles become blocked with dead cells and oil they form a comedo that becomes inflamed and discolored.
The different kinds of acne have different types of treatment plans.

A closed comedo, commonly know as a whitehead is a non-inflammatory type of acne. Whiteheads are small bumps that develop under the skin from blocked hair follicles. They do not break the surface.

If the comedo breaks the surface ii is a blackhead. These are inflamed and have discoloration, also known as an open comedo.
Melanin is what caused the discoloration not dirt. Another name for an inflammatory type of acne is a
blackhead.

Papules are firm, pink bumps, and small. They are the mildest type of inflammatory acne and show up on the surface.
Often papules are sore and tender. They are considered the first step toward inflammatory acne from
non-inflammatory.

Pustules are round lesions that are similar to a papule. Pustules are visibly, clearly inflamed, and filled with pus. This is where they differ from papules. Pustules will have a white or yellow filled center that appears red in color. There may be very little bacteria in a pustule, what pus is there is from the excess sebum, dead cells and irritation.

A very painful form of acne is cysts or nodular. Nodules are deep in the tissue of the skin, which are inflamed and contain pus. When the comedo ruptures the surround skin and tissues become infected, the body's defense mechanism reacts and produces pus.

The worse form of acne will last for weeks or months, hardening and becoming a cyst. Cysts
and nodules will leave deep scars on the body.

Acne conglobata develops on the chest, buttocks, and back, it is an inflammatory acne and extremely rare. The symptoms are pustules, cysts, and nodules with sever infection from
bacteria.

Topical cosmetic can cause mild forms of cosmetic acne.
Local infection will occur with small red bumps on the body where the cosmetics were applied. The symptoms may take several weeks to develop but generally do not create scars.
If you do not eliminate the cause of the inflammation it will persist until the product is discover and use is stopped.

Understanding the type of acne is the only way to find a treatment.


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