[Acne Treatment] Zit! Don't Pop It

kopas99.blogspot.com - Acne, which is commonly call zits and/or pimples by teenager, can cause tremendous damage to the body and can be very painful. Zits and/or pimples by teenager can cause terrible damage to the body and can be very painful. By squeezing and popping them you can do sever damage to the skin as well as create additional risks of infection.

There are two kinds for pimples, inflammatory and non-inflammatory.
The first is a whitehead also known as a closed comodones. The second is a blackhead also known as an open comodones. These are non inflammatory.

The cause of a whitehead is infected hair follicles. Yes, all people have hair on their faces even females. Enlarged plugs with a black color to them are called blackheads.
These will break through the skin. Papules are tender to the touch and a little pink in color. Pustules are lesions that are round with a yellow center and pink or red around the edge. These are the inflammatory types.

The severest type of acne is a cysts or nodules which are very painful and will scar.

When you try a pop or squeeze a pimple you are damaging the tissue surrounding it and push the bacteria on to the surface tissue as well as deeper into the tissue. The squeezing also damages the hair follicle. By exposing the surface and deeper tissues, you infect other pores.

Squeezing will cause swelling of the surrounding skin. Many manufacture produce blackhead removers. They advertise them on TV, on the Internet, and in print ad's, even though scientific studies show that you should not remove blackheads. If a blackhead is not squeezed the skin will
not become inflamed.

Whiteheads are more damaged when popped or squeezed. Whiteheads are very small and may only be felt on the skin as a roughness, these are also called sandpaper comodones. Whiteheads quickly become inflamed and develop into papule and/or pustule.

Dermatologist should treat whitehead once they naturally develop in to papules and/or pustules. When the inflammatory type of pimples are irritated acne can become sever and damaging. Whiteheads have little content in them but can become very inflamed and an eye sore by simple
squeezing. Your dermatologist can determine the best treatment for your acne. They will decide the treatment plan with medicines as needed. This could include soaps, cleaning methods, diet, and medication.

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