Pimples are tiny skin lesions or inflammations of the skin. They usually develop after blackheads or whiteheads become clogged and infected. They may appear as deeper lumps (cysts or nodules) on the face, neck, chest, back and sometimes shoulders. Before we begin to learn about how to prevent acne and pimples it is important to [...]
The best way to prevent any acne scars from forming is to prevent acne in the first place. However it is not always possible. The clogged pimple leaves behind bacterial debris which then erupts down into the deeper layer of the skin. As our body struggles to remove this foreign debris with an inflammatory response, [...]
Oily skin can cause pimples, zits, rough pores, blackheads and other embarrassing blemishes. For a teenager, this condition can be an emotional rollercoaster! While it’s not exactly the end of the world to get a pimple or skin rash, oily skin treatment is important for a person’s self-confidence in this society that puts a high [...]
Social Impact Many acne sufferers tend to isolate themselves from society and choose not to socialize with friends. Why? Because acne sufferers are plagued with feelings of depression, embarrassment and have a poor body image. This then leads to frustration, anger and severe depression. These negative psychological effects can have a very crippling impact on [...]
Pimples are tiny skin lesions or inflammations of the skin. They usually develop after blackheads or whiteheads become clogged and infected. They may appear as deeper lumps (cysts or nodules) on the face, neck, chest, back and sometimes shoulders. Before we begin to learn about how to prevent acne and pimples it is important to [...]
Acne treatments have not changed much over the last few decades, and most popular anti-acne products still use harsh chemicals such as Benzoyl Peroxide as their active ingredient. While many of us associate all-natural or organic skin care treatments as less effective, recent discoveries have made science open their eyes to a substance known as [...]
For many acne sufferers, the scars left behind by the condition pose as much problem as the papules and blackheads themselves. While papules and blackheads can, to a certain extent, be cleared by a rigorous facial cleansing regime, there is no such short cut possible when it comes to the scars. Some people have skin [...]
Many acne sufferers today have the same problem as sufferers have been complaining about for years. The complaint is something along the lines of “I can get my acne to clear up for weeks at a time, but it just keeps coming back, and I have to spend more money on treating it.”. There is [...]
The problem of acne is not a new one, and yet we find ourselves at the end of the first decade of the twenty-first century still without a genuine, permanent cure for the condition. Acne is a problem which persists for a large number of sufferers due to the lack of strong, substantial research aimed [...]
The condition known to most of us simply as “acne” is actually an outward symptom of a largely internal condition known as Acne vulgaris. This condition is something which affects the sufferer’s skin and causes “breakouts” of outward skin problems which are occasionally inflamed, and often painful. The difficulty caused by acne is that it [...]