Acne - Causes and Home Remedies

By: Alien Sheng Posted on: 2007-01-29 ** Print Article ** ** Copy Article ** - Category Feed

Article Summary: Acne Scars are the marks or pimples caused when the hair pores on the skin become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. Any color change or skin defect still present after 1 year is considered to be a permanent scar. It is one of most common skin conditions in the world.

Acne

Acne Scars are the marks or pimples caused when the hair pores on the skin become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. Any color change or skin defect still present after 1 year is considered to be a permanent scar. It is one of most common skin conditions in the world. It is now afflicting 40 to 50 million Americans.

Acne includes whiteheads, blackheads, pimples, cysts and nodules. They may occur anywhere on the body. However, acne most often appears in areas where there is a high concentration of sebaceous glands, like on the face, neck, chest, shoulders and upper back.

Acne scars result from two types of tissue response to the inflammation of acne :-

(1) Increased tissue formation, and
(2) Loss of tissue.

Causes of Acne

Actual cause of acne is unknown. Doctors believe it results from several related factors. It has no proper cause that doctors believe that it has there own cause. One important factor is an increase in hormones called androgens which are male sex hormones, primarily testosterone, certainly play a large role. It is mainly occur in teenager.
Some researcher also believe that there are three man factors contribute to the formation of acne :
• Overproduction of oil (sebum)
• Irregular shedding of dead skin cells resulting in irritation of the hair follicles of your skin
• Buildup of bacteria

A number of other factors, most importantly heredity, are also important. If one of your parents had acne, there's a good chance you will, too.

Home Remedies for Acne

1. Use orange peel pounded well with water and then applied it to affected acne areas.
2. Take cucumber leaves and then grated it into small pieces and then apply to area for acne cure.
3. Rub the acne with a fresh cut clove of garlic.
4. Drinking at least 1 liter of water every day to a healthy glow to the skin.
5. A paste of Fenugreek (Methi) leaves applied overnight on acne and washed off next morning.
6. Use ordinary hygiene on affected areas, washing your face once or twice daily with your usual soap or cleanser. Deodorant soaps may be used, but they are of no particular value for acne.
7. Do not touch, pick, or squeeze the pimple. It can cause even more redness. If your hands are dirty, it can also make the pimple worse.
8. The redness can be covered up by make-up. The make-up should have green pigment (color) as its base.
9. Extract juice of one lemon and mix with equal quantity of rose water. Apply this mixture on your face and let it stay about half an hour. Wash the face with fresh water. Do it regularly about 15 days application should provide the cure.

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