Contents:
- Medical Video: Doctors Answer Commonly Googled Questions About Skin Care
- How do zits form on the skin?
- What causes acne?
- How to treat zits?
- How do you treat and prevent zits?
Medical Video: Doctors Answer Commonly Googled Questions About Skin Care
You may have acne at least once in your life. However, do you know all about acne? For example, what causes acne, how to treat it, or how to prevent it? This article will provide some basic information about acne. Let's see.
How do zits form on the skin?
Sometimes, during puberty or when hormonal changes occur, you can get pimples.
When hair cells, skin cells, and excess oil from oil glands mix into one and block hair follicles (pores), a blockage occurs. The bacteria in the blockage causes swelling under the skin. If the blockage is complete, a nodule appears. That's acne. Acne mostly comes from clogged pores.
What causes acne?
The exact cause of acne is unknown. However, there are several factors that can cause acne.
- You are most prone to acne during adolescence because your hormones change, oil glands in the skin begin to produce more oil than is needed. Excess oil makes the skin vulnerable to acne.
- Other conditions for hormonal changes, such as during pregnancy, or using birth control pills.
- Family history: if your parents have acne, you are more likely to have acne.
- When you use several types of drugs; acne can appear as a side effect.
- You can get pimples due to make-up. Dressing up with products that contain oil can clog your pores.
How to treat zits?
Acne can be effectively controlled by some home care or medical treatment. The goals of treatment are:
- repair a nodule
- prevent new recurrences of acne growth
- prevent acne from sticking
- treat emotional problems
Some common types of treatment are:
- Skin care: This is very important. You must protect the skin before becoming acne. Keep the skin clean and moist.
- Over-the-counter medicines: Some drugs can be used topically or orally to reduce inflammation, redness, pain, and minimize acne scars. Some over-the-counter drugs include ibuprofen, acetaminofen.
- Prescription drugs. You may need to use prescription drugs if over-the-counter drugs don't work. This will depend on your doctor or dermatologist.
- Surgery: surgery can sometimes be recommended to remove acne scars and cure acne lesions. Surgery is used for severe acne.
How do you treat and prevent zits?
You can feel that treating acne and acne scars is complicated so you want to prevent it from happening. So, what do you want to prevent acne?
- Keep your skin clean. Wash your skin with clean water and mild soap twice a day — after you wake up and before you sleep. Water must be lukewarm. You also have to clean the skin after exercise, because sweat can contribute to the growth of acne. You should avoid strong soap and rub it strongly. This can make acne get worse. Clean the make-up thoroughly as soon as possible with a special cleanser.
- Keep your hair clean: Wash your hair regularly. Germs from hair can move to the skin.
- Don't squeeze and scrape pimples: Squeezing pimples can cause infection and wounds can form in the infected area.
- Avoid sunburn: Protect your skin with sunscreen. Sunscreen must have SPF 30 or more. UV radiation from the sun can damage the skin, cause sunburn and skin cancer. You may need to wear long-sleeved clothes, trousers and hats to support protection.
- Consult your doctor about treatment methods: You can choose several medical treatments to treat acne effectively and quickly.
Acne is a common skin condition but no one can know fully about acne. However, basic information is available that can help you treat acne and prevent it from appearing.
