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Some tips to get rid of acne:-

Rinse your face two times a day using a mild soup. Use a sulfur-based soap particularly manufactured for acne. Use soap with benzoyl peroxide if your face is too oily. Try to avoid using rough sponges, brushes, or a face towel or anything rough on your face. Avoid, over-washing your face as it will in fact hasten your sebaceous follicle to bring about a lot of sebum which will step-up or deteriorate your acne.

Acne Disease

Habitual use of yogurt on the face all morning is a very important natural beauty aid. Wash it off after a few minutes with cold water. This will protect the skin condition smooth, healthy and fresh. A concoction of yogurt and lemon juice is ideal for softening hands.

Stay away from wearing makeup if possible. Makeup products can clog your pores, cause more blackheads and pimples. If you have to wear makeup, make sure it is water-based. Be sure to clean your makeup brushes frequently and clean your skin before you sleep. Read the rest of this entry »

Sandal wood and rose water
Take sandal wood powder (at least one tablespoon) and make a paste adding rose water. Apply the paste on the area of your skin affected by acne. Leave it for half an hour and then wash it off. This is a good home remedy.

Baking soda and water
Making paste of baking soda and water, you can apply on your skin (on the area affected by acne). Leaving for fifteen minutes, you can rinse with warm water. Follow with a moisturizer (of course it should be light).

Cucumber Paste
Making a paste out of a fresh cucumber you can apply the paste on the area of your face affected by acne as a mask. After leaving at least for half an hour you can rinse it off. You can try this for several days.

Honey and Cinnamon powder
You can make a paste taking cinnamon powder and adding honey to it. You can apply this paste on the pimples before going to bed and leaving it for overnight. You can wash it with warm water the next morning. If you repeat this for at least fifteen days your pimples may vanish.

Sandal wood powder, turmeric powder and milk
Make a paste taking one teaspoon of sandalwood powder, one teaspoon of turmeric powder and adding milk to the mixture. Apply this paste on the area of your skin affected by acne at least for fifteen days. This is also a very good home remedy.

Author: Surya Narayan Bhattacharya

On the skin of human body there are very small holes or pores called hair follicles. Hair follicles contain sebaceous glands or oil glands.

Acne is a chronic skin disorder caused by changes in skin structures its hair follicles and sebaceous gland mainly due to action of hormones on sebaceous glands during adolescence.

Mostly face and neck are affected by acne. But sometimes chest, back and shoulder are also affected.

Forms, stages and severity of acne

Acne lesions can be severe. Acne lesions may be papule, pustule, nodules comedones etc.

Papule: – It is an inflammatory elevation of the skin without pus.

Pustule: – It is a small inflamed elevation of the skin but it is different from papule as it is filled with pus (a pimple).

Comedones: – When skin pores or hair follicles are plugged with tiny hair, sebum, dead skin cells, dirt etc. then comedones develop. There are two types of comedo (Plural comedones) Black head or open comedo and white head or closed comedo.

1. Black Head: – An open comedo is commonly known as black head because of blackish appearance of the plug in the follicle.
2. White Head: – When the skin pore gets clogged up with sebum, dead skin cells, tiny hair, dirt etc. and bulges out from the skin is called white head (closed comedo) as its color appear to be that of the skin.

Acne is most common in teenagers and occurs during adolescence but in many cases continues into adulthood. No body can predict how long it will take to vanish completely. But in most people acne diminishes overtime and after early twenties it decreases considerably. In some people it may continue till late thirties also.

If not treated properly acne can be severe. Permanent scaring due to severe acne can upset people.

Author: Surya Narayan Bhattacharya