What is acne

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Acne is often said to acne, there is a close relationship with age, I had a lot of acne in adolescence, correct treatment, recovery is very fast. Let's see what acne is.

What is acne

First of all: acne, commonly known as acne, is a kind of infectious inflammation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands. It mainly occurs in teenagers and has a great influence on their psychology and social life. However, it can be relieved or recovered naturally after puberty. The clinical manifestations are characterized by acne, papules, pustules, nodules and other pleomorphic lesions.

Secondly, the occurrence of acne is closely related to excessive sebum secretion, blockage of hair follicle sebaceous duct, bacterial infection and inflammatory reaction. After puberty, the level of androgen, especially testosterone, increases rapidly, which promotes the development of sebaceous glands and produces a lot of sebum.

Finally: according to the characteristics of adolescent onset, skin lesions distributed on the face and chest back, mainly manifested as pleomorphic lesions such as white head, blackhead acne, inflammatory papules, pustules, etc., it is easy to diagnose clinically, and usually does not need to do other examinations. Sometimes it needs to be differentiated from rosacea, facial disseminated miliary lupus erythematosus and sebaceous adenoma.

matters needing attention

Don't squeeze yourself with your hands when you have acne. You can't button it off with your hands when you have scab. Don't eat spicy food or less. Your daily life should be normal. Usually to develop good habits of work and rest, maintain a good attitude, for the improvement of acne has a good effect.