Acne Pimple Treatment
As if acne weren’t enough! Occasionally, acne vulgaris is accompanied by other bothersome skin conditions. Some are simply unpleasant tagalongs, like dandruff; some may actually be mistaken for acne, but require a different course of treatment. Of course, only your dermatologist can make a conclusive diagnosis. But learning a little about these conditions may help you formulate questions for your doctor.
 Whiteheads occur due to sebum, oils and cellular fragments, which combine and become rigid to form unbreakable plugs inside the hair follicle. Whiteheads are closed from the top of the skin by the cellular fragments at the follicle opening. Due to the closed top surface, whiteheads are not exposed to oxygen. Oxidization does not take place and the whiteheads do not turn brown. They appear light yellow in color and are also termed as milia. In combination with bacteria, these whiteheads can cause acne and in severe cases lead to cystic acne.
Your acne-prone oily skin will benefit from a good moisturizer but the wrong moisturizer will do more harm than good: greasy feeling skin, blackheads and pimples.
Obviously, choosing the right moisturizer is key. With a little know-how you can pick a moisturizer that will enhance your skin care routine without causing breakouts.
What to do:
It’s a frustrating horror to look in the mirror and realize there’s
a big red pimple on your face especially just before that special event.
Here’s how to get rid of it quickly and safely:
1. Don’t ever pinch, squeeze or pick at a pimple. This only
causes it to become more red and inflamed, and will spread the
bacteria and oils that caused it in the first place, to other
parts of your face! It can also lead to scars.
Squeezing your pimples is not highly recommended but people absolutely refuse to go around with a portruding white-headed zit for the world to see. When done properly, popping a pimple can actually be beneficial to the healing process.
Okay, so you’ve been trying all those over-the-counter products with a zillion chemical ingredients listed at the back which you don’t know how to pronounce, let alone know how it contributes to healing your acne. Most people are left with redness and burns on the skin from trying different products that further aggravated and worsened already existing acne.
Frankly, you may be probably frustrated and are looking to try something non-chemical. There are actually a couple of home-treatments that work wonders. They are very inexpensive and will achieve the same results.
Don’t fall prey to the heresays. There are a ton of acne myths that over time have mislead and misguided many and you should not believe them. You may think a particular diet, stress, anger and frustration would lead to acne. You might have also heard that exposure to sun would cure your acne. All these are false.
