Acne, the most common term known to everybody is troublesome situation that may harm the body but surely hurts one’s emotions! Appearance is what all matters and nowadays, a person with dull face stands nowhere. Acne, ruins up the beauty of the face and therefore, one hast to take care of it.
To prevent acne, one must know how they are and why are they form? Here are all the causes that cause acne.
Most common causes
During puberty, the production of male sex hormone (called as androgens) would increase in both girls and boys that, in turn, stimulate the sebaceous glands producing more sebum. In some persons, the sebaceous glands are very sensitive to androgens. Such people, mostly men, get acne very severely that they require medical attention. When there is increased production of sebum, it will make the openings of the sebaceous glands minute that will prevent the sebum to come out. In the meantime, the sebum production will continue regardless.
Pimples can be often caused by Propionebacterium acnes, common bacteria on the skin that feed on sebum. These bacteria produce waste products and fatty acids that further bother and annoy the sebaceous glands and finally force them to inflame.
Points to remember
Here are some points to be remembered as causes of acne
- To work in a damp environments with sticky substances like oils, grease and other chemical products
- Having too stressed or emotional tensed.
- To squeeze or pick the pimples is the causative factor for other pimples
- During menstrual periods.
- Certain medications and chemicals.
But why on the face more than anywhere else in the body
One may wonder that why does acne have to be on your most important and beautiful part of the body - the face, and not on anywhere else like, say...the sole!!! Well, the latter question got answer in the human body itself. It is due to the oily glands in the skin those are concentrated in the T-zone i.e. mostly onto the face. However, you also have this on chest, the back, and the shoulders. Though, nobody knows for sure the appropriate causes for acne. The medical and health experts only about some of the elements those influence its development and they are as follow:
- The heredity
- If you have some oily skin or hair
- When there is an increased production of male hormones during puberty
- When there is hormonal imbalance in women
- Could be because of some prescription medications
- Due to some cosmetics containing chemicals and vegetable oils
- During the periods of high stress, and
- Probably because of some nutritional deficiencies.
All acne falls under the disorder of the pilosebaceous unit that is made up of a hair follicles, sebaceous glands, and hairs. Such units are found everywhere i.e. throughout body except on the palm, sole, top of the feet, and a lower lip. There are plenty of pilosebaceous units present on the face, upper neck region and also at torso. Sebaceous glands make substance called sebum that is responsible to keep the skin and hair moist. During adolescence period, sebaceous gland enlarges and produces more sebum under the regulation of certain hormones also known as androgens. After about age of 20, the sebum production would begin to decrease. Hair follicles play significant role in cause of acne –
The normal Follicles for acne cause
Sebum that is produced by the sebaceous glands combine with cells being gotten rid of within the hair follicles and fill-up the hair follicles. When the follicles are full, the sebum then spreads over the skin surface and gives the skin oily appearance or oily look. When such process works appropriately, the skin gets moisturized and stays healthy.
Obstructed Follicles for acne cause
Problems start appearing when the sebum gets trapped inside the hair follicles. For reasons that are still not cleared, some hair follicles become blocked. The sebum is produced but then it is trapped while coming out, and the cells those are normally gotten rid off become gluey, plugging up the follicles. The process of such obstructions of follicles is known as comedogenesis. It will cause some follicles forming a type of acne called comedones and they are popularly known as blackheads and whiteheads.
