Not Naturally Healthy

Ahh, acne – the leading cause of awkward dates from ages thirteen and well, up, depending on your skin type. No matter how old you are, you’re never too old for the types of acne, from acne vulgaris to acne rosacea, though that latter one is largely a misnomer. If a part of your body produces oil, then it’s prone to developing acne. This is a large part of your body actually from your chest, face, back and even your upper arms and neck.

Due to the way society, media and even teens themselves view the idea and presence of acne and acne scars – that is as something that ruins looks – psychological issues can crop up, issues that are far more dangerous than the acne itself. Depression and social stunting and withdrawal can be among those painful issues. If not treated it could leave scarring that could lead to pretty much the same thing, especially if a particularly sensitive person suffers from it.

Types of Acne

Acne vulgaris is what you would call the most common among the types of acne that a person can get. It spans the gamut of skin lesions from white and black heads, pustules and cysts among many other things.

Whiteheads come along when one of your pores becomes completely and utterly blocked. This locks in a number of things from dead skin cells to oils and bacteria. These are the ones that regularly provoke some people to just go and pop them – if you’re that kind of person, be sure to find out how to pop one of these bad boys properly. If the pore isn’t choked up completely, it forms a blackhead instead. This acne vulgaris onset, as the previous sentence suggests, is not a matter of dirt. It’s the way your body reacts to that condition.

Papules, aside from sounding French, are little and tender red bumps that don’t have a head. These are the ones that shouldn’t be popped. Pustules take after whiteheads though they are more inflamed than anything else. These are also what most people would call zits and like whiteheads, there’s a specific way of popping them that’s safe for your skin and your health.

There are more severe appearances of acne vulgaris, which includes nodules and cysts. Nodules are actually more painful that the above examples and can last for months on end, with scarring as a common aftereffect. Squeezing or trying to pop one of these is a terrible idea. A dermatologist would be the person for the job. At worst, you could develop a cyst, which is essentially a nodule which is pus filled. Again, the dermatologist, not your fingers and tweezers, should be dealing with it.

Acne Rosacea

Another kind of acne, acne rosacea can actually just called rosacea. It is a chronic or steadily recurring condition that takes on most of your face. The parts of the face that can blush are the parts that can suffer from it, namely your cheeks, forehead, chin and of course, the lower part of your nose. Treatment for acne rosacea is all you get – a cure for this doesn’t exist. This is also the acne for the more mature human being, targeting those between thirty and fifty rather than teens. Rosacea also isn’t a big fan of whiteheads or blackheads, preferring good old pimples.

Over the counter treatment isn’t suggested as it can make it worse rather than better. Oral and topical antibiotics work best as well as properly prepared cortisone can handle the inflammation well.

Avoiding certain things can also keep acne rosacea down. Smoking, aside from all the health reasons to avoid it, is one of those things as well as spicy food. Like a rash, you’re really not supposed to rub or scratch at it as it is a fantastic way of provoking it to greater heights of redness.

Treating it should definitely be on the list for anyone suffering from it as leaving acne rosacea to sit around on your face can lead to something called rhinophyma. This causes your knows to grow just a little bit, turning it red and puffy along with your cheeks. Thick bumps can occur on the nose itself and again, on the cheeks. Luckily for women, men tend to suffer from this a lot more.

True Beauty

Acne, while often viewed as such a horrifying thing that many movies claim that it would ruin a marriage ceremony just by being there, is not evil. It’s not the sign of the devil or the anti-christ. It doesn’t make you ugly and it doesn’t mean that there’s something horribly wrong with you – it’s just the way the body works.