Comedones, pustules… How to have their skin?

Comedones, pustules… How to have their skin?
Few things can waste adolescence as much as the acne. Generally surface and benign, it can take serious major forms requiring intensive and prolonged treatments.

The acne is caused by the ignition of sébacées glands of the skin. It is the most common problem of skin whatever the age bracket. It affects approximately 85% of the teenagers. In 30% of the cases, the acne persists until the adulthood. Although there does not exist miracle solution against the acne, of many treatments are able to stop the various stages responsible for this problem. 

Principal lesions
Surface lesions
They start with the black spot or comedo, which corresponds to the obstruction of a small channel draining the sebum. This sebum is secreted by sébacées glands of the skin at the time of the hormonal changes of puberty. The black spot reddens, surmounted by a point of white color. 

Major lesions
Several buttons of acne meet to form true pustules. Elsewhere, one attends the formation of cysts and abscess.

The areas reached are the face, the shoulders, the back and sometimes the chest. 

What you should not especially do

To press the buttons between the fingers or to scrape them. The inflammatory and infected lesions are likely to extend in the vicinity;
To daily attack the skin with alcoholic or sulfur solutions. These treatments are certainly effective on the blow, but it is only one supplement to use time with other;
To use with any end of field the car-comedones;
To apply cortisone locally. They is useless, even dangerous;
To worsen the acne by cosmetics, in particular the fatty creams. Proscribe also the abrasive soaps.
Initially look after your skin by sparing it

Degrease the skin with oils of sweet almond, solutions moderately camphorated, sprays disinfectants;
Made your toilet with soft soaps;
Use the sulfur with precaution and of time to other;
Take vitamins regularly has, H, B6;
You can take the sun, but reasonably;
For the young girls, treat your skin at the time of the rules;
The problems of acne can disturb the teenagers who suffer from it. If the thorough ones are important, will know on the one hand that the basic treatments exist and on the other hand that it can be useful to propose with the teenager a psychological support;
The food does not have any effect on the pushes of acne, not more than sexuality.
The treatment must be well followed
Small local interventions on the pustules, of the meetings of ultraviolet rays, antibiotics of the family of the tétracyclines are usually prescribed. 

The topics with benzoyl peroxide are on sale free with 5%, and associations sulfide-resorcinol.

The problem of the isotrétinoïne
This modern and effective drug on the resistant acnes, is however completely interdict with the expectant mother. Contraception is obligatory one month front, during the treatment, and a month after the stop of this one. The treatment can be long and it tends to desiccate the mucous membranes.

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