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Many people suffer from acne and they aren’t exactly sure how to treat it. It’s deeply agonizing and disturbing for many especially the adolescents.
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- 3. Acne is a common skin condition that mainly appears during your teenage years, when hormone levels are changing www.acne-aricles.com
- 4. Acne is caused by: • • • • • • • • • • family/genetic history oily cosmetics stress diet hot weather exposure to some chemicals Vitamin A and Vitamin E deficiency poor hygiene use of anabolic steroids puberty and menstrual cycles www.acne-aricles.com
- 6. What is a follicle? • Our skin is covered with very small holes, called follicles • Each follicle has a fine hair growing out of it • The follicle produces a special moisturiser for the skin, called sebum, that flows out along the hair www.acne-aricles.com
- 7. Diagram of a hair follicle www.acne-aricles.com
- 8. What goes wrong? • Sometimes the follicle gets filled with dried out oil and dead skin • Sebum builds up • Blackheads form www.acne-aricles.com
- 9. This is what blackheads look like www.acne-aricles.com
- 10. So how do blackheads turn into acne? www.acne-aricles.com
- 11. trapped sebum (blackhead) infected with bacteria red pus-filled spots of acne erupt www.acne-aricles.com
- 13. Acne usually occurs on the face, arms, chest, neck and back www.acne-aricles.com
- 14. The Shameful Condition Many people tease those with acne Hey, there’s Pizza-face! Look at Katie! She’s never going to get a boyfriend. That is SO revolting: You must be so embarrassed www.acne-aricles.com
- 15. Tired of experimenting with your skin www.acne-aricles.com
- 16. Find Tips That Will Help You Defeat Acne www.acne-aricles.com
- 17. What would you say/do to someone with acne? Would you be their friend? Why/why not? www.acne-aricles.com
- 18. People with acne can: • • • • • have very low self esteem feel unattractive be bullied by their peers become depressed consider suicide www.acne-aricles.com
- 19. How would YOU help make their world more colourful? www.acne-aricles.com
- 20. Sometimes acne can be cleared by regular washing and special acne treatments. www.acne-aricles.com
- 21. Most treatments aim to: • Help clear dead skin • Help clear blackheads • This allows sebum to move freely again • The spots heal www.acne-aricles.com
- 22. Some treatments include: Pills Creams Dermatologists & GPs Skin Centres www.acne-aricles.com
- 23. And here’s some more… www.acne-aricles.com
- 24. Lotions Heat Skin Centres Antibiotics Benzoyl Peroxide Dermabrasion Hormonal Treatments Over-the-counter pills Detoxification Retinoids Erythromycin Erythromycin FREE TRIAL! Triclosan Phototherapy Creams Celebrity Endorsements Surgical Surgical Lancing Lancing Zinc Organic creams Tetracycline Laser treatment Salicylic Salicylic Acid Acid Isotretinoin Sulphur Sulphur Clearasil Proactiv www.acne-aricles.com
- 27. Sometimes it’s just a matter of time. www.acne-aricles.com
- 28. Google the word ‘acne’ and see how many treatments come up • Why do you think there are so many? • Can you think of something else where there are many alternative products? • Why might this be so? www.acne-aricles.com
- 29. Summary • There are many causes for acne, including family history and diet • Our skin has tiny holes in it, that are called follicles • The follicles produce sebum, to help moisturise the skin • Acne is caused by sebum in the hair follicle becoming infected www.acne-aricles.com