Types of Acne - Major Acne Types and Symptoms
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By :
peter hutch
Submitted
2008-10-05 00:00:00 |
Acne is the most common of all skin diseases. Some figure has it that eighty percent of all people between the ages of twelve and twenty-four have some type of acne. It is a disorder of the oil glands in the skin. Contrary to some conventional conceptions, it is a problem suffered not exclusively by teenagers. Some people are plagued their whole lives with constant outbreaks of acne.
While zits or pimples are by far the most frequent form of acne and the one most people are likely to suffer from, you should known that there are other forms as well. The simplest form is acne vulgaris, meaning "common acne". It varies from person to person and can range from the sporadic whitehead or mild outbreak of pink bumps to large and hurting cysts that can be not easy to treat and that can cause scarring.
There are many types of acne. Of the several varieties, the two most common types of acne are whiteheads and blackheads. Other types of acne include: papules, pustules, nodules, and cysts.
Whitehead.
If the plugged follicle stays below the surface of the skin, the lesion is called a whitehead. They usually appear on the skin as small, whitish bumps.
Blackhead.
If the plug enlarges and pushes through the surface of the skin, it's called a blackhead. The plug's dark appearance is not due to dirt, but rather to a buildup of melanin, the skin's dark pigment.
Papule. The mildest form of inflammatory acne is the papule, which appears on the skin as a small, firm pink bump. These can be tender to the touch, and are often considered an intermediary step between non-inflammatory and clearly inflammatory lesions.
Nodules
Nodules are lesions that are large and inflamed and they end deep in the dermis layer of your skin. They usually feel like hard lumps that underneath your skin, and when you have pimples that occur on the surface of your skin, they can actually lead to nodules under the skin. Make sure that you never squeeze these nodules, since the infection is very deep and it may lead to scaring.
Cyst - large and usually very painful, nodules are inflamed, pus-filled lesions lodged deep within the skin. Nodules develop when the contents of a comedo have spilled into the surrounding skin and the local immune system responds, producing pus. The most severe form of acne lesion, nodules may persist for weeks or months, their contents hardening into a deep cyst. Both nodules and cysts often leave deep scars.
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