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Acne
Taking care of the skin during adolescence may be rough for many people, but after
reading these next guidelines you will have a better idea of what you’re facing. The
most common skin problem in adolescents is acne, which stands for a disorder in the
skin caused by inflammation of glands and hair follicles. Normally this type of
disorder happens on the face. It is very important that we take care of this due that it
can leave scars and ugly marks if it is not treated. There can be many causes for
acne for example, the amount of oil in your face, heredity, hormones, the things you
eat, etc… but it is very important to take precautions
. When we eat food, we normally process
it but in some cases waste is not
eliminated and it may go to your skin
causing acne to remove it. Hormones may
help produce acne, thanks that you’re
going through changes in your body
(adolescence) you may as a consequence
also have changes in your skin, especially
in your face.
Heredity may be another factor, if you
come from a family where your parents, grandparents and uncles had skin problems
when they were passing through adolescence there is a probability that you may to.
It is in your genes and you can’t change that. Another factor may be amount of oil
that is in our skin, it may produce pimples and breakouts. To fight or to prevent acne
there are some tips that you may follow given by dermatologists, these are some
examples; drink water, it helps to aid in the digestion and in the absorption of food.
Wash your face several times a day with soap to remove oil and dead skin cells.
Stop touching your face with your hands, they contains germs that may affect your
skin. These factors may also help treat the clogging of the skin.
When you buy an acne treatment and you look
at the labels, most of them have an ingredient
named Salicylic, which is also known as
keratolytics that helps to make softer the
epidermis. These types of medicaments may
help you but it all depends on what type of
skin you have. Other medicaments may also
work thanks to the type of skin that you have.
Mostly adolescents could have skin problems
since puberty but what not all people know
that there could be lots of treatments for you
skin for you could prevents does types of
problems. Like applying medical creams or by
using a medical soaps, but one thing that
everybody should remember is that most
people what that they get results fast but they should at least consider that the effect
would be know in three or four months.
Also as we already mention that by doing exercise would be faster to remove acne if
you follow this instructions every time you make exercise carry a small towel to
remove all type of oil or sweat that you make when you are exercising and after you
finish take a shower for you could have remove all the sweat because if you have