WHAT IS ACNE?
Acne is a Skin Condition that occurs due to the overproduction of oil by oil glands of the skin. the oil that normally lubricates the skin gets trapped in blocked oil ducts and results in what we know as pimples, blackheads, and whiteheads on the surface of skin. Sometimes it also includes deeper skin lesions that are called cysts.
Pimples are small skin swelling that sometimes contains pus.
Blackheads are dark formation on the skin due to an accumulated mixtures of oil and cells in a blocked skin pore.
Cysts are closed sacs beneath teh skin or deeper that contain fluid or semisolid substances.
The areas of the skin that are most susceptiible to acne are those areas that comtain the largest number of oil glands. For example, it is estimated that there are 2,000 oil glands per square inch on the forehead alone. The face, chest, shoulders, and back are the areas with the highest population of oil glands.
