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Acne, bumps or pimples, you name it, is caused by the blockage of skin pores, ie the accumulation of fat and dead cells that are generated faster than they can be eliminated.

It usually begins in the pre-puberty, when levels of androgens that produce growth of the sebaceous glands of the skin with a consequent increase of sebum on the face, chest and back. The fundamental lesion in acne vulgaris is the comedo pimple or caused by retention of sebum within the pilosebaceous follicle. The blockage causes a follicle bulge causing white spots and the top of the obstruction can cause dark spots.

Acne is classified by the type of injuries to comedones and mild seborrhea, mild when present papulo severe inflammatory pustules and the presence of nodules and cysts. If the obstruction causes a break in the follicle wall, dead cells, fat and bacteria, normally found on the surface of the skin, can penetrate and form small infected areas called pustules, if these infected areas are deep in the skin may increase in size until it forms firm, painful cysts.

The importance of acne treatment is to reduce and prevent scar formation and excessive skin coloration and reduce the negative psychological effects that affect the self-producing social inhibition, depression and / or anxiety. There are many products available for the treatment of acne, many with unproven effects scientifically. The effectiveness of all treatments for acne can be evaluated just after 6 to 8 weeks of starting, most patients will see a 40% improvement after 2 months of treatment, 60% at 4 months and 80% or more at 6 months.

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What is acne?
Acne, also known as pimples, is the result of excess oil produced by glands in the skin, which is reflected in the face with outbreaks. Acne is usually a condition affecting all ages and both sexes, is common in adolescence, although not all teenagers suffer from it. This depends, often, genetics or the circumstances of each agency. This excessive production of fat can be caused by several factors:

Causes of acne
• hormonal imbalance: the hormones act to produce high amounts of natural oils. Heredity is a factor contributing to hormonal imbalance. During adolescence and menstruation have great movement hormonal, so during such acne is more likely to sprout.
• Medications: birth control pills or steroids, which influence the motion hormone can lead to acne.
• Cosmetics Chemicals: cosmetics containing mineral oils may trigger acne. We must prefer unquestionably natural cosmetics and always use them sparingly.
• Power supply: it is believed that eating chocolate or greasy products conducive to acne. But this has not been proven.

• Emotions and tension depression or stress: emotional stress, depression or affect the production of glandular secretions.

Natural treatments for acne. All of these remedies, but you seem very snecillos, are powerful elements together to fight acne:
* RELAXATION: If you suffer from acne, the first thing you should do is try to relax as much as possible and not see the problem as a monster. If you see well, you feel bad about yourself, you disapprove it and reject your image, which substantially affects your mood and could lead to more acne. So try, whenever you feel despair or anger about this condition, thinking that you’re taking action on the matter, and that soon your face will start to look better looking. Just give him time to acts of nature.
* NATUROPATHY: to prevent the infection from spreading, you have to use towels, cotton balls and clean cloths soaked in water hamammelis. The rose water is good tonic too.

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