It's a disorder of the empty hair follicle where the replicating cells in the follicle don't empty properly and dead skin cells get mixed up with skin oil glands and get plugged up. He recommends using a retinoid gel instead of the newer cosmetic strips now in vogue. And picking at your acne is not an option. It only leads to scarring. A recent article in The Medical Post brings news of teens and migraine headaches, a condition that is different from tension-type headaches.
Experts say the stress of school is a key factor to why more teens seem prone to headaches.
While headaches are suffered equally among girls and boys until puberty, once girls hit puberty they have three times the number of headaches as boys. Headaches in kids should not only be treated, the article says, but properly diagnosed as to the exact type of headache the child is suffering from. Meanwhile, a study published in a recent issue of The Journal Of The American Medical Association found that teens who come from households where members never smoked were more likely not to smoke themselves. While experts grapple with strategies that might reduce smoking in youths, this study suggests that interventions that target adults as well as youths might offer a new public health approach. Click Here to make suggestions, comments about C-Health.