It is a flexible, elastic organ that conserves your body's moisture and heat while providing you with constant information about your surroundings. Associated with these layers are the adnexal structures, including the hair follicles, sebaceous glands and sweat glands. Other structures penetrating the skin are nerves, blood vessels, lymphatic vessels and smooth muscle cells around the hair follicles. Back then, the eruption of a large pimple, or the sudden appearance of a constellation of zits, was the biggest nightmare imaginable. It still is, not only for teenagers, but many adults, who are suffering with acne a decade or more past the teen years.
Many people have blemishes well into their twenties, thirties . . . and even forties.
Yet, two-thirds of these acne sufferers have never turned to a dermatologist for help, even though many effective treatments are now available. The good news is, many treatments are available for those who want it. It is an inflammatory skin condition involving the eruption of whiteheads, blackheads, or pimples, usually on the face, shoulders, chest, and back, and can exist in either mild, moderate, or severe forms. Changes inside the hair follicle, which is where the hair shaft comes out of the skin. The invasion of bacteria, called P. acnes, causes inflammation, swelling, and pain above and beneath the surface of the skin.