The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1890-01-08
PIMPLES ON THE FACE.
A REGULAR DISEASE REQUIRING
PROPER TREATMENT.
The Skin and the Hair-Excess of
Oil-Hot Water and Wholesome
Dict VIII Effect a Cure.

the beard is developing said
well-known physician, ''but to say that
nothing can be done to mitigate the
trouble, or even to cure it, is absurd. l
was troubled with it thirty years ago and
! remember very well how it made me
suffer; used to be ashamed to 60 into
the society Of ladies, or to appear on the
street, owing TO my Disagreement. But
any dermatologist ought to have been
able to tell me how the disease could be
successfully treated
$50 it is a regular disease, then, - said
a Washington star reporter.
Decidedly so. 1t is simply acne,
and the easiest way to explain it is by
telling you something about the structure
of the skin. You have never seen a
piece of human skin tanned and made
into leather, l suppose2 Well, it is as
thick as pigsllin and as tough-so like
pigskin, indeed, that a tanner can hardly
tell the difference. / dare say that you
have always imagined your skin to be
very thin because it peeled off so, but
what peels off is only the scarf skin,
which serves as an outer covering for the
thick, true skin beneath. Now the hairs
which are termed the 'appendages' to the
skin, grow from little sacs, each hair hav-
ing sac of its own to sprout from with
root of its own like any other vegeta-
BILE in the shape of Il microscopic bulb.
The hair is a tube, so that the sap that
nourishes it may run through it; if the
tube is round the hair is straight and
without wave; if the tube is flattened the
hair is curly in proportion to the flat
ness. Furthermore, the hair, growing
from the little sac-the latter from one
sixteenth TO one-eighth of an inch in
depths kept oiled, since otherwise it
would dry up and fall out, by a small
oil gland opening into its sac. Each
hair has an oil gland for itself attached
to its own sac engaged in the secretion of
oil for its special use. Thus it grows
and under ordinary circumstances the
operation is carried on so satisfactory
that the incidental processes excite no at
tention.
In the case of a young man who has
arrived at an age when the beard is be-
ginning to develop, there is always a
stimulated action of the oil glands, and
the flow of oil into the hair sacs is in
creased. Then, particularly in the in
stance of a person who is not in tirst-rate
condition physically, nature finds diff
Guilty in disposing of the extra supply of
oil, and the latter forms little clot in
the hair sac. That such a Clot has
formed you may often discover from a
email elevation at ,,pint on, thn ctrrfaaa
of the skin, with sometimes a black point
in the middle The black point is merely
aparticle of dirt gathered upon the clot
at the opening of the hair sac; you could
see it was so if you could bring a micro
scope to bear. When you observe such
a thing, take needle, insert the point
where the black dot is, or in the center
of the small elevation, and permit the
needle to enter the sac. Thrust it
gently down to the bottom of the sac
it may be an eighth of an inch deep-and
move it around little, taking care not
to wound the skin or the inside of the
sac. The performance is painless and
readily done with little practice Next
remove the needle and pinch the skin
between the thumb and forefnger at the
point treated. In nine cases out of ten
the clot will be squeezed out and the
trouble in that spot will be done with.
If the clot is permitted to remain, mas
much as it is a foreign body, nature will
try to get rid of it by exciting an indam--
nation. In this way Is created what
you call pimple, which is very apt to
appear without giving such perceptible
warning to advance as that have been
talking about"
'But girls who have no boards have
pimples sometimes, too"
'AIost certainly. The whole body of
every human being, male or female, is
covered with hairs, though downy and
almost invisible to the naked eye, and in
the sac from which any one of these hairs
grows a pimple-producing oil clot may
be formed, When a pimple comes on
the edge of the eyelid it is called 'sty.'
Young women at a certain age, from
causes other than those which affect the
male, are apt to be troubled with pimples.
In most cases the annoyance can be
readily cured by proper means. 1t is
pity that this fact should not be realized
and that the necessary treatment, so
easily employed, should not be applied.
The same treatment will be found not
less eificacious in your own case and in
those of other young men where the
afiliction is not constitutional.
"Pray, tell me, doctor, what the treat
ment is?n
at is simple enough. The first thing
is hot water Apply it with sopped
cloths to the face as hot as it can be
borne three or four times Il day-the
oftener the better. This has a tendency
to soften the skin and carry off the
superAuous oil. Take, internally,
tablespoonful of cod liver oil three times
a day, before meals. Cod liver oil is not
only heath-giving medicine; it has also
a specific action upon the skin of the
most beneficial character. Finally, be
most careful of your diet; eat boiled
chops and steaks, but no pork, and for
swear everything fried, as we'll as pastry
and puddings. In a word, make your
fare as plain and digestible as you can.
Take plenty of exercise, so that your
general health may be as good as pos
sible, drink nothing but water, and
you will soon find your pimples going
away and leaving your complexion clear,