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Acne
* Most acne is caused by irritation and allergy.
* affects adolescents at a time they are developing their personalities.
* begins when oil collects at the base of the hair follicle
  - tiny glands in the skin become clogged with fluid or dead skin cells
* includes inflammation.
* is an inflammatory disease
* is skin diseases
* occurs during the adolescent and young adult years
  - young-adult years
  - often in adolescents and can persist into adulthood
* occurs when hair follicles become clogged by skin cells that block the opening of pores
  - oils produced by the skin mix with dead skin cells and plug up hair follicles
  - pores in the skin become clogged with a mixture of oil and dead skin cells
  - secretions put out by the sebaceous glands become blocked
* often improves, and hair growth on the face is reduced.
* presents differently in black skin.
* represents inflammation or irritation of the oil glands of the face, upper back and chest.
* tends to begin during or right before puberty
  - develop in teenagers because of an interaction among hormones, sebum, and bacteria
  - reappear when treatment stops, but spontaneously improves over time

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Acne rosacea
* can be red and oily.
* is acne

Adult acne
* can often be more persistent than teenage acne.
* condition that requires the evaluation and treatment of a dermatologist.
* is common among women in menopause.
* occurs when the sebaceous glands secrete excessive oil.

Cystic acne
* deeper infection of the skin and is more likely to lead to permanent scarring.
* severe form of acne that can cause pitting and scarring.

Facial acne
* is as common in teenaged girls as it is in boys.
* seems to get everyone at some point in life, but is seen most often in the teen years.

Feline acne
* is usually treatable by topical treatment only.
* keratin disorder similar to acne in humans.

Mild acne
* can appear as whiteheads and blackheads or even pimples.
* consists of open and closed comedones and some papules and pustules.

Newborn acne
* Most newborn acne disappears without any special skin care.
* clears up quickly, usually within a few weeks after birth.

Nodular acne
* can result in permanent scarring.
* is the most severe form of inflammatory acne.

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Pimple
* are a very mild skin infection and never leave scars
  - also a source of staph germs
  - infections that develop when whiteheads rupture the follicle wall
  - sebaceous glands that are infected by bacteria, become inflamed and fill with pus
  - the woes of oily skin or changes in sex hormone levels
* begin in pores, or openings on the. skin
  - the skin's hair follicles, which are connected to oil-producing glands
  - to appear on the face or back due to a change in the amount of oil produced
  - when oil and dead skin cells get trapped in pores
* can be an indication of the presence of toxaemia
  - come anywhere on the body, anywhere there's skin
* indicates presence.
* is located in faces.
* look like granules of salt.
* often happen during adolescence or puberty
  - They are caused by oil getting trapped in the pores of the skin. Pimples often happen during adolescence or puberty. Practicing good hygiene is essential, but even that might not prevent all pimples
* result from pores getting clogged up with shedding skin and excess oil.
* surround affected eye.
* vary in size and appearance.
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