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The face, chest, back and upper arms are especially exposed.

The typical lesions of acne are: small whitish or skin-colored bumps whiteheads or blackish elevations blackheads . More inflammed rashes take the form of pus-filled, or reddish bumps, even boil-like tender swellings. After resolution of the lesions, prominent unsighty scars may remain.

The condition is common in puberty as a result of an abnormal response to normal levels of the male hormone testosterone. The response for most people diminishes over time and acne thus tends to disappear, or at least decrease, after one reaches the third decade of life. There is, however, no way to predict how long it will take for it to disappear entirely, and some individuals will continue to suffer from acne decades later, into their thirties and forties and even beyond.

Acne affects a large percentage of humans at some stage in life. Aside from scarring its main effects are psychological, such as reduced self-esteem and depression. Acne usually appears during adolescence, when people already tend to be at their most socially-insecure. For this reason acne should be treated if severe.

1 Causes for acne

Exactly why some people get acne and some do not is not fully known. It is known to be partly hereditary. Several factors are known to be linked to acne:

• Hormonal activity
• Hyperactive sebaceous glands
• Accumulation of dead skin cells
• Bacteria in the pores
• Skin irritation or scratching of any sort
• Anabolic steroidAnabolic steroids are a class of natural and synthetic steroid hormones that promote cell growth and division, resulting in growth of muscle tissue and sometimes bone size and strength. Testosterone is the best known natural anabolic steroid, as well as ts
• Birth control pillsOral contraceptives are contraceptives which are taken orally and inhibit the body's fertility by chemical means. Female oral contraceptives have been on the market since the early 1960s. Male oral contraceptives remain a subject of research and developme, however many women have reported reduced acne while on the pill
• Those exposed to high levels of chlorine compounds, particularly chlorinated dioxinDioxin is the term used to describe a family of toxic chlorinated organic compounds that cannot travel long distances (because they are heavy compounds of about 350 amu) and bioaccumulate in humans and wildlife due to their fat solubility. The most notoris, often develop severe, long-lasting acne, known as ChloracneChloracne is an acne-like eruption of blackheads, cysts, and pustules. It usually involves the skin over the cheekbones and around the eyes. Chloracne is closely linked to dioxin (a contaminant found in the herbicide Agent Orange) exposure, so much so tha

Traditionally, attention has focused mostly on over-production of sebum as the main contributing factor of acne. More recently, more attention has been given to narrowing of the follicle channel as a second main contributing factor. Abnormal shedding of the cells lining the follicle, abnormal cell binding (" hyperkeratinizationHyperkeratinization is a disorder of the cells lining the inside of a hair follicle. It is the normal function of these cells to detach from the lining and attach to the growing hair, and die while converting themselves to contain keratin, so becoming a p") within the follicle, and water retention in the skin (swelling the skin and so pressing the follicles shut) have all been put forward as mechanisms involved, but there does not appear to be much conclusive medical research on the subject.

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