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Monday, January 5, 2009

ACNE TYPE FOR EASY IDENTIFICATION

here are some pictures of acne.with the help of you can identify the type of acne and treatment may be in right direction.



Covered types:

- Closed Comedo


- Open Comedo (known as blackheads)


- Cys
tic Acne

How they appear? Cystic acne are usually larger and inflamed. You can feel them as soft, but usually painful fluid-filled bumps under the skin.

How they develop? Similar like nodules, cysts begin to form as deep break in the wall of the follicle. A membrane is developed around the infection in the skin. As a cyst finds its way to the surface of the skin, it make damage to the healthy tissues. That's way scarring can occur and is very important to treat this type of acne as soon as possible.

What is the Treatment for cystic acne? This is the most serious form of acne and If you are prone to cystic acne please speak with your dermatologist as soon as possible because they can leave you scars for the rest of life. Treatment is usually topical (retinoids, azelaic acids) or oral medications such as antibiotics and Accutane.

Nodules are most severe form of cystic acne and they are large, very painful,lesions that are lodged very deep within the skin.

- Pustular Acne

- Acne Scars


- Acne Infantile


- Milia

- Rosacea

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