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What are the causes of Acne ?

During adolescence, there is a sudden spurt in the secretion of sex hormones that cause increased formation of oils (sebum) from the sebaceous glands of the skin.

Sebaceous glands are secretary glands that open into hair follicles and skin pores. There is accumulation of oily secretions from the sebaceous glands due to blockage of the external pores in the skin. Consequently, the oils and dead skin cells are trapped, and form small "plugs" known as "comedones" within the hair follicles of the skin. Bacteria act on these plugs aggravating the infection and causes the inflammation of the skin eruptions.
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• hello sir i am from bangalore i am having pimples from last 3 years they on the back also what medicines should i take and what precautions please help me sir please at the earliest
Posted by : R sudhir , 5/5/2007
• sir i am having acne problem for the past 5 years now i want to no if there are any medicines avaiable which i can use other than creams please help
Posted by : Ajay , 2/20/2007
• hello sir am raghu from andhra pradesh. in my face there are so many Pimples and it is spreaded to neck and back also what precautions we have to take for hyderabad climate conditions plz send replay how to prevent this pimples with any infection and dont weast of money thanking you,
Posted by : J.RAGHAVENDER , 2/2/2007
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