Fighting comedones

Pleasant well-groomed person makes a woman attractive and cause her unconscious sympathy of others. The beauty and charm neutralize prejudices against us and wins all opposition to our desires. Even if a woman does not have the natural beauty, the permanent proper care of themselves, it can achieve a lot.

The structure of the skin

The skin is a common cover the human body, which serves as protection from external influences, maintain a constant body temperature, release of metabolic products from the body (through the pores) and one of the senses - touch.

Skin thickness on average of about 1, 5 mm in some places, but it is thinner (e.g., on the eyelids), in others - thicker (e.g., on the palms and soles). The skin is very elastic, on its surface are small holes - pores that allow the skin to breathe.

The skin consists of two layers - the outer (epidermis) and the inner (dermis). The epidermis is formed by epithelial cells and consists of five layers, the innermost of which is called the sprout (malpighian), but the most superficial - horny. The horny layer is formed by dead skin cells, which will eventually peel off. It is updated by the growth layer, consisting of growing living cells. The epidermis is covered with sebum secreted by the sebaceous glands and moisturize the liquid, which produce sweat glands.

The dermis is composed of connective tissue that gives skin elasticity and strength. The blood vessels of the dermis and epidermis nourish make the skin pink. In the dermis there are also the sweat and sebaceous glands (they are brought to the surface of the skin sweat and sebum), hair follicles, muscle, raises and lowers the hair Hair: structure, characteristics of growth and development And nerve endings.

How to form comedones

The basis of the formation of comedones - oily skin type, the main feature of which is overgrown skin sebaceous glands that produce increased amounts of sebum reformulated. This is especially true of adolescents, when the changes of the sebaceous glands are influenced by hormonal changes. Oily skin is rough and thick, it is more intensive process otsheolushivaniya surface cells of the stratum corneum. Desquamated cells are connected to form sebum and sebaceous rgovye plugs in the ducts of the sebaceous glands, which are partially or completely clog the ducts.

Initially, accumulating sebum looks like a white nodule under the skin and has no communication with the surface of the skin (closed comedones). Then he bursts, begins to communicate with the surface of the skin and sebaceous horn tubes mixed with dust particles of dirt, which is why they take the form of blackheads (open comedones). The skin becomes dull. The corked sebaceous glands under the influence of infections (such as staphylococcus, who always live on the surface of the skin) may develop inflammation - inflammatory nodules appear bright pink Pink: Symphony of tenderness   with a white head (pus) at the top - acne.

Contributing factors for the formation of comedones are hereditary features of the structure and functioning of the skin and endocrine glands (eg, high levels of the male sex hormone testosterone, which leads to increased production of sebum), age-related hormonal changes, improper care for oily skin, neural overload and stress, irritation of the skin (eg, constant, whatever the weather, exposure to the air), adverse environmental factors.

How to get rid of comedones

In order to get rid of comedones, needs constant care for oily skin. First you need to wash twice a day only special foam cleanser (eg Garnier clean skin) and if the skin tightens, then use special creams for oily skin. Then you need to make the skin thinner, while comedones come to the surface, and can even disappear on their own. But if they do not disappear, they can be removed.

The first stage of treatment - thinning of the skin is best done in a beauty salon with the help of different peels (inner prompt, what kind of peeling longer suits you). But at home, you can do something, however it will not be so fast. For this produced special scrubs for the skin (for example, "Black Pearl") as well as lotions and creams containing alpha-hydroxy acid - AHA (for example, a lotion with AHA series of Exfoliac) - they and attenuate skin. Remove the surface layer of the skin well help a variety of masks, such as clay or concoctions. Skinoren thinner skin cream, but they will have to use a very long time, several months.

Removal of comedones carried out in any beauty salon, self comedones better not to squeeze out - it can cause infection and joining acne. Houses can make a mask out of clay, it is not only thins the skin, but can be removed and comedones.

Recipe mask of clay: Take half a teaspoon of salt dissolved in 4 teaspoons water, then add to 2 teaspoons of clay, mix thoroughly and apply on face; when the clay dries (15-20 minutes) it must first be removed with a damp cloth, then wash your face with water and apply the cream for oily skin.

With regular use foam to wash, scrubs (once a week), masks with peeling properties (once a week), lotions and creams with ANA comedones necessarily disappear.

Galina Romanenko

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