Acne is a common skin condition; we’re here to help!
What Is Acne?
Acne is a prevalent skin condition. A buildup of sebum, dead skin cells, and bacteria cause it. It occurs when your hair follicles become plugged or experience buildup. The appearance of blackheads, whiteheads, papules, pustules, and cysts characterizes acne.
Acne is an inflammatory disorder of the skin, with sebaceous (oil) glands connecting to the hair follicle, which contains fine hair. In healthy skin, the sebaceous glands make sebum that empties onto the skin surface through the pore, an opening in the follicle. Keratinocytes, a type of skin cell, line the follicle. As the body sheds skin cells, the keratinocytes rise to the skin's surface. When someone has acne, the hair, sebum, and keratinocytes stick together inside the pore, preventing the keratinocytes from shedding and keeping sebum from reaching the skin's surface. The mixture of oil and cells allows bacteria that usually live on the skin to grow in the plugged follicles and cause inflammation—swelling, redness, heat, and pain. When the wall of the plugged follicle breaks down; it spills the bacteria, skin cells, and sebum into nearby skin, creating lesions or pimples.
