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ACNE (pimples) | Cause, Home treatment & HOMEOPATHY
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The word
acne comes from the word acme meaning "the highest point", which
comes from the Greek akme meaning "point" or "spot" - it
was originally mispelt, with an 'n' rather than an 'm' in 1835.
Acne is a disease
that involves the oil glands of the skin. It is not dangerous, but can leave
skin scars. Your skin has pores (tiny holes) which connect to oil glands
located under the skin. The glands are connected to the pores via follicles -
small canals. Sebum, an oily liquid, is produced by these glands. The sebum
carries dead skin cells through the follicles to the surface of your skin. A
small hair grows through the follicle out of the skin. Pimples grow when these
follicles get blocked.
In humans, when pimples appear they tend to do so on the
patient's face, back, chest, shoulders and neck. Acne develops when follicles
get blocked and infected.
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