Do you know what acne is? What should I do if I have acne?

Today, I saw the little brother in our Tujia cottage with acne on his face, and our locals call it youthful and beautiful acne. How do pimples form? What should I do if I have acne? Here, I will talk to you about all aspects that you should pay attention to about acne!

There are about 200 million sweat and sebaceous glands in the human body. The sweat and sebum secreted by them are emulsified on the skin surface to form an acidic film. It has the functions of keeping the human body free from microbial invasion, oily skin and hair, maintaining body temperature and moisture.

The sweat glands and sebaceous glands on the face are densely covered, and the emulsification film is especially obvious. The emulsification film has a certain thickness. Once it is washed off when washing your face, the glands will accelerate the secretion, and will be re-formed in about 3 hours, and will no longer be secreted after a certain thickness.

If you don’t wash your face frequently, the sebum will accumulate, concentrate, and solidify. Corynebacterium acnes will proliferate. The keratinized epidermal cells and some dust particles that are exfoliated from the hair follicle wall will accumulate, blocking the sebaceous gland orifice, causing poor secretion and shrinking into a “fat plug”. , which is acne.

The diffusion speed of sebum is closely related to the temperature and humidity of the skin surface, and the diffusion speed on a wet surface is 4 times faster than that on a dry surface.

In summer and autumn, the temperature is higher, the skin is sweaty, the liquid sebum spreads rapidly on the wet skin, and there is less chance of stasis and thrombus formation.

In winter and spring, the temperature is very low, the face is exposed, the surface temperature is lower than the melting point of sebum, and the skin is dry due to less sweat, so the sebum is not easy to spread, and it often accumulates in the mouth of the tube and solidifies into a grease plug. The face is prone to acne.

What should I do if I have acne? Do not squeeze with your hands, use a hot compress with a wet towel and massage gently to soften the fat plug and discharge it naturally. Squeezing with your hands can lead to infection and inflammation.

If you want to avoid acne, you should pay attention to keeping your face clean. Adults can wash their face once a day in the morning, afternoon and evening, which can not only give full play to the physiological role of the emulsifying film, but also remove old sebum and other dirt in time to keep the skin moist and clean. and gloss. Try not to use facial cleanser, cleanser, etc. when washing your face, which will stimulate the growth of acne.

Under the low temperature climate conditions in winter and spring, wear a mask when going out to maintain the temperature and humidity of the face, which helps the secretion, liquefaction and diffusion of sebum, and often participate in physical exercise and labor, so that the capillaries dilate and sweat, and the temperature and humidity of the face are improved. improve.

Eat less sugar, drink less alcohol, eat more fruits and vegetables, reduce the formation of sebum, and it is not easy to get acne. Washing your face too many times a day is not good, it can make it difficult to form an emulsified film, and it is easy to cause the skin to dry and wrinkle, and even crack and desquamate. It is also prone to acne.

We have acne in our cottage, and we often boil leek root with tea oil and apply it on the face every night before going to bed. This is a popular remedy for acne that has been handed down by our ancestors, and the effect is relatively good.