Acne is not dangerous‚ but can leave skin scars. Human 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. These glands produce Sebum‚ an oily liquid. The sebum carries dead skin cells through the follicles to the surface of the skin. A small hair grows through the follicle out of the skin. Pimples grow when these follicles get blocked‚ resulting in an accumulation of oil under the skin. n humans‚ pimples
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Acne‚ Pimples - Causes‚ Treatment What is Acne or Pimples ? Acne (also known as Pimples) is a skin problem that affects almost all teenagers. The condition results from the action of hormones on the skin’s oil glands (sebaceous glands). The sebaceous glands make an oily substance called sebum that empties onto the skin surface through the hair follicle opening (pore). The mixture of oil and cells allows bacteria that normally live on the skin to grow in the follicle openings. When this happens
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Acne scar skin care is very important in the healing of acne scars. While you are suffering from pimples‚ try not to prematurely take action such as pinching or bursting the pimple as this may leave a deeper and longer to heal scar. Avoid putting too much chemical on the affected area such as strong creams and moisturizer unless prescribed by your dermatologist. Adult cystic acne can leave long term scars that are deep and harder to remove or heal. Make sure you take care of your skin all the time
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Antimicrobial Agents Lisette Vazquez October 27‚ 2013 Antimicrobial Agents Antimicrobial agents are utilized to kill microorganisms that cause infections. In order to be able to kill these microorganisms we must have an understanding of the factor associated with the infection. The purpose of this paper is to explore the different types of antimicrobial agents and the differences between viral and bacterial infections. Antimicrobial Agent Categories There are several antimicrobial agents to treat
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What is cystic acne? Cystic‚ or nodulocystic‚ skin break out is an extreme kind of acne in which the pores in the skin wind up noticeably blocked‚ prompting irritation and bacteria. The skin condition essentially influences the face‚ frequently influences the upper arms and upper trunks. These breakouts can influence both males and females between the age group of 8 to 50. This can happen on the skin because of oil‚ dry skin cells and bacteria that get caught in your pores. The distinguishing attributes
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Acne Vulgaris is a disease of the epidermal pilosebaceous follicles involving inflammatory and non-inflammatory clinical lesions in the skin. The multifactorial pathogenesis of acne includes sebum‚ ductal epidermal hyperproliferation‚ colonization of Proprionibacterium acnes and inflammation . Research has shown‚ P. acnes is not the cause of Acne Vulgaris‚ but is a significant contributing factor to the inflammation stage of this disease . Sebum secretion upsurge‚ during times such as puberty‚
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(1) What are the advantages and disadvantages of being a professional sportsperson? Give 5 examples. Advantages: * Being a professional sportsperson requires much effort and devotion. * The main advantage of being a professional sportsman is money‚ and therefore‚ fame. * In some sports‚ the amount of the income earned is enormous. If he/she reaches performance‚ money coming from sponsoring and advertising give the sportsman a chance to improve himself. * A professional sportsman
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Differences between Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion Tax avoidance is generally the legal exploitation of the tax regime to one’s own advantage‚ to attempt to reduce the amount of tax that is payable by means that are within the law whilst making a full disclosure of the material information to the tax authorities. Examples of tax avoidance involve using tax deductions‚ changing one’s business structure through incorporation or establishing an offshore company in a tax haven. By contrast tax evasion
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Kiran Desai’s HULLABALOO IN THE GUAVA ORCHARD is the whimsical story of a young man who escapes from the comical confines of life in the sleepy‚ R. K. Narayan-inspired North Indian town‚ or city‚ of Shahkot for the no less comical freedom of life in a guava tree. Once there‚ the previously timid Sampath finds himself at the center of an adoring crowd of pilgrims who mistake his knowledge of their private affairs (gleaned from reading their mail during his previous life as a lowly postal clerk) for
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I figured out we could use viruses to treat acne. When I was just entering puberty‚ my face became infested with little red spots. Propionibacterium acnes is the little guy that makes those spots on our faces. While I remembered my hate for this bacteria‚ I thought about a lesson from biology class. There are a certain kind of viruses‚ bacteriophages‚ which kill bacteria. Upon realizing this I thought‚ “Why don’t we get those viruses to go kill our acne!”
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