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            Characteristic occurs during adolescence. It is usually self-limiting and will disappear in the late teens or early twenties. However, 8 or 10 years is a long time for a young person who longs to be attractive and popular to endure the pimples and blackheads of acne.

            Frequent, thorough washing of the affected area with a mild soap is helpful because it helps reduce the oiliness and at least temporarily reduces the number of bacteria causing the infection of the skin. The blackheads and pimples or pustules should not be pricked at or squeezed because unskilled manipulation of these lesions can result in the secondary infections and perhaps permanent scarring.

            The doctor may order steroid creams to be applied to the affected areas. Before applying any medications, the patient’s hands and the affected area should be washed thoroughly. Short treatments with ultraviolet light, under the direction of the doctor, maybe beneficial because this treatment will lessen the oiliness and reduce the number of infection-causing bacteria. Excessive use of ultraviolet light can be harmful.

            Recently, a new medication, Acutance has been used for acne with a great deal of success. Unfortunately, it is known to cause birth defects and, therefore, young women are cautioned against using this drug. Recall that the fetus is most vulnerable during the time that the cells are differentiating.

            Certain foods are thought to aggravate acne. It may be helpful, therefore, to avoid chocolates, nuts, and fatty foods. Some doctors completely restrict dietary caffeine. If caffeine is restricted, the patient should inform that caffeine is found not only in coffee but also in many soft drinks.

            If acne has caused scarring, this condition can be made less conspicuous by a chemical face peel or by dermabrasion. Under anesthesia, the outermost layers of the skin are removed by sandpaper or a rotating wire brush. Following dermabrassion, The skin feels raw and sore. Some serious exudates and crusting will take place, but the patient should not wash the area for five or six days and avoid picking or touching it until sufficient healing has occurred.

ACNE VULGARIS

Acne is an inflammatory skin disease affecting the tiny pores that cover the face, arms, back, chest and the oil glands attach to them. The lesions are called comodones, or mostly “ zits”. Numerous topical and systematic drugs are available for the treatment of acne vulgaries. Acne is common in teenagers.

 
ACNE ROSACEA

Acne rosacea is a chronic  inflammatory skin eruption characterized by erythema, papules, pustules, and telangietases. It occurs on the face, especially the cheeks and over the bridge of the nose. Unlike with acne vulgaris, comodones are generally not seen. The onset is insidious, usually occurring between 30 and 50 years of age, and women are affected more frequently than men. It is more common in fair-skinned people with a history of easy facial flushing.

Sebaceous hyperplasia of the nose (rhinophyma) often develops after many years of chronic acne rosacea. These conditions results form chronic inflammation with an increase in the amount of connective tissue and maybe mistaken for an indication of excessive alcohol consumption. Ocular changes such as eyelid inflammation and conjunctive may occur.

Treatment of rosacea is sometimes difficult. The tropical agents generally include antibiotics, metronidazole(Metrogel) , and retiniods but the pros and cons of using this maybe weighed.

Things to be avoided

Tea, coffe, alcohol (especially wine), caffeine-containing products, sunlight, extremes of hot and cold, spicy foods and emotional stress

Solution                                      Action                                                      

Salicylic acid———————-Leaves a thin film of powder as alcohol base evaporates

USE                                        Nursing implication

Acne, warts                             Shake well before applying; observe for skin over drying                                                      and drying and tightness of skin due to alcohol

 Here is some simple home remedy to remove or lessen acne:

    * Apply juice of raw papaya on swelling pimples
    * Drinking of wheat grass juice may remove acne
    * Apply fresh lime juice mixed to a glass of boiled milk as a face wash
    * Make a paste of ground of salt and vinegar. Rub it on the pimples. Wash it off after 20-30 mins.
    * Apply ripe tomatoes pulp on ache pimples and keep up to 1 hour, then wash.
    * Make a paste of ground orange peel w/ water and apply on the affected area. Wash it of after 20-30 mins with luke warm water.
    * Grind nutmeg w/ UN boiled milk and apply on acne for 1-2 hours. This works as a magic. Pimples should disappear w/out leaving a mark.
    * Ground drumstick pods and leaves and mixed it with fresh lime juice and apply on pimples.
    * Make a paste by mixing honey and cinnamon powder. Apply this paste on the pimples before sleeping and wash it next morning with warm water. Repeat for 2 weeks pimples disappear forever.
    * Apply fresh mint juice over the face every night for the treatment of pimples.
    * Apply a mixture of 1 teaspoon lemon juice and 1 teaspoon cinnamon powder.
    * Mix 1 tablespoon ground nut oil with 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice to prevent formation of blackheads and pimples.
    * Make orange peels paste by grinding it in some water apply it around pimples.
    * Rub fresh garlic on and around pimples.Pimple will disappear without a mark with regular applications.