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Among the problems that occur during puberty, acne is one of the common conditions, often occurring in many people. Hormonal acne in puberty, although not harmful to health, has a great influence on aesthetic and psychological problems, making children lose confidence when going out. Puberty children with acne may completely disappear after entering adulthood, but there are also many young people who do not get rid of acne or leave pitted scars with acne scars on their faces.
1. Can hormonal acne in puberty go away on its own?
It can be said that puberty is an important stage in everyone's life that everyone has to go through. At the beginning of puberty, the levels of sex hormones increase, leading to a series of changes in the body including the appearance of acne.
There is a very good question that, why does everyone go through puberty but not everyone gets acne? Right. In fact, hormonal changes are the main culprit for puberty breakouts, but that's not all. Physiological changes, improper skin care, excessive use of cosmetics, poor skin hygiene or a diet too high in fat and sugar can also be the causes. Puberty with acne.
Hormonal acne in puberty is not the same for each person. There are different types of acne, and a child can have more than one type of acne at the same time. Puberty acne can be on the face, back, chest or all of the above, with or without folliculitis on the limbs.
Some types of hormonal acne in puberty:
Whiteheads: or acne hidden under the skin, acne bran. Characteristic are small white acne spots, the size of a pinhead, unequal in size about 1-2 mm, common in the nose, forehead, chin and cheeks near the nose. Blackhead: called a blackhead because the acne nucleus has an open part, exposed to air oxidized to black. Acne is characterized by small nodules like pinheads, which grow a lot on the nose, chin, between the forehead and the cheeks. Pustules: is a form of inflammatory acne but at a more serious level, when the inner acne nodules become pus causing swelling, hot red, pain. The pustules usually have solid yellow pus inside, the outer border around the acne is red. This type of acne often has deep damage to the dermis, even the dermis, so the risk of leaving pitted scars is very high, so it is not known how to handle acne properly. Inflammatory acne: are red, inflamed pimples or papules, which may or may not have an internal nucleus, causing pain. Pinheads or boils, nails: this is classified as a separate disease with typical symptoms of swelling, hot, red, pain, high fever due to infection, risk of complications into abscesses or nerve damage. causing facial paralysis, vascular occlusion. Cystic acne: is the most severe type of acne, occurs when there is a rupture at the bottom of the hair follicle. At first, they were just small pimples, then they grew into large pimples containing a lot of blood with pus inside, causing swelling and pain. This type of acne has a very high risk of scarring. It's the same as having acne during puberty, but not everyone is the same. There are many people who wonder whether acne will go away after puberty? If not, when will the acne go away? After the acne is gone, will it happen again? In fact, there are many children going through puberty, entering adulthood, when the hormone levels in the body are gradually balanced and stable, naturally acne clears without treatment.. On the other hand, there are many young people who suffer from acne that lasts from the beginning of puberty until menopause, or acne ends up leaving countless pitted scars on their faces.
No one can confirm whether or not acne will go away after puberty or when acne will be gone. Whether or not acne is completely gone depends on many factors such as location (the body's adaptive response to an imbalance between hormones), the degree of severe or mild acne and how to take care of the skin as well. as a treatment for acne during illness. Sometimes, puberty children have quite mild acne, but due to the abuse of cosmetics, improper treatment, it makes acne worse, recurs many times.
2. Some mistakes in skin care in acne-prone puberty
As mentioned above, skin care during acne is essential, not only reducing acne, limiting the risk of scarring and darkening of acne but also reducing the risk of recurrence after treatment.
Some common mistakes in handling, treating and taking care of acne skin:
Using cosmetics for skin care incorrectly, not following skin care procedures such as washing your face too much, not removing makeup, do not use cream and sunscreen ... In skin care, choosing a product is not so important whether it is expensive or cheap, but it needs to be suitable for the skin. Using the wrong skin care products will upset the balance of the microflora on the skin, change the pH of the skin, damage the skin barrier, this does not reduce acne but sometimes even worse. Pay special attention to products containing corticosteroids, mixed cream lines. Arbitrarily squeezing acne without hygiene, not knowing how to squeeze acne will increase the risk of infection, after removing acne, it will leave many bruises with pitted scars all over the face. Overuse of both oral and topical antibiotics. Using antibiotics to treat acne when not needed leads to drug resistance and ineffective treatment. In addition, psychological problems, staying up late, stress also make acne worse.
When it comes to puberty, acne is always a top concern. However, puberty does not exclude anyone, what needs to be done is to equip yourself and your family with the necessary knowledge before your child is about to enter puberty so that you can help your child go through this phase. this section favorably. Please contact a specialist for examination and advice when children have abnormal signs in puberty.
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