How To Treat Enlarged Pores

Our bodies are covered with millions of hair follicles. These follicles lie deep in the dermis of the skin and grow up through the dermal layer of our skin onto the surface via tiny openings which are the pores.

About halfway to the surface, the sebaceous oil gland connects to it and empties sebum (skin oil) into the follicle which continues its journey to the opening.

Wherever we have a hair on our body there is a pore.

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Pimples And Spots – Top Tips To Treat Them

Pimples and spots seem to turn up at the worst times. However, you don’t want to make them even worse by squeezing them and causing them to become inflamed and even lead to acne.

The teenage years, with the fluctuation of hormones taking place, are an easy target for pimply skin. Adolescent boys are lucky if they escape from the odd spot or two, although almost anyone can succumb to this sometimes disfiguring problem. Read more

What is Acne?

When the pores of the skin become blocked, preventing the sebaceous glands from secreting sebum up through the follicle to the skin’s surface, the skin condition called acne occurs.

Acne is most common in teenagers due to the fluctuations of hormones that occur during puberty.

It can begin as early as the age of ten and continue into the early twenties. Though it will usually clear up on its own, some people will have acne intermittently in adulthood.

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Greasy | Oily Skin Care Advice

The teen years are difficult in many ways and having greasy skin is just one of the problems that afflict many teenagers.

But it isn’t confined to teenagers. Many adults also contend with oily skin problems.

Greasy skin makes the face appear shiny and sometimes, shadows are more noticeable than they are on those who don’t have greasy skin.

What causes greasy oily skin?

In a word, hormones.

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Human Skin And Its Associated Parts

Human skin and its associated parts of hair, nails, sweat pores and glands, blood vessels, melanocytes and nerve endings, is the largest organ in the human body.

The skin of an average adult has a surface area of between 16 and 21 square feet (1.5-2.0 sq. metres) and is around one tenth of an inch thick (2-3mm).

Skin guards and protects the underlying muscles and organs from organisms or substances that cause disease, provides body temperature control and insulation and defends against damaging ultra violet radiation in sunlight.

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