Bacteria Colonization is a major cause of Acne When your oil glands are producing too much oil and have a closed environment for a particular anaerobic bacteria—propionibacterium—to form this creates the best environment for acne to thrive in. Oxygen naturally kills propionibacterium, but when your pores can’t breathe, [...]
Overproduction of Oil is one of the main causes of Acne Your sebaceous (oil) glands should naturally produce the right amount of oil to keep your skin hydrated and protected. You can easily understand how too much oil can be a problem for your skin, but again, what [...]
Part three on the science behind blocked pores As part of your healthy skin cell life cycle, the new skin cells are programmed to die at just the right time. Specifically, there’s a tiny structure called a desmosome that binds new skin cells together, and it’s the desmosome [...]
Part two on the science behind blocked pores This second image shows you the life cycle of your skin cells. It goes like this: Your new skin cells (technically called keratinocytes) form at the bottom of the epidermis. Those baby skin cells start out as living cells, which [...]
Blocked Pores are one of the major causes of Acne To make this post simple I have broken it down to 3 parts. We will discuss the first part in this blog and the second and the third explanations in the following blog post. You hear people say [...]
How Does Acne Form? First of all, just as you don’t get fat after eating one piece of chocolate cake, you don’t get acne overnight. It’s a process. So what underlying process results in those blackheads, whiteheads, and pimples you see on your skin? [...]
Acne Prone Skin If you have acne-prone skin, you probably have just one burning question: How can I get rid of my acne right now—and hopefully, never have it again? I have both bad news and good news for you. The bad news is that there’s no overnight [...]
