How to distinguish acne from follicular keratosis?

Keratinization of hair follicles often occurs in patients' bilateral cheeks, upper arms and bilateral thighs, some of which have dark red pigment spots, and severe cases sometimes appear in sebum-rich areas such as the back. Small papules and erythema may appear on the affected skin. Acne is a multifactorial disease, and its incidence is mainly related to factors such as level, massive secretion of sebaceous glands, proliferation of Propionibacterium acnes, abnormal keratinization and inflammation of sebaceous ducts in hair follicles.

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When you have some pimples on your face, don't handle them easily. First of all, you should know what kind of acne you have on your face, and then take correct measures to solve the problem. So how to distinguish acne from follicular keratosis? Let's introduce the common sense about facial acne today.

The oil secreted by sebaceous glands in the skin is called sebum, which can keep our skin healthy, smooth and shiny. However, when the discharge of these glands is blocked, these oils will accumulate in the glands, and the accumulated oils and metabolites of other cells in the glands will accumulate more and more, and the naked eye will see small pimples with the same color as ordinary skin. This is the so-called bald acne.

Sometimes these blockages occur in shallow places, and the accumulated metabolites will open the openings of these glands on the skin and get stuck in the middle. Through the principle of light refraction and reflection, the color of these deposits appears darker, which is called blackhead acne.

When there are more and more deposits in the gland and the gland itself becomes bigger and bigger, sebaceous glands and related hair follicle tissues will rupture like inflated balloons, and the oil components inside will leak into the deep skin. These escaping things cause inflammation, which is the red and painful acne we see.

If the inflammatory reaction is not handled properly, it will attract more and more inflammatory cells to participate in the inflammatory reaction. These aggregated inflammatory cells are the pustules we see.

Clogged hair follicles are prone to bacteria, one of which is called Acne Bacillus, which lives on sebum and normally exists in the skin. When sebum blocks hair follicles, the bacteria will multiply rapidly, and the chemicals they produce will inflame hair follicles and their surroundings.

Through a brief introduction, I believe that everyone should have mastered how to distinguish acne from follicular keratosis and other facial acne. Knowing this, everyone should handle it more smoothly, and don't lump them all together and handle them at will.