Physio - pathology of acne and its pacification through ayurveda

Acne is a skin condition that occurs when your hair follicles become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. It often causes whiteheads, blackheads or pimples, and usually appears on the face, forehead, chest, upper back and shoulders. Acne is most common among teenagers, though it affects people of all ages. Effective treatments are available, but acne can be persistent. The pimples and bumps heal slowly, and when one begins to go away, others seem to crop up. Depending on its severity, acne can cause emotional distress and scar the skin. Acne is an inflammation of the pilosebaceous units of certain body area (face, trunk, rarely buttocks) that occurs most frequently in adolescence and manifest itself as comedones (comedonal acne), papulopustules (papulopustular acne) or nodules and cysts (nodulo cystic acne and acne conglobata) pitted depressed or hypertrophic scars may follow all types but especially nodulocystic acne and acne conglobata. It can be correlated with Yauvana pidika in Ayurveda. The diseases in which the pitika are de- veloped especially on the face of young persons (adolescents) are known as Yauvana Pidika (Tarunyapitika).Various Systemic and local treatment are indicated in Ayurveda that help to cure Acne and also to regain the lost beauty and revive the personality.