Skin Treatment

When your hair follicles become clogged with oil and dead skin cells, acne is a skin disorder that develops. It results in pimples, blackheads, or whiteheads. Although it can afflict anyone at any age, acne is most prevalent in teenagers.

Although there are effective treatments for acne, the condition may continue. The lumps and pimples heal slowly, and just as one starts to go, another one seems to appear.

Depending on how severe it is, acne can leave skin scars and create emotional distress. The earlier you begin therapy, the lesser your likelihood of developing such issues.

Causes of acne:

There are four basic causes of acne:

1) Excessive production of oil (sebum)

2) Blocked hair follicles from oil and skin cells

3) Bacteria

4) Inflammation

Because these areas of skin have the most oil (sebaceous) glands, they are where acne often occurs on your face, forehead, chest, upper back, and shoulders. Oil glands are associated to hair follicles.

A whitehead may develop if the follicular wall enlarges. Alternatively, a blackhead could form if the plug is exposed to the surface and darkens.

Clinical features of acne are:

The severity of your problem will determine your specific acne symptoms.

Whiteheads  (closed plugged pores)

Blackheads (open plugged pores)

little, painful, red lumps (papules)

Pus-filled papules, often known as pimples or pustules, are common.

Large, hard, and uncomfortable lumps under the skin (nodules)

pus-filled, stinging lumps under the skin (cystic lesions)

Treatment

Acne treatments function by lowering sebum production, curing bacterial infections, and/or reducing swelling. Results from the majority of prescription acne medications could take four to eight weeks to appear. Your acne may not totally clear up for several months or even years.

Depending on your age, the type and severity of your acne, and how much work you’re prepared to put in, your doctor will propose a treatment plan.

Psoriasis is a skin condition that typically affects the knees, elbows, trunk, and scalp. It generates a rash with itchy, scaly spots.

Psoriasis is a frequent, chronic condition that has no cure. It might be unpleasant, interfere with sleep and make it hard to concentrate

What causes it?

Skin cells typically grow slowly, but in psoriasis, skin cells grow more quickly than usual.

Prior to the condition being brought on by an environmental component, many people who are prone to psoriasis may go years without experiencing any symptoms. Typical causes of psoriasis include:

1. Skin infections or infections like strep throat

2. Weather, in particular, chilly, arid circumstances

3. Skin damage such a cut or scrape, an insect bite, or a bad sunburn

4. Secondhand smoke exposure and smoking

5. Excessive alcohol use

6. Several pharmaceuticals, such as lithium, blood pressure meds, and antimalarial medications

7. Immediate discontinuation of oral or injectable corticosteroids

Clinical features:

Common psoriasis symptoms and indicators include:

-A patchy rash that appears very differently on each individual, ranging from little areas of dandruff-like scaling to significant eruptions over a large portion of the body

-Variable-colored rashes with a preference for purple hues with grey scale on brown or black skin, and pink or red with silver scale on white skin

-Tiny scaling marks (commonly seen in children)

-Bruising skin that is dry and cracked

-Soreness, burning, or itching

-Recurring rashes that peak for a few weeks or months before going away

Treatment:

Treatments for psoriasis try to get rid of scales and slow the rapid growth of skin cells. Options include oral or injectable drugs, light therapy, phototherapy, and lotions and ointments (topical therapy).

The severity of the psoriasis and how responsive it has been to prior therapies and self-care techniques will determine which treatments you utilize.

1. Corticosteroids

2. Vitamin D analogues

3. Retinoids

4. Calcineurin inhibitors

5. Salicylic acid

6. Anthralin etc.

An allergic reaction to a material or direct touch with it might result in the itchy rash condition known as contact dermatitis. Despite not being communicable, the rash can be extremely unpleasant.

This reaction can be brought on by a variety of items, including cosmetics, scents, jewellery, and plants. Within days of exposure, the rash frequently appears.

Factors causing contact dermatitis:

Exposure to a chemical that irritates your skin or sets off an allergic reaction results in contact dermatitis. The material might be one of the tens of thousands of known irritants and allergies. People frequently experience both allergic and irritating reactions simultaneously.

The most typical kind of contact dermatitis is irritant. When an irritant destroys the outer, protective layer of your skin, a non-allergic skin reaction takes place.

Common irritants include:

1. Solvents

2. Rubber gloves

3. Bleach and detergents

4. Hair products

5. Soap

6. Air borne substances

7. Plants

8. Fertilizers and pesticides

Clinical features:

Contact dermatitis symptoms and signs can range greatly and may include:

1. A scratchy rash

2. On generally brown or black skin, leathery areas that are darker than usual (hyperpigmented)

3. Skin that is dry, cracked, and scaly, usually on white skin

4. Bumps and blisters that may occasionally ooze and crust

5. Burning, soreness, or swelling

Treatments:

For a full recovery from sickness, ayurveda recommends a number of different methods, including purifying therapies. It consists of: 

1. Vamana – vomiting treatment

2. Virechana – purgation

3. Kashayadhara – external decoction pouring treatment

4. Raktamoksha – blood flow

Eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is a disorder that results indry, itchy, and inflammatory skin. Although it can happen to anyone, it is more frequent in young children. Atopic dermatitis is persistent (chronic) and occasionally flares up. Although it is not contagious, it can be unpleasant.

Atopic dermatitis patients run the risk of acquiring asthma, hay fever, and food allergies.

Factors causing eczema:

A gene mutation that alters the skin’s capacity to protect some individuals may be linked to atopic dermatitis. A skin’s ability to retain moisture and defend against infections, irritants, allergies, and environmental variables like tobacco smoke is compromised by a weak barrier function.

Staphylococcus aureus overgrowth on the skin is what causes atopic dermatitis in other persons. This causes the skin’s barrier function to be disrupted and displace beneficial bacteria.

Clinical features:

The signs and symptoms of atopic dermatitis (eczema) can arise anywhere on the body and differ greatly from person to person. They may consist of:

1. Cracked, dry skin

2. Itchiness (pruritus) 

3. Depending on your skin tone, a rash on swollen skin will have a different color.

4. Small, raised pimples on dark-skinned individuals

5. Crusting and oozing

6. Extra-thick skin

7. The skin around the eyes becoming darker

8. Skin that is itchy and raw from rubbing

Treatment:

Eczema presently has no known treatment. Healing the afflicted skin and avoiding symptom flare-ups are the goals of treatment for the disorder.

Depending on an individual’s age, symptoms, and existing health, doctors will recommend a course of treatment.

Eczema sometimes disappears over time for some people. Others, however, have it their entire lives.