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Believe it or not, acne appears when your skin pores become blocked with sebum or excessive oil. This oil, which normally drains to the surface of the skin, becomes trapped. As a result, bacteria begins to grow, causing whiteheads, blackheads, cysts, or papules. When the trapped sebum and bacteria stay below your skin, you will get a whitehead. Whiteheads are those ugly, white bubbles that you are dying to bust. A blackhead, however, develops when the trapped sebum and bacteria partially open to your skin’s surface. The spot turns black because your skin's pigment, melanin, reacts with the oxygen in the air to create a black, crusty bump. But what you most likely deal with is a “pimples.” Contrary to popular belief, facial blemishes are not caused by dirt. Pores do not get blocked from the top down due to "impurities". Rather, the walls of a pore stick together deep within the skin, starting acne formation. The key to eliminating acne is cleaning your pores and using a solution that purifies and penetrates your skin. A pimple develops where there is a break in you skin’s follicular wall. Yep, it is an ugly mess. But, you can get rid of them.
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betsya said
on 7/4/2007 I read this article and the flax oil has been really helping my acne. I use vitamins as well and already drank a lot of water..but i never thought of flax
vasic30 said
on 5/3/2007 Don't listen to the product advice, this person has posted numerous threads boasting the same company over and over again which most likely means they are just trying to sell their product.