What is "acne"?

What is "acne"?

Rebecca Fitzgerald (Dermatologist) gives expert video advice on: Does my diet affect my acne?; What can I do to prevent acne scars?; How can I prevent acne? and more...

Acne is a plugged up pore. That upper layer of the skin is actually reflected down into the lower layer of the skin. It has to exfoliate every day just like the outer layer of skin does, only it has to do it from a long slender tube; the hair follicle. Occasionally all of that gets plugged up on it's way out. Acne can be in the form of blackheads, whiteheads or even large inflammatory lesions. Even those large cysts that you sometimes feel on your chin that you swear aren't a pimple all start as a plugged hair follicle.