International Journal of Homoeopathic Sciences

Author(s): Arti Lavhe and Kavita Khandare

Abstract:
Our Skin is the most beautiful covering of human body and everybody are very sensitive to their skin specially women in our society. acne is an inflammatory and multifactorial skin disease. Different external and internal factors, including air pollution, aggressive skin products, medication, mechanical and hormonal factors and more recently life style and stress have been suggested as having an impact on acne. Acne vulgaris is a disorder of hair-bearing skin in which hair follicles develop obstructing horny plugs (comedones) as a result of which inflammation later develops around the obstructed follicles, causing tissue destruction and scar formation. Acne affects sebaceous follicles; these areas include the face, the upper part of the chest, and the back.

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