:: Types of Acne ::



	From a small blackhead or whitehead, to large pustules, cysts, and inflamed nodules… acne has many forms. These may be interrelated, for example a pustule can follow a papule after white blood cells invade, or may be completely independent in origin. The various types of acne are differentiated by size and whether the lesion is “inflammatory”or “non-inflammatory.” The beginning of acne is the smallest type of lesion, usually called a microcomedo, so small that it’s invisible to the naked eye. Depending on the growth of this microcomedo, it may develop into a closed comedo or whitehead; or into an open comedo, or blackhead. Similar to comedo, but a bit more serious formation is that of pustules and nodles.



	Soft closed comedo-nes present as bum-piness on the skin's surface. They are not painful or red	Soft closed comedones develop when a plug of cellular debris and oil becomes trapped within the pore, and is covered by a layer of dead skin cells. The oil plug itself remains liquid or soft.
Soft Closed Comedone


	Hard closed comedo- nes have obvious white heads.They are not red or painful, and are common in the eye area.	Hard closed comedones develop just as their soft counterparts, however the plug has hardened and is similar to a grain of sand. The white head is mass of dead cells and sebum.
Hard Closed Comedone


		A blackhead is an accumulationof dead skin cells and sebaceous matter within the follicle. It's top is exposed to air, so the black coloring is not dirt, but oil darken by the air.
	An open comedo, or blackhead,is easy to identify by its dark brownto black surface coloring.
Open Comedone


	Although most acne sufferers have many microcomedones, they are too small to be seen with the naked eye.	A microcomedon occurs when the sebaceous duct and poreopening becomes blocked by excess sebum and dead skin cells. Every blemish begins as a microcomedo.
Micro- Comedone



	A papule is a red and is inflamed lesion on the skin's surface. It contains no pus or white head.	Papules result from a break in the folliclewall, allowing cellular debris and bacteria to spill into the dermis.
Papules


	A pustule is a typical pimple, red and inflamed with a white head.They range in size from small to fairly large.	Pustules follow papules after white blood cells invade. The white cap on a pustule is pus, sebaceous matter and cellular debris.
Pustules


		A nodule occurs when the follicle wall ruptures deep within the dermis. Contaminated debris from the follicle empties into the dermis and infects adjacent follicles.
	Nodules are large inflamed lesions that occur deep within the dermis.They feel like a hard, painful lump under the skin.
Nodules


	Cyst are very large, inflamed lesions. They feel like soft, fluid-filled lumps under the skin’s surface.	Like nodules, cysts begin as a deep break in the follicle wall. As a cyst works its way to the surface, it damages healthy skin tissue, destroying the follicle. Cysts can be very painfu.
Cysts

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