Acne

ACNE

Acne is a type of skin inflammation, the most common of all skin disorders that afflict puberty when the body increases the production of androgens such as testosterone. Therefore acne may appear after the age of 25 years.

Acne is an inflammation of sebaceous glands. There are two types of acne. Acne vulgaris (known as common acne) and acne conglobata which is a more severe type.

ROSACEA

Rosacea is a common, chronic, inflammatory, life-disruptive skin disease that most often affects the forehead, the nose, the chin, and the cheeks. It begins with a tendency to redness or flushing with small bumps and sometimes pimples. It is characterized by flare-ups and remissions.

Rosacea is also known as “acne rosacea” because the inflammation looks like acne.

Rosacea is generally onset in patients between the ages of 30 and 50 years. The majority of them onsets white women. When it appears in men is more severe than in women.

Rosacea is often divided into four subtypes.