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the truth about spots and blackheads?

  • 15-02-2009 8:43pm
    #1
    JuliusCaesar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,885 ✭✭✭


    how is it that clearasil have one cleanser for black heads and another for spots? does it make a difference? and how are spots created anyway, i heard its when you get your pores dirty but the grease comes out of your pores, so can dirt actually get in??


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  • #2
    Kevster
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,980 ✭✭✭Kevster


    One is possibly a viral infection, while the other a bacterial one. As such, you would need entirely different chemicals to treat them. Spots are created by 'dirt' getting in. Bacteria and viral particles are everywhere dude; even floating around in the air. They can easily get into these pores and feed on whatever's in there.

    In case you don't know already, if you've a problems with spots, keep your hands away from your face, even after you've washed them. Bacteria live all oer your skin.


  • #3
    AtomicHorror
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,888 ✭✭✭AtomicHorror


    Kevster wrote: »
    One is possibly a viral infection, while the other a bacterial one.

    Never heard that one before. As far as I know acne is pretty much always bacterial and can be treated with antibiotics if severe enough to warrant it. Blackheads are not an infection at all, just a build up of oil and dead skin in your pores. They both start the same way, with a clogged pore, but with spots some of your skin bacteria (normally just hanging around doing not much) get in there and start multiplying rapidly. That triggers an immune response which results in inflammation and white blood cell build up resulting in a nasty ol' spot.

    Far as I can tell, Clearasil and the like are pretty much useless for anything more than really mild acne. Having used all manner of face washes as a teen to rid myself of acne, I can anecdotally testify that they just made the situation far worse. A normal face wash once a day would probably have done me more good. The other stuff just dried out my skin, causing more oil production and irritation. Nasty.


  • #4
    Fionnanc
    Closed Accounts Posts: 162 ✭✭Fionnanc


    Hormonal change in teenage years lead to increased sebum production in skin glands which may become blocked and infected creating acne. Always bacterial( I think propionbacteria)
    Clearasil marketing two cleaners for the same process is a business decision, probably no evidence base.
    I second Atomic Horrors definitions.


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