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“Would you like to be young again?” Toronto physician Ken Walker sometimes ask patients. Many people would jump at the chance of getting back years. But when I ask, “Would you want to revisit those acne years when you were the butt of jokes from classmates?” many say, “Thanks, but no thanks.”
For many, the psychological trauma of that time was a passing problem. But unsightly depressions and scars that remain are another matter. Fortunately, there’s now a way to remove them.
Acne affects up to 85 per cent of young people and 11 per cent of adults 25 and older. There are few diseases more aggravating for both adults and teenagers. It’s a time when young people need acceptance and self-assurance. And for both, the daily embarrassment of a face and neck peppered with blackheads and pimples can make life miserable.
Acne begins in the skin’s oil glands found in large numbers on the face, neck and back. But unlike Saudi Arabia’s oil wells these secrete a waxy substance called, “sebum.” And although our world has diminishing supplies of oil, our oil glands can be too active. It’s this overabundance of sebum that blocks the opening of the glands causing a “whitehead.” Read the rest of this entry »
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