Acne is a skin condition that occurs when your hair follicles become plugged with oil and dead skin cells. It often causes whiteheads, blackheads or pimples, and usually appears on the face, forehead, chest, upper back and shoulders. Acne is most common among teenagers, though it affects people of all ages. Effective treatments are available, but acne can be persistent. The pimples and bumps heal slowly, and when one begins to go away, others seem to crop up. Depending on its severity, acne can cause emotional distress and scar the skin.
Acne is an inflammatory skin condition that most often occurs during puberty. But acne does affect adults as well. In fact, acne is the eighth most common skin disease worldwide. And the number of people who get adult acne has gone up over the past two decades — especially in females.
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Face mapping comes from ancient Chinese and Ayurvedic medicine. The traditional method links specific locations of acne on the face to health issues affecting organs or systems elsewhere in the body. There is little scientific evidence to support the theory that health issues with organs in the body relate to where acne breaks out on the face. However, some research does suggest that specific factors can relate to acne on certain areas of the face. We look at the evidence in this article.