Hello friends here I am Dr shayesta inamdar on my blog teen queries answered and now we will see all about acne.Acne can be appear in different forms like pimples, pustules, cysts or a more severe form like acne vulgaris.In ayurveda it is called as tarunyapitika or mukhdushika. We will see all about causes of acne ,its first line of treatment according to ayurveda and also some do's and don'ts about acne in my upcoming articles. Right now what we are going to do is to learn to be positive about acne irradication. Because psychological impacts of acne last beyond the spots themselves.
Acne is a worldwide problem of teenage as well as a middle age too.Middle age acne are typically known as adult acne.
Well acne worldwide making disasters .Many unfortunate people on this earth born handicapped, some with cleft palate, squint eyes and many more. Also all these deformities are able to create inferiority complexes too.But pimples are far more depressive than any other disease. So many research are there showing different numbers or ratios of people commited suicide or attempted suicide or suffered with severe depression. At my personal level I found that almost 80% patients came to me for acne treatments were under depression. Some reasons for this huge difference which I got responsible are as below.
1) UNEXPECTED POPPING OF PIMPLES AT TRANSITIONAL AGE:-
Pimples appear for the first time at teenage. And of course teenage is a transitional phase of childhood and adulthood. At this age rapid physical growth and also psychological changes occur . Secondary sex characters start to appear. Some harmonal changes make kids more sensitive emotionally.They bacame so cautious about there social appearance that they never before. And suddenly acne breaks out!! It makes them so scared that they start to avoid social places, avoid mixing with friends and bacame so lonely to caught by depression. Well the only solution for this is to talk with your child. A healthy conversation should be there everywhere in schools, colleges and off course at homes.Then only we can give them confidence. And can teach them to deal with this very common natural phenomenon.
2) COMPARISION BETWEEN TWO CHILDREN:-
This is the worst thing people do .They
always compare two with each other. Once a mother came to me with her daughter for pimples treatment. While she was showing me all treatments she had given to her daughter from different doctors , she put her sentence,"My another daughter don't have anything on her face .She has very clean skin , don't know why this girl has so many!!."Again she asked me,"doctor could we ever get ride of this"? At that time I could see the sorrowful and worried expressions of that kind girl.And the first thing came to my mind was that this mother only needs the treatment first!!The question" why me"? Is really making trouble to kids . Because not all children have pimple prone skin. And if we do comparison then they can loose their self respect. Also I know some girls who are completely on antidepressants and sedatives because they unable to tolerate this comparison of them with others. So my request is to all teachers and all parents that please don't make comparison between your students or your kids because every human being has his own identity ,own qualities and own beauty characters too.
3)FINANCIAL INCAPABILITIES:-
This is a misapprehension that cosmetic treatments cost a lot . But the fact is spending some pennies on your healthy diet and taking proper care of your skin and off course living happy always is only sufficient to keep your skin healthy. Because skin is a part of your body. If your body is healthy then only your skin can.So if you can't spend a lot on beauty clinics and beauty products then its nothing to do worry about . I will tell you how to keep your skin fresh with few simple tricks in my next upcoming posts.
4) PROVIDING UNNECCESSARY IMPORTANCE TO EXTERNAL BEAUTY AND ALSO WRONG DEFINITION OF BEAUTY:-
We always watch so many adds on TV or any where else about fairness creams or other beauty products.All the time our media showing that one can become successful or lovable only if he or she is fair ,glowing skinned, handsome and whatever. I always ask my teenage patients that do they love their mother because she is beautiful or fair? The answer is always"NO".Then my next question is , then why can't you love or respect yourself as it what you are.So instead of running behind beauty products you should concentrate on your skills. Develop your skills and soft skills too.Now what are soft skills? Soft skill is the technique to deal with your emotions. To tackle your bad thoughts and egos. And to keep yourself happy and confident in all good or bad situations. And then the confidence inside you will reveal as a glow on your face.This is the time to change mindsets about definition of beauty. So find your plus points and highlight them so much, that they can dominate all other negative ties. And then you will be just in love of yourself.
5) SOME ANTI ACNE MEDICINES LIKE ISOTRETINOIN:-
Isotretinoin is a medicine commonly used by dermatologists to treat acne.This reduces secretion of sebum and hence reduce swelling and also post acne scarring too.But now FDA is also concern about its depressive side effects. So it should be kept in mind while taking this medicine.
So guys these are factors which I got more responsible to cause acne induced depression. In next post we will see about treatment part.But always keep one thing in mind ,
TREAT ACNE BECAUSE IT IS A KIND OF CURABLE DISEASE AND NOT BECAUSE YOU ARE CARRING ANY STIGMA.....
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