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Have you ever gone days or weeks without acne only to suddenly have an outburst of 4-5 pimples? Breakouts occur because one pimple forms internally, causing inflammation and the pores of surrounding areas to constrict, making a chain reaction of blockages more likely. By detecting a single blockage early and applying our Cold Fusion System, it reduces inflammation, the swelling of blood vessels, the constricting of pores, and prevents a subsequent breakout.
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Sub-Cause #1: Excessive Dead Skin Cells.
Everyones skin goes through a cycle of shedding old cells and producing new ones. It's a normal process for the skin to replace itself every 28 to 45 days. Retention hyperkeratosis is when the skin's cell production cycle is rapidly increased, which subsequently causes between 3-8 times the normal amount of dead skin cells to be sloughed off.
On the skin's surface, it isn't a problem. The dead skin cells fall off naturally. But deep within the lining of the pores, it causes a major problem. When excessive dead skin cells are released in the lining of the pore, they can get gummed up together along with the excess oil, and eventually harden, forming a plug (also known as a comedo).
The oil gland continues to produce oil, expanding and enlarging the pore, creating a small balloon of oil. However, it's not the trapped oil alone that causes a pimple to form.
Sub-Cause #2: Bacteria.
Bacteria, also known as propionibacterium acnes, exist everywhere on the skin including the pores. This is normal, as the bacteria's presence alone doesn't cause acne. These bacteria eat the sebum released from the pores, however under normal circumstances their population is kept at low levels because sebum still flows freely out the pore.
When the oil becomes blocked because of the retention hyperkeratosis, the bacteria continue to feed upon the oil and rapidly multiple to dangerously high levels, causing an infection in the pore.
Sub-Cause #3: Inflammation.
The immune system sends antibodies to fight off the bacteria and the infected pore, and a pimple breaks out. A comparable example would be when a mosquito bites you. The bump that forms is not a result of the bite itself, but actually of the immune system trying to fight off the infection caused by the bite. The difference with acne is that the infection is much more severe.
Depending on how deep the plug is in the pore, and how much bacterial infection there is, the pimple could be a small papule or it could be a large cyst. Breakouts occur because one pimple forms internally, causing inflammation and the pores of surrounding areas to constrict, making a chain reaction of blockages more likely.
By detecting a single blockage early and applying our Cold Fusion System, it reduces inflammation, the swelling of blood vessels, the constricting of pores, and prevents a subsequent breakout.
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