DermaStation

Janakpuri, Delhi

When acne breakouts penetrate the skin deeply, they damage the skin and the tissue beneath it. As the acne clears, the body tries to repair this damage by produces collagen to give support to the skin. When the body produces too little or too much collagen, a scar is formed. Type of scar depends on how much collagen your body makes. Depressed acne scars: If the body produces too little collagen, depressions or pits form as the skin heals. Depressed (atrophic) scars are of 3 types. Boxcar acne scars: Broader scars with deep, defined edges (like a box).Icepick acne scars: Tiny dots, or deeper, narrow scars.Rolling acne scars: These look like small waves in the skin.

Vitiligo is a condition where individuals develop patches of white or lighter-colored skin. Vitiligo is common, affecting up to 2% of the population worldwide. It is partially genetic and may run in families. It can affect all areas of the body, especially areas that are bumped or rubbed frequently (i.e., areas of friction like the elbows, hands, waist, knees and top of the feet). Vitiligo results from destruction or reduction of melanocytes, the cells that produce pigment in our skin, so that they cannot properly function. The cause of vitiligo is not clearly understood, but it appears in most cases to be an autoimmune condition where the bodys own immune system attacks the normal pigment-making cells in the skin. For most people with vitiligo, white patches develop and expand slowly over time; however, every person is different. Some patients will never progress, rarely patients will worsen rapidly, and 10-20% will develop spontaneous repigmentation (return of normal color). A variant called segmental vitiligo is localized to a single strip of skin, and it is not usually associated with widespread loss of color.

Psoriasis is a common chronic skin condition in which red plaques with thick scales form on the skin. It affects 1-2% of all people and can develop at any age from infancy to adulthood. Psoriasis usually appears as dry, red, scaly patches on the skin which can itch and sometimes burn. Immune system and genetics play major roles in the development of psoriasis. Psoriasis tends to run in families. Injury to the skin and infections are common triggers that bring out psoriasis or make it worse. Psoriasis is not contagious. Plaque psoriasis commonly affect the elbows, knees and scalp. Psoriasis can also develop in the nails (usually in the form of small depressions or pits in the nail), and in the joints (called psoriatic arthritis). The severity of psoriasis can range from mild to severe and varies from person to person and may change over time.

The medical term for pimples is acne. Acne is the result of changes that occur during puberty. The skin makes oil in sebaceous glands that are found in the deeper layers of the skin. Whiteheads or blackheads are clogged sebaceous glands. People with acne have glands that make more oil and are more easily plugged, causing the glands to swell. Hormones, bacteria (called P. acnes) and your genetic susceptibility also play a role.