Apart
from the face or neck, acne pimples, contrary to popular
belief, can also occur at other parts of the body. But
when it affects the back, it becomes difficult to
manage. First of all, back pimples are hard to reach,
since everyone is not a gymnast who can twist and turn
hands to reach any part of the human anatomy. This
causes some amount of trouble in using topical lotions
or creams to the affected area while the garment used by
the person immediately soaks up the medication as soon
as one wears them. Back pimples, also commonly called
Bacne, however have one stellar point – they remain
hidden under the garments all the while till one turns
in or goes for a swim.
Like
acne occurring in other parts of the body, bacne is also
caused by clogged pores. This again is caused due to
excessive secretion of sebum, an oily substance produced
by the sebaceous glands inside the body hair follicles
on the back of a person. When the follicles become
congested with excess oil and dead cells that can not
come out, blackheads, whiteheads and pimples grow on the
skin. However, the only difference between acne and
bacne is that the latter develops on back where the skin
is tougher than that of the face and so requires more
intense therapy as compared to facial acne which needs
gentler medication. Also, the back pimples, cysts and
pustules can be larger in dimension and can become more
throbbing than facial acne. However, the fact remains
that in all cases, hormonal imbalance is the root cause
of the problem.
As
for treatment of bacne, OTC medications in the form of
creams, lotions and other topical applications provide
relief against the symptoms while tea tree oil, Chinese
herbal formulations and other cleansing herbs like milk
thistle offer temporary solutions to the distressing
disease condition. In severe cases, dermatologists
prescribe antibiotics which can reduce the severity to
some extent but can never cure the malaise. But you
should be wary of conventional treatments and over the
counter drugs because they often lead to harmful side
effects that cause more problems than the acne
itself.
Nevertheless,
the picture, though fairly tainted, is after all not so
discouraging since ideal bacne therapy can come in the
form of holistic method of treatment in which stress is
given more on curing the disease than in addressing the
symptoms. Irrespective of whether it is acne or bacne,
both are caused on account of three primary reasons –
hormonal imbalance in the system, toxic buildup in the
blood and the lymph glands and over-sensitivity of the
sebum glands. Holistic treatment procedure aims at
reactivating the various bodily organs that are capable
of eliminating toxic matters from the blood and
lymphatic glands. And once these vital organs that
include the liver, kidneys, colon and skin start purging
the biological debris (which also includes spent
hormones), the system’s internal hormonal balance is
automatically restored. With the hormonal balance
regained, the sebum production is controlled which in
turn inhibit growth of bacne or back pimples, eventually
curing the disease forever.
