Acne surgery in Chico, California, also known as acne treatment with extractions, is available at 916SKIN - Acne, Skin & Wellness Studio. 530.680.2027
To an aesthetician (that's me) they're a package of scientific wonder, but to most they're just annoying. A blackhead, is many times, the first sign of acne. When extracting a blackhead, it appears greasy in texture or like a hardened mass of oil. So, it seems logical that a blackhead is just a small plug of sebum (oil) trapped in the follicle. While this is partly true, it's only half the story. A blackhead is also composed of dead skin cells, cell fragments, and bacteria. Oxygen makes its through the opening in the follicle, oxidizing the sebum, and changing its color (just like the air turns the exposed flesh of an apple brown).
To an aesthetician (that's me) they're a package of scientific wonder, but to most they're just annoying. A blackhead, is many times, the first sign of acne. When extracting a blackhead, it appears greasy in texture or like a hardened mass of oil. So, it seems logical that a blackhead is just a small plug of sebum (oil) trapped in the follicle. While this is partly true, it's only half the story. A blackhead is also composed of dead skin cells, cell fragments, and bacteria. Oxygen makes its through the opening in the follicle, oxidizing the sebum, and changing its color (just like the air turns the exposed flesh of an apple brown).
