An Approach to Acne Vulgaris

A.T. Senthilkumar1, D. Shree Vaishnavi Annapoornam2

1Professor, PG-Guide, Head of the Department, Department of Materia Medica,Vinayaka Mission’s Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, A Constituent College of VMRF-Deemeed to be University, Salem,Tamilnadu.

2.Post Graduate Student, Department of Materia Medica, Vinayaka Mission’s Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital,Salem.

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Dr. A.T. Senthilkumar

Vinayaka Mission’s Homoeopathic Medical College & Hospital, A Constituent College of VMRF-Deemeed to be University, Salem,Tamilnadu.

Abstract

It is a chronic inflammatory disease of piloseabaceous gland which generally occurs in adolescence, consists of various skin disorders in the form of non-inflammatory lesions (whiteheads, blackhead), superficial inflammatory lesions (papules, pustules superficial) and in inflammatory lesions (nodules), premises where predilection: face, neck, upper arms, chest and back.1Acne vulgaris is an inflammatory structural disorder of the sebaceous gland or follicles of the skin.2We have good scope in homoeopathy for both acne recurrence and psychosocial life.

Keywords: Acne vulgaris, etiology, pathophysiology, homoeopathic approach-non recurrence.