We all know that acne is an infection caused when you are in contact with pollution, dust, harmful sunrays or the hormonal changes. It may become worse when you use low quality cosmetics, junk foods and sometimes under stress and take pills for being out of it. Acne disease is most popular among the people nowadays. Every age group is suffering from acne problem due to the environmental conditions or the unhygienic one’s.

There are diseases that have the same look as acne have. Sometimes we cannot find the difference between the acne and the other diseases. Some of the diseases that look like acne are:

• Folliculitis: It is an infection of the hair follicle. It is mostly caused by bacteria’s but sometimes it can be happened with the fungus. Folliculitis comes in various forms that are non-infectious. When you come in contact with the other forms of folliculitis like tars, greases and oils, your skin may not react to it as these are non-infectious. When it looks like acne, you can’t determine whether it is acne or folliculitis.

• Perioral dermatitis: It is a very common rash that appears on the face. It consists mainly of small vesicles, pus spots and small reddened bumps. These often gather around the nose, mouth and chin. If you use steroid creams, you will definitely face the problem of the redness around your chin and above the upper lip. These creams sometimes cause irritation or itching sensation and give rise to this disease. Same is the case with perioral dermatitis as with folliculitis. It can’t be detected easily that whether it is acne mark or any other skin infection as both appears almost same.

• Rosacea: If you are above 35 and your acne appeared a long time back without showing any sign of being cured, then you might think it as adult acne. But no, it can’t be like that because that disease might be rosacea. It is an infection that leaves no marks on the skin and has a long lasting effect. Sometimes people misunderstand with it and take the pills of adult acne. It varies with time and may not become worse. At times, you may find your face is redden and that may not be the reason of importunate redness of your face or sweating but may be due to the broken blood vessels. However, comedones like blackheads and whiteheads do not belong to this category.

• Keratosis Pilaris: It is a disorder that also occurs in hair pores and cause redness around. It is often found in teenage girls and around 40% adults. If you are suffering from hay fever, eczema or asthma, you might be easily caught by keratisis pilaris. Hair follicles may also be affected with this turmoil.

Sometimes it is a very big problem if you take the treatment for acne and afterwards it comes out to be any of the disease like perioral dermatitis, rosacea, keatosis pilaris or folliculitis. Every treatment contain some of the drugs or sometimes all the drugs different from the other problem, it may worsen the disease. So, if you find any problem regarding skin consult your doctor before taking any pills.

If you are pregnant and have acne problem, your skin might glow but some do not have this property. In pregnancy, their skin becomes dull due to the hormones called androgens. These hormones may harm your pregnancy or may make it fruitful. Androgens cause sebaceous glands to produce more oil, which further blocks the pores of the skin and do not let it to breathe. Due to the bacteria’s formation, acne appears which makes your skin look dull and dry.

Acne does not have any cure to it but it can be controlled with certain factors like cleaning your face with a mild soap or oil free cleanser twice a day. If you want to do makeup, go for the nonacnegenic makeup that does not clog the pores of the skin.

The most important thing to remember is that if you are pregnant and taking or already started the acne treatment, you should consult the doctor whether the acne treatment will be useful for you or it will have an adverse effect on the baby. If you are taking any pills, also let your doctor about it so that he/she may help at the time of any discrepancy. Accutane and Retin-A drugs are usually prescribed for acne treatment, which should strictly be prohibited because these drugs may cause miscarriage or any other problem during pregnancy.

If your acne appears for the first time and didn’t have any before or after the last pregnancy, then you can feel relaxed because often during pregnancy, acne clears. If your acne was before conceiving, then you can go for its treatment after pregnancy.

We are still waiting for the reason how it is formed? What are the reasons that develop acne? We just know that if your skin is oily, then acne develops but how it develops, it is still a mystery. Why the androgens in sebaceous glands tend to produce lot of oil and make a pimple?

The reason for acne may be the diet that contains more oils, absence of vitamins and minerals, hormonal changes, nervousness and so on. With this, we can account for the fact that acne may be caused not due to one reason but with many reasons.

As we don’t know the reason for acne, it has become very important thing for you to remember is to take proper care for your skin so that acne disease should be controlled to some extent. You should always go for the regular check up during pregnancy if your doctor has prescribed any pills of acne too that are not harmful for your baby. But it may cause certain effect if you don’t care and leave any sitting. It is good for you and your baby to take the nutritional diet so that no discrepancy should be found during pregnancy.

Healthy food and healthy body is good for a healthy baby of healthy environment. So, it becomes your responsibility to take proper care and leave any tensions regarding acne because tensions in pregnancy may gives the bad effect on the baby.