COMEDONES OR COMEDO an Homeopathy

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"></div><br> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: red;"><u><b>COMEDONES OR COMEDO:</b></u></span><br>           (pl. comedones) a blackhead; a collection of sebaceous (oily) material and dead cells retained in the hair follicle and excretory duct of the sebaceous gland, the surface covered with a dark crust. It is the primary lesion of acne vulgaris<br> <br>           This name is applied to an affection of the skin characterized by little black points corresponding to the openings of the sebaceous follicles. If the skin in the neighborhood of these specks be squeezed between the finger-nails, the sebaceous plug which fills the follicles will be pressed out. This affection is more frequent in youth and adolescence than at any other ages. The glands of the face are the ones that are chiefly affected. The causes of comedo are probably similar to those which lead to the development of ordinary acne simplex, in company with which affection they are usually found, though they sometimes exist without any inflammatory complication. One author holds that comedones in children differ from those of adults in being mainly dependent on local causes, on their greater tendency to group and to be more closely set, in their involving the hairy scalp, and finally to their being generally readily amenable to treatment, all that is usually required being friction with a weak soft soap and spirit liniment, or a weak sulphur application may be employed in mild cases, preceded by fomentation with very hot water.<br> </div>

COMEDONES OR COMEDO an Homeopathy

COMEDONES OR COMEDO:           (pl. comedones) a blackhead; a collection of sebaceous (oily) material and dead cells retained in the hair ...

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