Blackheads Information and Treatment

Dear beauties, today we are talking about tiny things that are however big enough to spoil your mood – blackheads. Don’t welcome them, we’ll also talk about the ways of getting rid of them.


 Blackheads are small dark spots which appear when follicles get blocked. The reasons of this process are not completely studied. Sebum, or skin oil, which normally drains to the surface, stays blocked in the pore.

Bacteria begins to grow. Initially a blackhead is white. At that time it’s called whitehead. It can be very small, even invisible to the naked eye. We deal with a whitehead if the trapped sebum and bacteria are below the skin. When the sebum and bacteria partially open to the surface, a blackhead occurs.

Whiteheads and blackheads are acne forms. The blackhead part, which is on the surface, turns black due to the skin pigment melanin. Blackheads live long, because the contents drain to the skin surface very slowly. It’s better not to touch the skin in such places, because it increases the likelihood of the pimple occurrence. When the follicular wall breaks and the pore becomes inflamed, there occur pimples. The better way to get rid of pimples is to get rid of blackheads, that is, to remove the cause of them – excessive oil and dead skin cells, which contain melanin making whiteheads black.