1.1 Background
Our skin comprised of two main parts – epidermis and dermis. Epidermis is the superficial and thinner portion which serves to protect the skin and underlying tissues from abrasions, heat, microbes and chemicals. The deeper and thicker connective tissue portion called as dermis hosts several accessory structures of the skin like hair follicles, oil (sebaceous) glands and sweat (sudoriferous) glands. Sebaceous glands secrete greasy substances called sebum that will moistens the hair, waterproofs the skin as well as inhibit growth of some bacteria. During childhood, sebaceous glands are relatively small and inactive. However, during puberty, androgen hormones from the testes, ovaries and adrenal glands will stimulates the activation of sebaceous glands, therefore increases the size of the glands as well as the production of sebum (Tortora & Derrickson, 2011).
Acne or acne vulgaris is …show more content…
School students and undergraduate students are not frequently being exposed to a proper education on acne vulgaris. As we can see people nowadays, they choose to use unauthorized cosmetic products which were claimed can remove acne within just few days rather than to undergo appropriate acne treatment. Thus, a proper education is important for these high risks group as acne is usually develops during their ages. Furthermore, education enables them to recognize the acne triggers, improve their skincare practices as well as can clear any false ideas regarding acne.
This proposed study In this study, the main objective was to assess the prevalence of acne vulgaris by gender among Pharmacy students in UiTM Puncak Alam Campus. This study also focused on to find out the risk factors of acne vulgaris and to assess the knowledge of it among the students. Assessing the students’ knowledge on acne vulgaris can ensure either they understand their disease and know the available treatments for them. Perhaps a
Our skin comprised of two main parts – epidermis and dermis. Epidermis is the superficial and thinner portion which serves to protect the skin and underlying tissues from abrasions, heat, microbes and chemicals. The deeper and thicker connective tissue portion called as dermis hosts several accessory structures of the skin like hair follicles, oil (sebaceous) glands and sweat (sudoriferous) glands. Sebaceous glands secrete greasy substances called sebum that will moistens the hair, waterproofs the skin as well as inhibit growth of some bacteria. During childhood, sebaceous glands are relatively small and inactive. However, during puberty, androgen hormones from the testes, ovaries and adrenal glands will stimulates the activation of sebaceous glands, therefore increases the size of the glands as well as the production of sebum (Tortora & Derrickson, 2011).
Acne or acne vulgaris is …show more content…
School students and undergraduate students are not frequently being exposed to a proper education on acne vulgaris. As we can see people nowadays, they choose to use unauthorized cosmetic products which were claimed can remove acne within just few days rather than to undergo appropriate acne treatment. Thus, a proper education is important for these high risks group as acne is usually develops during their ages. Furthermore, education enables them to recognize the acne triggers, improve their skincare practices as well as can clear any false ideas regarding acne.
This proposed study In this study, the main objective was to assess the prevalence of acne vulgaris by gender among Pharmacy students in UiTM Puncak Alam Campus. This study also focused on to find out the risk factors of acne vulgaris and to assess the knowledge of it among the students. Assessing the students’ knowledge on acne vulgaris can ensure either they understand their disease and know the available treatments for them. Perhaps a