What's the difference between acne, blackheads, and pimples?

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What's the difference between acne, blackheads, and pimples?
|Acne - Acne vulgaris (commonly called acne) is a skin disease caused by changes in the pilosebaceous units (skin structures consisting of a hair follicle and its associated sebaceous gland).





Blackheads - A blackhead (medically known as an 'open comedo' , plural comedones is a yellowish or blackish bump or plug on the skin. A blackhead is a type of acne vulgaris. It is caused by excess oils that have accumulated in the sebaceous gland's duct. The substance found in these bumps mostly consists of keratin and modified sebum (an oily secretion of the sebaceous gland), which darkens (resembling dirt) as it oxidizes.





Pimples - A pimple is a result of a blockage of the skin's pore. It can be a pustule or papule.What's the difference between acne, blackheads, and pimples?
acne - a disease, a condition


blackheads - a type of pimple


pimple - a nodule of puss that forms in your skin.
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