According to board certified dermatologist Dr. Karyn Grossman, these annoying comedones (the official medical term) are usually caused by a buildup of sebum and
keratin in the hair follicles of skin.
Not exact matches
Unfortunately, or maybe it is fortunate because it's a warning sign, whenever we revert back to an acidic diet their
hair soon starts to suffer as the pH drops to acidic and the body must once again buffer the acidity using
keratin from
hair follicles in an attempt to prevent disease overgrowth.
Unfortunately,
in people who suffer from
hair loss, the body can use the protein called
keratin to reduce the acidity, and this is the protein used to build
hair follicles.
It may lead to
hair follicle disruption and release of free
keratin in the dermis.
These organisms invade the outer layers of the skin, the
hair follicles, and the nails (claws), where they extract nourishment from the
keratin in dead skin tissues.
Hair is made of the protein
keratin and dead epidermal or skin cells and it grows from
follicles in the dermis or inner layer of the skin.