Dr. Gopesh Mangal, Dr. Avvinish Narine
Vol. 8, Jul-Dec 2019
Abstract:
Beauty is defined as having the quality of being pleasing or someone that gives great pleasure especially when you look at them. The human face expresses this beauty in its most natural form, unfortunately, the skin of the face is affected by a most common skin disorder ‘Acne Vulgaris’ and it occurs most frequently in the adolescent ages. Acne Vulgaris is a chronic inflammatory condition of the pilosebacous follicles on the face and upper trunk, which develops into blackheads, papules, pustules and cysts and may leave scars upon resolution.Since adolescents are highly conscious about their health and beauty, they tend to resort to using various OTC beauty products available on the market, which most of the times causes the Acne to exaggerate and occasionally some side effects occur. Youvan Pidika simply means that this disorder usually occurs in the young aged persons. It is also known as Mukhadushika. Although it is briefly mentioned, the symptoms closely resemble that of Acne Vulgaris. According to the Ayurveda, the management of Youvan Pidika is by doing Shodhana and Shamana Chikitsa which will be discussed in this article.