{"id":48746,"date":"2020-10-11T08:11:29","date_gmt":"2020-10-11T08:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/?p=48746"},"modified":"2023-09-14T06:25:08","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:25:08","slug":"comedo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthbenefitstimes.com\/glossary\/comedo\/","title":{"rendered":"Comedo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Plug of dried, discolored fatty matter clogging a pore of the skin; commonly called a black-head.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A blackhead, as seen in acne.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>A small point of dark, hard matter in a sebaceous follicle, often found associated with acne on the skin of adolescents.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Comedones, accumulation, in a hair follicle or oil gland, of dead cells and oily substance; the basic lesion m acne vulgaris; commonly called blackhead.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>The typical small skin lesion of acne vulgaris and seborrheic dermatitis. The closed form is called a whitehead. It consists of a papule from which the contents are not easily expressed. When inflamed these lesions form pustules and nodules. The open form of comedo, called a blackhead, is rarely inflamed. It has a dilated opening from which the oily debris is easily expressed. 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