Uganda, Feb. 26 -- I have so many pimples and black heads on my face and chest which are ugly to look at. What can I do? Locket

Dear Locket,

What you have are likely to be pimples (acne vulgaris) that usually affect teenager's faces, shoulders, external ears, chests, upper backs and the anogenital areas (the areas of the body with the most oil (sebaceous) glands).

Pimples can disfigure the places where they are found and occurring in teenagers who mind most about their looks, this can be very stressful.

Acne mainly results from skin pores getting clogged by excess skin oil, debris and dead skin cells with skin bacterial infection resulting in more severe acne.

When the acne pores are closed, the pimples are referred to as white heads...