Abstract

A MULTI-DIMENSIONAL VIEW INTO THE CONCEPT OF YOUVANA PIDAKA: ACNE VULGARIS

Dr. Rajashree K. Sooji*, Dr. S. G. Chavan, Dr. A. S. Prashanth and Dr. Sanjay S.

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Abstract

In the present age, the physical appearance creates the first impression. For an individual to feel confident and have high self-esteem, keeping oneself well-groomed becomes necessary. Having a thorough skin-care and face-care routine becomes a part and parcel of such grooming regimes. One of such conditions which hamper the beauty of the face is Youvana-pidaka as described in Ayurveda which rises in the period of Youvana Avastha (Adolescent years). It presents with the symptoms such as swelling, pain, redness, itching etc. caused due to vitiation of Kapha, Vata, Rakta Dosha. Youvana Pidaka can be correlated to Acne Vulgaris as explained in the contemporary science. It is a chronic inflammatory condition of the pilosebaceous follicles affecting 85% of teenagers and thus causing a great harm to psycho-social development of youth, especially in present era. Thus, an attempt has been made to explain cause, symptoms, pathology and management of Youvana Pidaka in Ayurvedic perspective.

Keywords: Pidaka; Mukha-dooshika; Tarunya pidaka; Acne; Beauty; Mukhadushika.