If you are like most people, you break out. Your skin gets blemishes, pimples and blackheads that make you feel unattractive and self conscious. Although acne problems usually start when someone is a youngster, you can have it at any time during your life. Adult acne can start in the late teens or early 20s and can go on throughout the early 30s. Some people still get a pimple or two even as they get into their 40s. For some, dealing with acne becomes a way of life.
Nowdays, acne is believed to be triggered by hormonal fluctuations. This is why so many pubescent boys and girls are affected. Women who have babies, go on birth control pills or go off birth control pills experience acne. In some cases, being pregnant can clear up the acne and in others, it can make someone who never experienced acne get pimples.
For very troublesome acne, an endocrinologist should be consulted. This is a Specialized Doctor in hormones. However, hormone therapy is very controversial and may lead to other, more serious complications. It is thought that acne is the result of an imbalance of testosterone. This can be balanced with estrogen but this can cause worse effects than the acne and would never be recommended for young people who are experiencing stubborn pimples.
Although medical science scoffs at the idea of foods and topical products causing acne, we all know that we are what we eat and that acne can be triggered by the massive consumption of certain foods. We also know that acne most often appears in the “t" zone of the face, which is the forehead, nose and chin areas, traditionally the most oily of all of the skin on the face. It can also show on the back and rest of the body.
People have wrestled with how to treat acne for ages. Lately, there have been some new products introduced on the market that have sounded promising. Most of them are a combination of age old products that have been used for years to treat the skin. Most treatment of acne today includes topical treatment of the skin. Hormonal treatment is very rare although there are still many doctors who will prescribe a special acne diet.
This articles are intended to help you find both natural solutions to acne and also teach you how you can keep your skin looking clearer. It will also go into the psychological aspects of acne and what you should and shouldn’t do when you do break out.
If you are one of the majority who have been plagued with acne, read these articles before you go out and buy any products that may end up letting you down with their promise of a false “cure."
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