Hormones Are One Of The Culprits?
Acne is most common during adolescence, affecting more than 85% of teenagers, but frequently continues into adulthood. For the majority of people, acne diminishes over time and tends to fade away, or at least decrease, after you reach your early twenties. However there is no way to predict how long it will take for it to disappear entirely, and some individuals will continue to suffer from acne decades later, into their thirties and forties and even beyond. One thing that is most often linked to acne outbreaks is the presence of extra hormones in your body. For women, this can mean that outbreaks are more severe during one point in the menstrual cycle than during others. In all most everyone, the extra hormones the body produces during puberty often results in increased outbreaks of acne, making it a normal part of growing up. Additionally, increased stress often leads to an outbreak, since stress stimulates the adrenal glands to produce more hormones.
Do Certain Foods Cause Problems?
Currently, the jury is still out as to how much or how little food contributes to outbreaks of acne. While old-fashioned suggestions for preventing outbreaks includes cutting out things such as chocolate and fried foods, studies have not proved that easing up on consuming either definitely helps. Milk, however is a culprit in causing acne, though doctors aren’t sure why yet; they suspect it’s the hormones in the milk. Similarly, some studies have suggested that cultures in which few people eat refined sugars have fewer cases of acne, but since outbreaks are sometimes determined by genetics, that’s not certain yet. However, with this information at your fingertips, perhaps you will better understand what can and can’t cause outbreaks of this skin problem.
Bacteria Is The Biggest Problem
The ultimate cause of acne is small bacteria that infect the clogged pores mentioned earlier. Excessive secretion of oils from the sebaceous glands accompanies the plugging of the pores with naturally occurring dead skin cells (corneocytes) blocking hair follicles. This provides a perfect breeding ground for these bacteria to multiply and result in the inflammation that usually raises it’s head as reddened skin or as pimples. The white heads that often form from these pimples come from your body’s immune response, with that white fluid consisting mostly of white blood cells. Although whiteheads are unsightly, it’s a sign that your body is working to kill the bacteria.
There are many misconceptions and rumours about acne. Exactly why some people get acne and some do not is not fully known. It is known to be partly hereditary. Several factors are known to be linked to acne-- Skin irritation or scratching of any sort will activate inflammation, accumulation of dead skin cells, bacteria in the pores, to which the body becomes allergic, family history, hormonal activity, such as menstrual cycles and puberty, stress, through increased output of hormones from the adrenal glands or a few of the main contributing factors to acne outbreaks. Back To Home
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