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What
Causes Adult Acne?
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by:
Tim Gorman
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For
many people the question of “what causes adult acne” has been a
tireless quest in search of an answer to a problem that plagues many
individuals worldwide. For instance 90 percent of all adolescents and
almost 25 percent of all adults are acne sufferers. In terms of gender
approximately 50% of all adult men and 50% of all adult women suffer or
have suffered from some form of acne. One difference in gender is where
the acne outbreak takes place and the severity of zits and blackheads
that form. Males more often have the severe form of acne rather than
females, due to their hormones. Generally the infected areas that tend
to break out most frequently (the chest and back) are unfortunately
more difficult to treat.
The real cause of acne can actually be a blend of several factors.
Typically there are several steps that lead to zits, pimples,
blackheads and minor skin blemishes. The main cause of acne is due to
the blocking or clogging of hair follicles, more commonly know as
pores. Unfortunately the reasons and combination of events that cause
pores to become clogged isn’t fully known. There are many contributing
elements for teenagers and adults alike, which can include hereditary
factors such as whether or not there is a history of acne problems and
if so, to what extent, hormones, dietary and vitamin supplemental
intake and stress related factors. Other forces or events that can
strongly influence the development of acne and pimples include your
body’s normal function of eradicating itself of its dead skin cells. If
this cycle gets out of whack or becomes irregular due to climate and
other environmental forces or overall body health at the time it can
cause your hormones and their effect on your own body’s sebum
production to increase which is bad for your complexion but outstanding
for breeding acne.
When the body’s function of shedding dead skin cells becomes irregular
the normal dead skin cells that combine with your body’s natural sebum
oil as it drains through the skin’s surface become clogged and cause
blocked pores. This substance becomes somewhat sticky, further clogging
the passageway. This allows the cultivating and incubating of bacteria,
which begins to grow around these clogged areas. As a normal reaction
your body’s white blood cells attack the bacteria, fighting it and
pushing it out of the body. The outcome of this battle between the
white blood cells and bacteria leads to a growth usually within 14-day
to 21-days. These growths are referred to as microcomedones.
Microcomedones turn into comedones, which are more commonly referred to
as blemishes, pimples or acne.
As you can see the formation of acne is based on a series of events,
which starts with the blocking of pores. The outcome is usually an
increase in production of microcomedones which results in the very
noticeable skin blemish known throughout the world as zits, blackheads,
acne or pimples.
About the Author
Timothy Gorman is a successful Webmaster and
publisher of Clear-Skin-Solutions.com. He provides more acne clearing
solutions, remedies and home
acne treatment information that you can research in your
pajamas on his website.
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