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Middle Age Women - Acne Be Gone! |
by:
M.D. Stracener |
For women who have suffered
with acne since their teens and they continue to suffer through
adulthood. Middle age women take heart! Acne be gone! It will
be your time to finally ditch the acne. But in the meantime what
causes women to deal with acne for so many years?
Hormonal imbalances are mostly responsible for acne in adult women,
and God knows us women have a lot of hormone imbalances! Premenstrual,
menses, pregnancy, and child birth all affect our hormones. We
spend half our life on the hormone rollercoaster. And with that
rollercoaster ride comes the dreaded acne.
If that’s not enough oestrogen and testosterone imbalances can
easily occur from stress or medication. Something as simple as
having an IUD device or taking Depo Provera, both methods of birth
control, can lead to acne.
When the hormones are out of balance your body produces extra
sebum which is any oily secretion of the skin. This clogs the
pores and causes those dreaded zits.
Some women never have a pimple until they hit their thirties.
Talk about a real shock. This usually occurs when they decide
it’s time to go off the pill. Birth control helps balance hormones
and for many it keeps acne at bay. So it may not be that they
were ever immune to acne just that it’s been so long they never
realized they would have pimples.
Some vitamins can also cause acne. Vitamin B supplements and Vitamin
E creams are known to cause acne break outs. On the other hand
taking zinc orally has shown positive effects to eliminate acne
in studies.
There are other conditions that are often mistaken for acne. Conditions
such as acne rosacea, keratosis, or perioral dermatitis are often
confused as acne. If you are unsure what you are dealing with
make an appointment to see your dermatologist.
There are three major reasons why adult women suffer from acne:
the pill; antibiotics; and vitamin A.
Long term antibiotic use causes us to develop a yeast infection
which lowers the body’s immune system and defences which can result
in acne.
Vitamin A treatments such as Retinol-A are double edge sword.
Initially they can cause outbreaks, but over time they will effectively
remove damaged layers of skin including acne scars, as well as
get the skin to form collagen which give you younger looking skin.
Interesting by the time women reach their mid 40’s they can almost
be guaranteed to become acne free. It’s believed that our female
hormones have mellowed some by then, and we aren’t on the hormone
rollercoaster anymore. This is a welcome change for many women!
If you’re younger you’ll just have to find an acne medicine that
works and wait for your mid 40s to arrive. See there’s something
good about being over 40.
The main thing is not to let your acne control your life. There
are plenty of treatment options to try and just persist until
you find the one that works!
About the Author
M.D. Stracener from The Acne Cure has been serving customers
for over 20 years, providing valuable information to keep you
beautiful and healthy. Please visit us at The
Acne Cure
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