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What Causes Adult Acne? |
by:
Tim Gorman |
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.
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