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Adult acne treatment is not always the same as teenagers
Women suffer more from adult onset acne than men
For many people adult acne is something they likely did not plan on. Most people tend to think that acne is a teenage problem, one that occurs with the onset of puberty. But there are currently over 20 million adults in North America that have been diagnosed with acne and the average age of people with this disease is increasing.
Interestingly, while teenage boys tend to suffer the most, it is adult women that tend to suffer the most from adult onset acne. While rather dismaying, if you are one of the unfortunate adults suffering from this disease, the average duration of adult acne occurrence is up to 20 years.
You are not alone. Currently it is estimated that there are more acne products being sold to adults than teens. For women, the big drivers in reoccurring acne are their hormonal changes from month to month, during pregnancy and during menopause.
A condition known as adult onset acne is when adults get acne for the first time as an adult and did not get acne as a teenager. This can be quite a shock for someone who was quite thankful as a teen. Some in this category may be feeling guilty for things said during the teen years against those who did suffer acne as teens but these taunts are not the cause of your acne. On the positive side, adults tend to get fewer whiteheads and blackheads.
For some reasons, as yet unexplained, the sebaceous gland has an increase response to the typical levels of acne causing hormones.
As acne can be increased by stress and adults today believe they are under more stress than every this may be one reason for the increase in the numbers. However, every generation has been under more stress than those previously due to our advancing society and therefore, it may just be our ability to handle the stress that may be getting out of equilibrium more than in the past which is increasing the levels of adult onset acne.
Also, some of the latest research has shown that the Western diet may be responsible for the increased level of acne. By improving your diet you may reduce the level of adult acne you are experiencing.
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