If you search around on the Internet, you'll find all types of causes of acne in adults! Depending on the site that you're looking at, you will find people blaming acne from everything to genetics to diet to your stress or touching your face. Well here's the thing- most of these causes have some merit to them.
Generally it is a combination of things that cause acne to form, not just one or two little things by themselves. That's why I put this article together. I will explain why some of these causes of acne in adults actually cause the pimples to form.
Dirty hands
First, let's start with something simple- touching your hand to your face. When I was little, my mother would always tell me not to touch my face. She said that there are a few reasons, but the main one is that your hands are very dirty! Now that I'm older, I realize that she was more correct than she realized! You see your hands are always carrying a lot of dirt, germs, dead cells, and oils. Since we do almost everything with our hands, they are constantly getting dirty- even if we can't see it. This dirt and oil can get into the pores of our skin. If you touch your face with your hands, you're likely going to start clogging those pores. Unless you wash your face at least once a day, those pores will eventually get too clogged up and acne will be more likely to form. Since we're talking about oils and dirt, you should know that certain lotions and types of makeup fall into this category as well! If you are using anything oily on your face, watch out!
Diet
Now let's talk about another common cause of acne in adults- diet! Specifically, let's talk about the sugar in most people's diets. Sugar is one of the unhealthiest substances you can eat. Even though most of us know that, we love the fact that it tastes so good, right? Well the problem is that your body tries to fight sugar. Any time that you eat it, you are making your body work harder to get rid of the stuff. Often, the consequences of this struggle will appear on your back or your face in the form of acne. Because your body is spending a lot of energy digesting your food and fighting the sugar, it is not able to heal the skin properly. There are other dietary things to consider, but for now just plan on lowering your sugar intake.
Food Allergies
This one is a little more tricky: It is not the fact that you eat unhealthy food, but that the fact that you might eat food that your body does not tolerate well and your acne could be one of the consequences of that. To find out if you are allergic to any food, try to eliminate products that you eat often completely from your diet for a week. If you see no change then chances are this food is tolerated well by your body. You can re-introduce it and try another one. Common products to look for are dairy products, white flour, nuts,etc..
Stress
Finally, let's discuss stress. As you probably know, stress has been linked to a number of different health conditions. Cancer, heart disease, Alzheimer's, obesity, and even acne have been associated with stress. Here's why this is one of the causes of acne in adults. When your body is under stress, your hormones are thrown off balance. Your body is always producing hormones, and these are used for a number of different things such as digestion, the immune system, etc. When those hormones are thrown off by high stress levels, your immune system can become weaker and acne can develop.
There are also lots of over the counter acne treatments that work quite well but they are often not used in the right way of by the right person. Most acne treatments are targeted for a particular type of acne and/or skin type so you should be very careful when selecting an acne treatment, making sure that it matches your skin type.
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Nathalie Wood has been writing articles offline and more recently online, on the subjects of health and fitness as well as skin care.
To learn more about the causes of acne and the current available acne treatments available you can visit http://www.bestacneproductreviews.org, a website where she will be blogging regularly.
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