Middle Age Women - Acne Be Gone!
For women who have suffered with acne since their teens and they continue to suffer through adulthood. Middle-aged women take heart! Acne be gone! This will be your time to finally drop acne. But in the meantime what causes women to treat acne in 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, menstrual, pregnancy and birth all affect our hormones. We spend half our life on the hormone rollercoaster. And with that rollercoaster ride comes the dreaded acne.
If it is not enough estrogen 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 contraception can lead to acne.
When hormones are out of balance your body produces extra sebum which is any oily secretion of the skin. This clogs pores and causes those dreaded zits.
Some women never have a pimple until they hit their thirties. Talk about a 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 can not be that they were ever immune to acne just that it has 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 factors 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 have to do with an appointment to see your dermatologist.
There are three major reasons why adult women suffer from acne: the pill, antibiotics and Vitamin A.
Prolonged use of antibiotics leads us to develop a yeast infection which lowers the body's immune and defense, which can result in acne.
Vitamin A treatments such as Retinol-A is a double edge sword. Initially they can cause outbreaks, but over time they will effectively remove damaged layers of skin, including acne scars, and cause the skin to form collagen which give you younger looking skin.
Interestingly by the time women reach their mid 40's, they can almost be guaranteed to become acne free. It is believed that our female hormones have dampened some by then, and we are not on the hormone rollercoaster anymore. This is a welcome change for many women!
If you're younger you just have to find an acne medicine that works and wait for your mid-40s to arrive. See there is something good by being over 40 years.
The important thing is not to let your acne control your life. There are lots of treatments to try and just continue until you find one that works!
Hormonal imbalances are mostly responsible for acne in adult women, and God knows us women have a lot of hormone imbalances! Premenstrual, menstrual, pregnancy and birth all affect our hormones. We spend half our life on the hormone rollercoaster. And with that rollercoaster ride comes the dreaded acne.
If it is not enough estrogen 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 contraception can lead to acne.
When hormones are out of balance your body produces extra sebum which is any oily secretion of the skin. This clogs pores and causes those dreaded zits.
Some women never have a pimple until they hit their thirties. Talk about a 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 can not be that they were ever immune to acne just that it has 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 factors 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 have to do with an appointment to see your dermatologist.
There are three major reasons why adult women suffer from acne: the pill, antibiotics and Vitamin A.
Prolonged use of antibiotics leads us to develop a yeast infection which lowers the body's immune and defense, which can result in acne.
Vitamin A treatments such as Retinol-A is a double edge sword. Initially they can cause outbreaks, but over time they will effectively remove damaged layers of skin, including acne scars, and cause the skin to form collagen which give you younger looking skin.
Interestingly by the time women reach their mid 40's, they can almost be guaranteed to become acne free. It is believed that our female hormones have dampened some by then, and we are not on the hormone rollercoaster anymore. This is a welcome change for many women!
If you're younger you just have to find an acne medicine that works and wait for your mid-40s to arrive. See there is something good by being over 40 years.
The important thing is not to let your acne control your life. There are lots of treatments to try and just continue until you find one that works!
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