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What
Causes Adult Acne?
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by: Tim
Gorman
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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.
About the Author
Timothy Gorman is a
successful Webmaster and publisher of Clear-Skin-Solutions.com. He
provides more acne clearing solutions, remedies and home
acne treatment information that
you can research in your pajamas on his website.
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