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Preventing Adult Acne
Problems
By: Rebecca
Prescott
Acne problems are
not just the jurisdiction of teenagers. A surprising
number of adults develop acne at some point in their
lives - up to 25% of men and 50% of women. Some adults
even develop acne where they didn't have it as
teenagers. For women especially, this can occur around
changes in their hormonal cycle, and during or after
pregnancy. Many women with severe adult acne use certain
types of birth control to help deal with it, as they may
be taking birth control medication anyway.
So,
what steps can you take to avoid developing adult acne
problems?
If you have sensitive or dry skin, be
careful about using harsh skin care products. When the
skin dries out too much, it produces more oil to
compensate for the dryness. This can even be true for
people with oily skin and large pores.
Some
people have found that taking fish oil or flaxseed oil
supplements really help improve their skin. They are
certainly an excellent way of dealing with chronically
dry skin, and essential fatty acids like flaxseed oil
are a favorite with naturopaths in treating adult acne.
For adults, and women in particular, some of the acne
treatments used for teenagers will be too harsh for the
skin. This includes benzoyl peroxide based products,
which really dry out the skin even more. As well as
contributing to the development of wrinkles, by
weakening the skin, they don't support the function of
the skin as a barrier.
Stress can be a big factor
in the types of hormones our body produces. And despite
some dermatologists refusing to acknowledge a link,
research published on CNN in 2002 found there was a
correlation between stress and adult acne. The
researchers found that a hormone called
corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH)is released into
the sebaceous glands (which produce oil in the skin),
which sets the foundation for adult acne.
Corticotropin-releasing hormone is a stress related
hormone. Researchers are not sure at this time whether
stress plays a role in causing adult acne, or just
exacerbates outbreaks. Either way, reducing stress in
your life should lead to an improvement in your skin,
especially combines with other approaches.
Ways
of releasing stress in your life, include mediation, tai
chi, yoga, or simply repriotitizing your life so that
you are doing more of the things you want to
do.
Naturopaths and traditional systems of
medicine, like Traditional Chinese Medicine, consider
the health of the digestive tract to be important. The
skin is considered one way the body expels waste, and if
the body is overloaded, or sluggish, then adult acne
skin problems may occur. So, dietary changes are usually
recommended in line with this philosophy. Acidophilus
may be recommended as it improves the health of the
bowel. This is especially true if people have been given
antibiotics to treat adult acne with, as antibiotics
destroy the beneficial bacteria in the
colon.
Other foods, like dairy products and
refined carbohydrates like bread and flour products
(including pasta), may be suggested as foods to at least
minimize in your diet, or avoid completely. These foods
are harder to digest, and many people are in fact
lactose intolerant.
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