Get Rid of Adult Acne ...

Adult acne is definitely an unpleasant thing to have, especially if you are a woman and care about how you look. If you are well above the teen age and suddenly start developing **blackheads** and **blemishes** on your face, which do not want to go away no matter how careful you are about your personal hygiene, read the following facts on what causes adult acne and what you can do to get rid of it.

What makes more than 60 millions of adults in the States (the vast majority of whom are women!) develop middle-age acne, while it is still a rare condition in more traditional societies? The answer is definitely in our industrial lifestyle, bad dietary preferences, and extreme environmental pollution. The basic causes are the following:**1. **Bad diet is number one cause of adult-onset acne. Bad diet, which robs us of essential nutrients and disrupts both digestive ecology and healthy hormonal balance, usually consists of the following:

- overconsumption (more than 100 grams a day) of carbohydrates, especially in the form of processed breads, pastas, sugar, sweets, soda pop, etc., which stimulates insulin production and severely worsens an acne condition;

- giving preference to newfangled vegetable oils, margarines, and trans fats in processed foods, instead of eating traditional animal fats with antimicrobial and hormone-stabilizing properties (coconut and marine oils, natural butter, cultured cream, etc.);

- eating non-organic meats and dairy products, which contain a big amount of residual hormones and other medication that are fed to the cattle on a regular basis. Consumption of such impure products is especially dangerous for women, because female hormones are very sensitive and can easily get out of balance due to foreign synthetic medication in the food. In time, this bad diet manifests as PMS, pregnancy complications, pathological menopause, and adult acne;

- eating mostly “dead”, cooked and processed, foods, which do not provide friendly bacteria for the digestive tract. It’s interesting to note that women who regularly eat natural yogurt, home-made pickles and unpasteurized sauerkraut, rarely suffer from adult acne.

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Hormones, Which, Again, Easily Get out of Balance Due to Inappropriate Food, Stress, Hormone-containing Medication, Birth-control Pills, and Changes Brought by the Monthly Cycle, Menopause and Pregnancy

Genes. Hereditary element can worsen adult acne, especially in severe cases of so-called “scarring acne”

Frequently asked questions

Synthetic face-care products and makeup, which clog the pores and disrupt the acid-alkaline balance of the face skin. Needless to say that, if you want to have a clean skin, you always should opt for natural and preferably home-made creams and other beauty products for your face

What are the solutions?
Change your diet, use the best skin care products, and be patient - your body will need some time to restore the balance and cure your skin. A great natural approach to treating adult acne is described here.

However, if you want immediate results, you can try some of numerous acne medications (which usually just mask the symptoms and which I therefore do not recommend). Top acne treatment products can be found at review-acne-treatments.com, while information on homeopathic acne remedies you can find at therapy biogetica.com.

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another excellent post

There are four important factors that contribute to all acne, teenage and adult. These factors are: hormonal imbalance, retention hyperkeratosis (build up of dead skin cells), inflammation, and Propriani Acnes bacteria. As you age your skin cell turn over cycle slows down, resulting in an excess of dead skin that must be removed in order for the natural sebum to work it's way to the surface of the skin and do it's job- maintain a healthy balance to keep bacterial invaders out of the body. Also as you age your hormone levels can change, and when they do, you can get acne when skin was clear before. It is important to seek the consultation of a professional at the onset of adult acne to control symptoms and minimize scarring.

Hi tinkerbell, you are very much right about exercising! i had a very tough time with acne but now thats to the new treadmill i bought my acne is diappearing. I do running everyday and my acne is getting better. exercising wont really suit everybody it might actually make it worse!!! this is only the case if you dont clean your self properly after exercising. I have a shower and i use body shop shower els and scrubs to really clean my body and for the face I use st ives olive scrub, clean and clear blackhead scub and tea tree toner you can get these products from superdrug. You can also try steaming your face to open the pores up; make sure you clean properly afterwards.

Hi Amanda, I had terrible problems with my skin for years until this summer when a girl-friend introduced me to Rodan and Fields Dermatologists UNBLEMISH. Within two weeks my acne went away completely and my skin has been clear ever since. I love the Rodan and Fields line so much that I have become a consultant. I am amazed at the results we are seeing from these incredible products. This doctor-developed approach combines real medicines and functional cosmetic ingredients to create elegant skincare products that ensure real change in the quality of your skin. It is so exciting to help other people to get and keep great skin. Thanks for the great stalking! I love the sight. Tracey

I'm 28 years old and I started having adult acne last year. I was desperate and I tried just about anything. I spent crazy amount on money on different products and I reached a point where I didn't even want to try anything else because it seemed to only make it worse. Then, I was told by me sister-in-law to use the Clinique products which are doctor recommended (I didn't know that). So, I've bought the 3-step Anti-Blemish products by Clinique and OH MY GOD!!!!! My skin is so soft, my blemishes disappeared and my boyfriend can't stop touching my face and he keeps on telling me how soft my skin is! I definetely recommend to anyone with adult acne to try these products, they will give you your self-confidence back!

Hi everyone, can some one helpme get rid of acne,i am 15 years old, and i had acne since 13. i am also fat. My cousins told me that acne come because of the amount of chocolate i eat. is this true? I am thinking of running coz if i run my skin will sweat, which means the toxins will leave. And to be on the safe side have a shower after any activities so that the toxins actually leave the body. exercising also opens the pores up which is ood as it means that the skin is breating out all the bad stuff.

Um, animal fats are bad for your skin and vegetable oils, while not great, are better than animal fats. Just thought I'd point out that you got a bit mixed up there.

You know what? This article is so helpful. Everyone always tells me that diet has nothing to do with it. I don't buy it and I'm glad to see I'm not alone in this. Doesn't it make sense that what is inside you would reflect outward? That's just me but I am going to try to follow your steps. Unfortunately, I recently began breaking out here and there even though as a teen my skin was clear and smooth. It's depressing but I feel encouraged now that I can try to combat it without crazy procedures! :)

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