Acne is the most common and widely proliferated skin disorder in the world. Acne in adults is as common as in teens. More than 25% of men and 50% of women develop adult acne.
There are various causes of adult acne like the cause of acne in teens. The primary cause of adult acne as well as teenage acne happens to be excessive production of hormones such as androgen. The excessive production of androgen and other hormones causes the sebaceous glands to produce more sebum. When sebum is overproduced, your skin is called to be oily. As result of excessive production of sebum, inner layers of skin and hair follicles get clogged and infected with bacteria. When follicles are clogged and sebum is produced continuously, a bump appears. If the sebum still stays in the bump, the bump is called whitehead. If the sebum pops out of bump, the bump is called blackhead.
Everybody experiences a hard time in his or her life when hormones are imbalanced. It may be teenage, pregnancy, post pregnancy, adulthood and menstrual cycles.
It is true that adult acne in women is directly associated with menstrual cycles, pregnancy. Most women experience adult acne at any stage of their adulthood.
It is pertinent to mention that adult acne is not as severe as teenage acne. Adult acne usually does not flare up on face like teenage acne. Due to less severity than teenage acne, adult acne can be easily cured naturally without any pill.
Stress, cosmetics, smoking and diet play important rule in acne flare up among teens as well as adults.
Natural Remedies:
- As a first remedy, avoid causative factors such as smoking, wine, beef, chocolate, processed dairy products and food stuffs.
- Drink at least 12 glass of water a day to supply oxygen to your skin and hair follicles
- Use Green tea twice a day, it is natural antioxidant and removes free radicals from your body
- Eat unprocessed food stuffs such as fruits and vegetables
- Avoid acidic fruits and vegetables
- Avoid red meat
- Take at least a glass of juice a day to get essential nutrients
- Take a pinch of fennel flower with water (Black seeds) on empty stomach
Conclusion:
Adult acne is not as severe as teenage acne and can be easily cured with natural remedies and prevention from causative factors such as smoking, read meat, wine and acidic processed food stuffs.