5 False beliefs of acne

Frequently misunderstanding about acne is as follows.

1. It is believed that the dust and dirt are the cause of acne, then people who believed that, wash their face with soap frequently.

This belief causes people with acne wash their face too often. The soap including concentrated soap or medicated soap makes the face inflammation and irritation and recur acne.

2. It is believed that eating chocolate causes acne. There is no scientific evidence to confirm that chocolate, fried nuts, potato chips, pizza, ice cream, soft drinks or carbonated water, can stimulate acne occurs.

         Ice cream and milk does not cause acne recurrence. Except people with acne and was treated by tetracycline. They should not drink milk within one hour before or two hours after taking the medicine because calcium in milk inhibits the absorption of tetracycline.

3. It is believed that acne is just about beauty, it is not a skin disease. It is false belief, because if you leave severe acne healed itself. It would be a huge scar.

Research has indicated that these lesions negatively impact the mind, certainly. Patients with chronic acne 44 percent are worried and 18 percent are depressed mood.

4. It is believed that the sun makes acne better. Sunlight may causes acne seems better. Because sunlight causes red sunburn and darker skin. It helps to conceal the redness, dark spots from acne inflammation. But in fact, the sun is harmful to the skin. Sunlight also causes skin irritation and recurrence of acne.

5. It is believed that the more potency of drug we use in the treatment of acne, the more effective will occur. Teenagers with acne believed those data. But in fact, if the drug is effective at low concentrations, it is not necessary to take drugs with high strength. You will lose more money unnecessary and may occur adverse effects such as irritation increasingly.

Why does acne occur with women aged over adolescent?

Acne frequently happens during puberty or after puberty. And will be improved in the late teens or early age of 20, but sometimes it may be found that acne is not until adulthood. Or in some teenagers  are not pimples, but after the age of adolescent, they are acne.

Believe that acne in this age, because working women with high stress. When the body is under stress, Hypothalamus gland in the brain sends neurotransmitter to stimulate pituitary gland which sends neurotransmitter to stimulate the adrenal glands. And then adrenal gland stimulate the ovaries in females and testicular in males, to build up testosterone. Testosterone stimulates the sebaceous glands to produce more sebum. Thus cause acne to increase.

Moreover, they found that acne in women after adolescence, can be caused from cosmetic.

There are 2 types of cosmetic acne:

1. Acne consists of clogging fat (comedone) only, seen as a blackhead and whitehead acne.

2. Acne inflammation, certain ingredients in cosmetics, only greasy cosmetics such as make-up or moisturizing cream. (moisturizer), some can cause acne.

If you use cosmetic, and it causes acne, you need to find cosmetics that are labeled non comedogenic cosmetics or if the acne inflammation, you need to use cosmetics labeled as non acnegenic.

Found that acne in some women after adolescence, may be due to abnormal levels of hormones in the body. This type of acne is often resistant to treatment. You may need to see a gynecologist with a dermatologist. To the appropriate treatment.