Adult Acne

You thought that acne breakouts only occurred with teenagers. Here you are, an adult, with acne breakouts.

Adult breakouts are frustrating. The good news is that there are many treatments for adult acne.

Why Adult Acne Happens
Adult acne is more common than you think and can be caused by:

• Hormones, 
• Medications, 
• Stress, 
• or Cosmetics to name a few.

In some people the acne comes and goes, and in others it’s continuous.

Causes
Acne is the result of three things going on within the skin:

• Oil glands producing too much oil, 
• Acne-related bacteria, called Propionibacterium acnes or pAcnes, within hair follicles (where the oils are released), 
• and both of those clumping with dead skin cells to block the follicles. Pustules and cysts indicate inflammation.

Acne is not an infection, but an inflammation. A response to irritation.