Many have the misinterpretation that acne will stop after you have passed your puberty period. However, adult acne has been on the rise for the last 10 to 20 years. This has become a major skin problem that many adults face, especially if the percentage is high.
Statistic shows that 40 to 55% of adults who are aged 20 to 40 are prone to be diagnosed with Adult Acne. With 54% of women aged more than 25 having acne issue.
Does more acne… mean more scars?!
Most of you are most probably crossing your fingers now, hoping that you will not be the lucky one. Rather than praying, why not understand the cause of adult acne and the preventive measures to take?
Understanding Acne: What is in a Pimple?
Pimple, also known as acne, is a disease affecting the skin’s oil glands. You can mainly find them on your face, neck, back or even shoulders.
Every human has pores on their skin. These little pores are connected to oil glands under the skin, which make an oily substance known as sebum. Follicles connect to oil glands and pores together, secreting oil and carrying dead skin cells to the surface of our skin.
Acne appears on your skin when oil, dead skin cells or even thin hairs clog up and block the follicle of a skin gland. Acne can result in whiteheads, blackheads, cysts or nodules.
What Causes Acne in Adults: 3 Main Reasons and Acne Symptoms
1. Hormones
We all have been through our teenage years, during which our hormones start to increase. Teenage years are also when our puberty starts, causing our hormone testosterone to rise. During this period, we will tend to have greasy skin because skin glands are producing more sebum. However, if we do not take care of our skin at this crucial period, acne will only follow us till we reach adulthood. For women, acne always appears before and during our menstrual cycle. This is because the cycle changes hormones, and as a result, triggers acne.
Although it is impossible to avoid this, ensure that you monitor your lifestyle habits to prevent further worsening of the acne!
2. Pollution
Air is never clean but is polluted with layers of dirt. Don’t believe me? Take a walk around for an hour and wipe your face with a wet wipe after that. Your wet wipe is not going to be clean and dirt-free. Being exposed to the environment more, there will be layers of dirt on your skin, which means more clogged pores!
Doesn’t matter if you are out for a short while; always remember to wash your face with just water to keep it dirt-free.
3. Stress
Stress is a source of hormonal changes. Adults are more prone to having high-stress levels due to work and lifestyle. When you are stressed, the adrenal gland in your body helps you deal with stress. However, it drives oil glands to produce more oil together with it. Leading you with more pimples!
If you are stressed, take a short break and do what you love! This will definitely help to reduce the stress instead of letting our oil glands do the job for us.
DIY Home Adult Acne Treatments: Tackle Them Down!
Adult acne can be pretty persistent sometimes. Hence, it is not easy to heal them and have them vanish from your skin by just cleaning your face more or even spamming pimple cream on your acne. We have collated 3 ways that we think are effective in helping you to bid goodbye to your acne!
1. Mix Honey & Cinnamon Together
When these two become one mixture, they make a killer combination to destroy acne.
All you need is:
- 3 teaspoons of Cinnamon
- 2 tablespoons of Natural Honey
Do you know? Both cinnamon and honey have natural antimicrobial properties to control the growth of acne andthe severity of inflammatory acne.
Mix them together and apply them to your face if you have acne or blemishes. Leave it on your face for 10 minutes and rinse it off. Remember to pat your face dry after that! Watch your acne heal the next day.
2. Mix Tea Tree Oil & Aloe Vera
The combination of these two gives soothing properties to help reduce redness and inflammation of a pimple.
All you need is:
- 1 tablespoon of Aloe Vera Gel
- A few drops of Tea Tree Oil
When tea tree oil and aloe vera gel are mixed together, they dry out blackheads and whiteheads to prevent the development of acne.
Incorporate these two ingredients together and apply them to your pimples or to areas of your face with comedones. Leave it on your face for 20 minutes and rinse it off. Now, prepare to see a cleaner and better skin the next day!
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3. Putting Ice Inside A Cloth
Merge them together and you will see a quick or even immediate effect, no more red and swollen pimples!
All you need is:
- Ice Cubes
- A clean facial cloth
Putting the icy cold cloth on your face reduces the inflammation of pimples. But that’s not all! It improves blood circulation in the infected area. Tightening the pores and removing the dirt and oil. Now you can make the numerous visible blackheads on your nose disappear!
Basically, hold it on the infected area for a few seconds. Wait a few minutes and repeat the process again. Simple and effective!
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