For many years, medical science had no idea what causes adult acne. That is probably because the medical community had not noticed that there is no such thing as adult acne. It is perhaps difficult to understand, but until 1980 there was no such disease – even though about 25% of adults are its victims to a certain extent. In line with its teen version, it is difficult to determine the cause of adult acne.
Teen and adult acne
Teen Acne has been researched for many years and certainly some information during this research can be used to understand the cause of adult acne. It is likely that whatever causes teen acne is also something to do with the adult version of this disease.
Stress, dehydration, genetic problems or a simple hormonal imbalance?
The problem is that there are many conflicting theories about the causes of adult and teen acne. Almost everything was blamed stress, dehydration, with (or without) sex, poor diet and genetic problems. In the case of adolescents, most of these "causes" seem to have no connection to acne. However, in the case of adults, things are not so clear.
The immediate cause of adult acne is known: hormonal imbalances.
With teenage acne causes are easier to understand. Things are much more complicated with adult acne. Reducing the stress, and the introduction of a well-balanced diet has little effect on youngsters, but this tactic is often good for adults.
How to heal itself
The progress of adult acne depends on the immediate cause of hormonal imbalance. Since it is difficult to determine what the exact cause of adult acne, it is advisable to do everything at once – change your diet, reduce stress and (in the case of women) – Start with hormonal pills or vitamin A.
In many cases, the recommended pills are known to increase the number of skin blemishes. This fact reinforces the theory that the cause of adult acne is hormonal problems. More importantly, it is often reduces the effects of acne, no matter what the reason.
Vitamin A helps to have the same effect. However, only a synthetic analogue of the vitamin, known as retinoic acid, has any effect on acne, "real" Vitamin A is useless.
The problem is that retinoic acid can be used only with prescription, and hormonal pills are often avoided because of religious or ideological reasons.