Acne and Its Causes

by sushma on March 20, 2009

Acne is one of the major skin problems which is the irritating skin rash and occurs at all the ages but mostly effects the teenagers as it spoils the beauty of the skin and creates many problems. Many of us exactly don’t know the real causes of this acne and there exists several myths regarding the acne. Some of the myths include the following.

  • Many of us think that acne occurs because of eating junk foods like fried foods or chocolates. But it’s not true. The real thing is that any of the foods will not cause acne.
  • The other myth is that acne doesn’t cause because of uncleanliness and infrequent washing or by dirt in the skin spores. Acne becomes worse by too much scrubbing.
  • Acne is considered as a contagious skin disease by most of the people but it is not at all true.

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Now let us see the actual causes of acne. Acne is caused due to the following reasons.

Genetics:
Genetic predisposition is one of the major causes of acne. If the parents had the acne in their teenage, then there is a great chance for their children to face the problem of acne. This occurs due to the same genes information that is carried from parents to children. The acne caused due to this reason has fewer chances to avoid.

Diet:
The food which we eat rarely causes skin allergies of which acne is one of them. Intake of the food which contains less nutritional values also results in acne.

Hormones:
The skin gland which produces the oil gets stimulated by the androgen hormone which is produced during the adulthood years. This leads to the pore clogging that result in acne in the form of pimples on the skin.

Cleaning the face too often:
If your face is washed to often, then the skin becomes dry and the oil that is needed to protect your skin gets cleared off. This leads to acne problem.

Effect of medicines:
One of the other causes of acne problem is intake of medicines. That is acne is the side effect caused due to certain drugs, seizure medication and steroids.

Cosmetics:
The greasy and oily cosmetic products leads to the pores clogging that result in the skin problems, mainly acne.

Increase in stress:
Increase in stress also leads to acne formation on the skin and stress can also aggravates the acne condition.

Skin cleansing techniques:
Adopt effective and right cleansing techniques. If proper techniques are not adopted then it may lead to the ducts blockage and oils get trapped which leads to blackheads formation. It’s always better to choose the home skin cleansing techniques.

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