Archive for June 4, 2009

Naturally, comes the spontaneous and natural answer, but that is not what happens normally, as we all know. What starts as a very normal growth phenomenon during teens and can pass away on its own very soon leads to ugly scars. The reason is more due to the embarrassment and less, but still, due to the itching and discomfort that accompanies pimples. The person yields to the temptation of tampering the facial skin by scratching and pressing the pimple or washing it again and again or simply applying commercially advertised acne products that may or may not affect the pimples. All this plus the negative feelings of depression actually hinder the healing process rather than accelerate it. The result is that acne heals very slowly and also gives way to scars. The worst part is, like acne, acne scars also do not go away easily.

The prevalence of acne is widespread and so are its causes. Many people have researched the subject of causes of acne and ways to prevent and cure it over centuries and are still continuing. Changing times and changing lifestyles have added to the list of possible causes of acne. The major cause that explains acne is hormones that are genetic by nature. Still all children do not inherit the same genes and individual characteristics decide the occurrence of acne. Other factors causing acne are harsh climatic conditions, chemicals in cosmetics that are used over long periods, and sometimes eating too much of junk food that contains harmful fats.

Although acne affects mostly teenagers, it is fairly common to find acne-affected people belonging to other age groups as well. Baby acne affecting babies a few months old is not surprising nor is acne rosacea that affects adults past middle age. Blessed are those who never have acne, yet others would do well to leave their acne to heal up naturally with minimum interference and minimize the possibility of developing acne scars.