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People always related acne with teenager. Most adult think that they won’t get any acne after the age of 20. However, acne can be developing for the first time when someone becomes adult even after years of being relatively pimple free. Even for some cases, acne can be continuing unabated from teen years until adulthood. This situation is called as adult acne.

Adult acne is a type of acne turns up after the age of 20s, 30s or even later in life. Acne can be breakouts with many causes. Reaction to stress medication is one of the main causes.

Most people believe stress can causes adult acne break out, especially those who are under high-stress levels. The reaction is usually to the medication that they are placed on rather than to the stress itself. Until now, dermatologist still can not identify what the reason medication cause acne reactions. They usually prescribe additional medication to cure the acne.

In adult women’s cases, they usually get adult acne once they stop taking oral contraceptives. There is a change in the hormones when they stop using pill. Research proven that the way that the skin looks and behaves can be affected by the hormones. As a result, what is happening in the body hormonally will direct affect the clogged pores that cause acne to appear.

In general, ovaries produce two hormones which are estrogen and androgen with balance concentration. Hormones can have an influence on the condition of the skin. If the balance of these hormones is change, adult acne can be flare-up. That is why acne will appear and re-appear during woman’s menstrual cycle.

Besides a woman’s own hormones, the ingestion of external hormones and drugs that have androgenic effects such as those contained in certain oral contraceptive medications; food products and performance enhancing drugs can affect adult acne breakouts.

There are many effective over-the-counter drugs and treatments for adult acne. However before you taking any of those treatments, you should know about them and get advice from dermatologist or health care provider.