What’s the Deal with Adult Acne?
Growing numbers of women are dismayed/horrified to discover they didn’t leave acne behind when they finished high school. Yes, it might seem like a cruel joke, but it’s possible to have pimples and wrinkles at the same time. In fact, 54 percent of women over 25 experience some acne. And the numbers are expected to increase, with some skin care experts calling the increase in outbreaks in adult women “an epidemic.” What’s behind the rise in problem pimples? Although we tend to associate acne with the angst-ridden adolescent years, in fact many of the factors that contribute to teenage acne are still at play in older women’s lives. In particular, stress and hormonal fluctuations can wreak havoc on our skin - and many women these days do experience that magical...
