The woes of adolescence! Exactly during the time of our lives when we feel the least secure about our appearance is also the time we are most likely to have problems with acne. Is acne a normal and expected rite of passage for teens? In the US 79-95% of adolescents will struggle with an acne outbreak at some point during their teenage years. Many endure the affliction for years and end up with scarring in adulthood.
Unfortunately, we are not necessarily out of the woods once we reach legal drinking age.In the US, almost half of all adult women and about 1/3 of adult men have acne, about 1/2 in each group defined their acne as moderate to severe, while the other half had mild outbreaks. A teenage only thing, it is not!
So, this must be the result of our industrialized food and toxic environment, right? Well, yes and no. Though there are traditional cultures in the world where acne is virtually unknown, many other cultures, with much cleaner food and environments than ours, still have a fair percentage of adolescents that experience acne. The abrupt change in hormones during this time period is a trigger. But, there are fewer teens affected and those that are, almost always have mild outbreaks. And, virtually everyone outgrows acne in adulthood. .
The bottom line is, of course there are things in our modern, industrialized food and personal products world, that makes acne worse and more common not only in teens but also in adults! Read the attached article to learn what specific things you can do to improve or even cure acne
