Teenage Acne Treatment
Acne Treatment For Teenager

Depending upon the severity, embarrassment can occur making a teen want to hide from the world while their face clears up.

In addition, teens can be cruel to one another and a severe case of acne might bring teasing, ridicule and ill-treatment from their peers.

To help give your skin a fighting chance, you need to understand the various causes of acne, those things that can aggravate existing acne, and what you can do to get rid of acne.


TEENAGE ACNE TREATMENT - CAUSES OF ACNE

Hormones - As a teen's hormones begin to rage during puberty, this in turn triggers the excess production of oil in your skin. When the oil faucet goes on, it results in clogging the hair follicles with the dead skin cells. The end result is outbreaks of various types of acne, which may include whiteheads, blackheads, papules (pimples without pus), pustules (pimples with pus), and nodules which is the end result of the most severe form of acne which is cystic.

Genetics - In addition, genetics can play a role in the development of acne. Unfortunately, if your parents had acne when they were teenagers, you too are more likely to develop it at some point in your teen years. Thank you Mom and Dad.

Immune System - A teen's immune system can sometimes work against them when it comes to acne. As bacteria become trapped in the hair follicles, this may trigger an outbreak of acne. A best case scenario would mean that the immune system steps up to the plate so to speak, battles it out with the bacteria, and ultimately is the victor, which leaves you with unblemished skin. However, many teens have sensitive and/or sluggish immune systems that do not perform at their optimal, which ultimately results in acne outbreaks.

Hygiene - Failure to maintain proper hygiene habits can result in the outbreak of acne. As excess oil is produced and bacteria grow, along with dead skin cells hanging out, they all find comfortable "living quarters" in the hair follicles. If you're washing your face once a day at best, you can't expect an acne-free complexion.

Food & Water - This is a very controversial topic. The medical establishment maintains that your skin will not suffer any ill-effects resulting from the intake of junk food and insufficient water each day. The naturopath community on the other hand maintains just the opposite and would certainly join in on the mantra that we are what we eat. My personal experience has been the latter of the two. This is something that you will have to decide for yourselves.


TEENAGE ACNE TREATMENT - ACNE AGGRAVATORS

Now that you have acne, you might be doing things that contribute to it hanging out for years to come. Here are some of the most common causes of acne aggravators:

• Failure to cleanse your face twice daily with appropriate water-soluble, oil-free, noncomedogenic (does not block pores), nonacnegenic (does not cause or promote acne) products.

• Using products that contain those things mentioned above, along with using everyday bar soap and cleansers that contain fragrances, dyes, and aggressive surfactants that have high pH levels that will most likely irritate the skin.

• Over washing your skin and scrubbing it too hard will serve to irritate, inflame, and turn on the oil-producing spigot which will result in more oils being flushed out of your skin, thus starting the same vicious cycle again.

• Raging hormones resulting from puberty, menstruation, pregnancy, and breastfeeding. Two of the four hormonal causes you have no control over. You will enter puberty and ladies you will begin to menstruate. However, pregnancy and breastfeeding need not be contributing factors to the hormonal pool for teen girls. Instead of reaching for that guy, channel your energies into activities that will help you to reach your life goals and keep your face from suffering additional breakouts.

• Greasy hair that hangs or sits on the face can make for additional oil exposure to your skin which can result in blemish production.

• Backpack and purse straps rubbing against your clothing which in turn rubs against your skin and aggravates it to the point of causing acne outbreaks.

• As I mentioned above, the intake of certain foods, namely those that are defined as junk by nature, along with an insufficient water intake each day might be contributing to your acne outbreaks. I personally have found that when I indulge in chocolate that I can expect Mr. Pimple and company to pay me a visit.

  If you aren't convinced that you are what you eat, then you might want to give it a little test to see how your skin responds by eliminating the junk and drinking at least 8 glasses of water each day. If you do decide to try this out, it will require that you purge the junk from your diet for at least two months to see how your skin responds. If this is something that you are interested in pursuing, you might want to check out Mike Walden's Acne No More Website. Mike is a health consultant, certified nutritionist, and former acne sufferer. He learned about the connection of food to acne and cleared his skin completely from the inside out without the use of any pharmaceuticals.

Clear Skin MAX - This is a wonderful teen acne treatment system that requires 5-steps. It is completely natural, which means that the chance of any side effects is basically nil. Each product builds upon the next to make sure the symptoms are being treated, controlled and thus reduce the possibility of future breakouts. If you'd like more information about this product line, then click on over to the Clear Skin MAX website.

Clear Pores - Here's another great teenage acne treatment product line. "Beautiful Skin Starts On The Inside." is their motto. To achieve this, their acne recovery system requires 3-steps. Their products are formulated to stop breakouts at the root, along with reducing the appearance of redness, swelling and scarring, while eliminating dry, flaky skin. If you'd like more info about this terrific product line, then click on over to the Clear Pores website to check it out.

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