Acne Magazine

I know I’ve hammered on this point several times, and I’m almost sick of hearing myself say it, but I still think that any doctor that tells you that stress and anxiety are not related to acne breakouts cannot definitively say that logic applies to everyone, because it certainly would not apply to me if past experience says anything. 

Take this past week for example.  I had a stressful day at work, and about one day after this stress occurred, I sure enough got a few  new pimples by my temples, after weeks of pristine skin and not a single new zit cropping up.  The funny thing is, it doesn’t matter what I eat, what I wash my face with, if I’m using one of the best natural acne treatments I use, if the stress is acute enough, I will almost surely have some new pimples to show for it. 

Sure, moderate stress is ok, because of my yoga and my general nature in coping with moderate stress, I feel that at this age of 32, I’m able to deal with stress pretty well, to keep my nervous system in check, which in turn keeps my hormones in check (you see, all of that is related), and I’m able to avoid breakouts.  But when the stress is acute, and happens in a relatively short period of time, I can’t really handle it well, especially if it’s something that I take home with me after it happens, and that’s when my skin goes awry.

On a separate note, yoga I’ve found is one of the best tools in my life that I’ve found to deal with pressures and stresses and manage my anxiety, because it trains you how to breathe correctly under stress, which calms the nervous system and also allows more oxygen into the lungs, which oxygenates the blood stream and allows your body to more aptly cope with stressors.