Acne Magazine

It seems Ms. Britney Spears, amongst a host of other personal and professional problems in her life right now, is suffering from some kind of bad skin.  I saw a picture of her recently which revealed several new acne lesions as well as older acne scars that looked like the kind that had just recently healed.  In other words, they were still red, or at least discolored, but they were no longer protruding. 

We all know how long it can take for an acne postule to go completely down, and many times it leaves a discoloration in that area for months, especially if we were naughty and we squeezed before it was anywhere near to being ready to come out. 

Britney Spears seems to be a prime example of what stress can do to our skin, especially if we have acne tendencies to begin with.  Stress, which Britney certainly has had her share of lately, whether self inflicted or public inflicted, is taking it’s toll on her skin, and she may not even be eating properly or perhaps drinking too much or eating too much sugar or caffeine, which we can all fall victim to when stressed.  All these types of habits do though, is unfortunately make our skin worse, and make our hormones bounce allover the place even more. 

Stress and hormone control is directly related to eachother.  When we are stressed, it throws our natural hormone balance completely for a loop, and either our androgens (male hormones) or estrogens (female hormones) are too high or too low, depending on the person, and this alone can spur on a huge breakouts, as well as dull, tired looking skin. 

On a totally separate note, we really hope people start leaving Britney alone.  It is clear to me that this is a woman who, yes, has made some really bad choices in life, but I also think she has serious issues that she needs to deal with, and if the press could just not be so vicious, it might be a little easier for her to get through this obviously difficult time in her life.