Acne Magazine

Well, a study has confirmed what many have suspected and much inconclusive data has supports, and that is that women have more adult acne than men do.  Yeah- lucky us! 

The age group for women that were included in this obervational data were 20 years old and older, and this age group of women has substantially more indcidence of adult acne than men in this same age group.  People that fall into this category are having what’s considered post adolescent acne, and there are a couple of theories, many of which we’ve discussed in detail here on this blog, as to what the causes are for acne into adulthood.  Everything from stressors to diet and environment have been speculated on for the reason behind the increase in adult acne.

The purpose of the study, which was covered by a University, was to figure out how extensively acne, a very common skin condition, only to greatly varying degrees in its patients, occured in adults once they had passed that hormonally volatile stage of their teens.  The women surveyed with a much higher rate of acne incidence to the survey given to both men and women, so their research concluded that women were much more likely to suffer adult acne. 

They are also hoping to do further reasearch on the hormonal reasons for women having the higher incidence of adult acne, since it is obviously of some sort of hormonal significance, and that this study can then lead to new and different treatments for adult acne, using perhaps some sort of hormone therapy or drugs that modify the hormone activity in the body safely.

Another interesting note on this survey/study is that most people did report that although they still had acne, that their acne had significantly improved since their teen years.