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Article: How acne forms on skin and the ways to treat it. (Gleams & Notions).
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- November 1, 2002
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DO YOU THINK ACNE is a minor skin ailment? Think again. "There is no single disease which causes more emotional injury, more maladjustment between parents and children, more general insecurity and feelings of inferiority, and greater sums of emotional suffering than does acne." This quote by Marion B. Sulzberger, MD, sums up the devastating effect acne has on teenagers and young adults.
Increased production of sex hormones in adolescence is the primary stimulus for acne. Male hormones, especially testosterone, are to blame. These hormones, also known as androgens, enter the bloodstream and affect the sebaceous glands in the follicles of the skin. These glands ...