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Acne affects both genders and women sometimes are more affected than men. There are many conditions like pregnancy, menstrual cycles and breastfeeding in which women experience more severe acne breakouts. Acne is a disorder of inflammation of hair follicles and sebaceous glands, women acne usually develops due to hormonal fluctuation created by the above mentioned conditions. Besides these causes, there may involve other common causes like bacterial infection, blockage of hair follicles with sloughed off skin cells, using harsh cosmetics etc. Women should seek immediate acne treatment, in case of delay, acne lesions may leave deep scars. Treating scars is not easy and may take years to disappear.
Hormonal fluctuation is the foremost specific causes of women acne. Though hormonal imbalance may be a factor in men, but women are more prone to develop hormonal acne. Women's body produces excessive hormones like progesterone, estrogen, testosterone, etc. that stimulate sebaceous glands to produce excessive sebum. When excessive sebum is produced, it clogs hair follicles as they get narrowed and inflamed. Walls of hair follicles get ruptured due to excessive sebum. When sebum reached deep skin layers, you feel burning sensation, pain and itching. Treating hormonal acne is not so easy as many people consider. It is the internal cause, not an external one. Treating hormonal acne in women during pregnancy and breastfeeding is an another complicated task. Dermatologist can not prescribe usual medications during pregnancy and breastfeeding as they may harm fetus and baby. Most women complain they experience severe acne breakouts before or just after a day of menstrual cycles. In this circumstances, when you can not use prescription drugs, using herbal acne remedies for treating women acne may be a good solution.
In case the women are not pregnant or not intended to get pregnant, dermatologist may prescribe accutane or contraceptive pills. They are ineffective in most cases but produces fatal side effects. Side effects include but not limited to birth defects, excessive dry skin, intestinal infection, chest pain, hair loss, renal problem etc. How contraceptives help reduce acne breakouts is uncertain, however it is said that contraceptive pills control hormonal imbalance in women.
Immediate acne treatment is necessary if you want to get rid of acne and prevent yourself from other complications like acne scars etc. Once pimples or papules leave acne scars, it will be very difficult to get them disappear. Collagen injections are used on acne spots to treat deep scaring. Several session of collagen injects are required and takes months to completely get cured. Therefore, do not delay in choosing best acne treatment option.
Using harsh oil based cosmetics and lack of skin care are also contributing factors of women acne. For its prevention, you must first find out your skin type, if it is oily or dry? It is extra sensitive? In case your skin is oily, avoid using oil based cosmetics and if it is dry, use oil based cosmetics. But oil based cosmetic products should not contain oils that blocks hair follicles. There are many good cosmetic brands that contains natural essential oils. Avoid using harsh soaps and use baby soaps for face washing and bathing.
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