'I’m 32 and I have a zit. What’s this all about?'
Moore, a corporate lawyer with a 3 year old child admits that having chronic cystic acne can be emotionally traumatizing: "I have to go to court all the time and I can tell sometimes my clients may be thinking that because I have acne, I am too young and that I cannot handle the case its another layer of stress on top of the existing work stress."
Many doctors are pointing out what women have known for years: That with the increasingly busy lives, complete with jobs and families, that stress among women has been increasing sharply over the past 3 decades and that a woman's skin could be paying the price. Says Dr. du Cloo: "In my opinion, stress is definitely a contributing factor, as well as the increased environmental pollution that the whole planet is dealing with."
Stress works on the skin by causing stimulation in the adrenal gland, which creates substances that give rise to androgens. Androgens are male hormones that stimulate oil production, helping to clog hair follicles and allowing the bacteria that cause acne to inflame the skin. Many doctors suggest that in these fast-paced times women are making more androgen.
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