Acne in middle age: Stress is the cause

 

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Everyone thinks of acne as a disease of young children or teenagers. But in reality, it has been seen for a long time that this skin problem is not a teenage problem, but it starts after the teenage years. Many people suffer from this problem even in middle age.

Reason: Acne starts only because of mental stress and anxiety. In most cases this happens after middle age.

How stress causes acne: 99 percent of acne occurs on oily skin. The disease usually first appears during adolescence due to genetic influences. But not everyone with oily skin will get acne. People with oily skin, who did not suffer from acne during adolescence, but who recovered in time with proper treatment and care, often experience severe acne again in middle age. The main reason behind this is excessive anxiety and stress. Stress increases the level of a hormone called cortisol in the body, this increase is very normal. There isn't a person in the world who doesn't have an elevated cortisol level due to anxiety.

But when this growth is long-term and persistent, problems arise. This continuous increase in cortisol increases the activity of the facial oil glands or sebaceous glands abnormally, as a result, not all the oil from the oil glands can come out to the surface of the skin, but instead gets trapped inside the skin and causes inflammation. Gives birth to large pimples. This happens when the stress is prolonged.

To do:

1) There is no alternative to going all out and succeeding in being stress free.

2) Meditation is very beneficial to gain control over your mind to remain mentally calm.

3) Regular meditation once or more every day, constant effort to direct one's mind with positive thoughts all the time is undoubtedly very beneficial.

4) Even if you can immerse your mind in the trance of beautiful music or melody for a while, you will get good results. However, this should be done on a regular basis.

5) In addition to these, face should be cleaned regularly with suitable soap or face wash.

Treatment: Use useful medicines for acne on the face. In some cases, oral antibiotics may be necessary if the acne reaches a more severe stage. But if you don't continue to try to stay worry-free in this type of acne, no matter what kind of treatment is done, it is not unusual for acne to reappear.