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Why You Should Not Care About Different Types of Acne

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If you suffer from acne, I’m sure you’ve come across articles with titles like “The Different Types of Acne”. Or maybe some version of them. I always read articles with titles like this with a little bit of annoyance. Why the annoyance you might wonder. It’s because these articles never had any cure for any of the types of acne they listed.

People with acne have very little interest in the type of acne they have. We need a cure or what we can do about acne. I know I have acne. I don’t know about you but never have I wondered what type of acne it is, but what I am mainly reading the article for is a hope of a cure mentioned somewhere. 

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How Sebum Helps Keep Your Skin Healthy

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Sebum or oil is generally demonised and made out to be the bad guy when you have acne. People give you advice on how to wash your face multiple times a day so that you can wash off the oil. There are face washes and moisturisers and foundations all with labels that say oil-free. These are targeted at people who have acne. If you have acne you are told to stay away from any hint of oil in your skin care.

What is Sebum

Sebum is an oily substance produced by your skin’s sebaceous or oil glands. Sebum in Latin means fat. It is made up of triglycerides, wax esters, squalene, and free fatty acids. Testosterone stimulates the production of sebum while estrogen inhibits it. Source

How Many Sebaceous Glands Do You Have

You have sebaceous glands all over your body, except the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet. The number of sebaceous glands in your face, scalp, chest, upper back and shoulders are more in number than anywhere else on your body. You can have as many as 400-900 glands per square cm of your face. The gland is either attached to a hair follicle or found on its own. Source 

This is the reason why you are more likely to get acne on your face than anywhere else on your body. You just have more sebaceous glands on your face, than anywhere else. Remember those Chinese Face Maps that tell you that acne on a certain part of your face must be linked to your liver? Those are all made up. The simple reason that you get acne on your face is because of the number of sebaceous glands on your face.

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Does Stress Cause Acne?

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“Does stress cause acne?”

This is one question I get asked a lot.

This question is very difficult to answer with a straight yes or no answer. I can’t say yes, because I know that being stressed directly can’t cause acne. I also can’t say no as I know that if you do have acne, stress is not really helping your skin. Being stressed is not good for your skin, whether you have acne or not.

First, though, think about it. If stress caused acne, most people living today would have acne. We know for a fact that it is not the case. We have people who are under a lot of stress who have skin that is amazing.

So what do people mean when they ask “Does stress cause acne?” Such a question is often asked by someone who already has acne and they are trying to find the cause of their acne. They feel that if the answer is a simple yes, they can somehow try and reduce their stress and that will make their skin clear up. In a way that makes sense. Remove the offending factor, in this case, stress, and your problem, in this case, acne, goes away.

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Do You Break Out At The Same Place? Here’s Why.

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Have you ever wondered why it is that you break out at the same place?

Maybe it’s happened once or more than that.

Here’s the scenario. You get a big pimple on your chin. 2 weeks pass and it still seems to be hanging around your chin. Then one day you finally see that it is starting to heal. You’re thrilled. Until of course you see or maybe feel another one coming up pretty close to it. Or worse still just under it. I feel your pain. I really do. Trying to heal acne feels like taking one step forward and then you slide back down. 4-5 steps.

When you suffer from acne, this is very real and it is frustrating to say the least. This cycle may continue and you may get acne again and again in the same spot. Eventually you’ll be left with an indented scar at that place on your skin.

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