Acne, a Hormonal Disease

August 15th, 2007 Posted in What Is Acne

The fact that hormones are related to acne is not longer mythology or grandparents’ idea; it’s pure reality!
In fact acne could be simply considered and called a hormonal disease. The hormones are the ones that are responsible for the maturation of the oil glands in our skin. That is why children don’t usually suffer from acne.
What you should know about hormones and their relation to acne is that there are several specific periods in everybody’s lives when the hormones can become unbalanced. Although, practically, the hormones may simply become unbalanced virtually at any time because of more or less simple causes, there are also these specific periods when hormones get unbalanced for sure.
So, puberty, pregnancy, menopause – are ones of these periods when acne could “attack” our bodies.
More specifically, it is the androgens, the male hormones that are present in both men and women, that are responsible for the apparition of acne on our faces and not only! These types of hormones are pressing the oil glands to produce a surplus of oil, which may be the instrumental in clogging hair follicles, where then the acne bacteria start to grow and develop the first acne pimples and blemishes.

However, the researches show that the hormonal cause for acne is seen mostly in women and also in teenage boys. In the women’s case acne is most likely to be related to acne because of the natural cycles the women go through, such as menstruation, pregnancy and menopause.
Sometimes doctors advice women to take birth control pills, which in small doses and joined by other topical remedies also, can be used in reducing blemishes by keeping the androgens steady. However, no one should try even considering using such type of treatment on her own without previously seeing a physician. We should not play hide and sick with hormones, because this would be a dangerous game that could lead to many terrible repercussions.
The hormones are in fact the base of the good functioning of our bodies! They have the role of regulating the functions of your body. Your sleep, growth, and many other things are being in fact dependent upon your hormones. However, everything that matters related to hormones is them to be in correct balance. If so, you won’t have acne and any other hormonal disorder.
The correct balance between the hormones of androgen and estrogen is being required for maintaining a healthy skin. But when the level of male hormones, such as androgen and testosterone, goes too high, acne could appear.