Acne Treatment

Hormonal Acne: 2. Problematic Cycles

So, although it all started with puberty, for most of the young women acne remained somewhere in the past. They won’t be able to tell you when they stopped suffering from acne.
Thus, many women pass into adulthood without outgrowing their acne. Other may not develop this skin disease until their 20s and 30s, experiencing [...]

Hormonal Acne. Women Only; Guys Allowed

Hormonal acne is represented by the acne breakouts that appear only before and during the women’s period.
This kind of acne is caused by the hormonal imbalance produced in the women’s bodies during this time. Once this period is over, acne slowly disappears as if it were never there. Until next month, women will be [...]

7. Thyroid Preparations

Thyroid preparations are represented by some thyroid medications, such as Thiouracil or Thiourea, and they are used for stimulating the thyroid gland in patients with low thyroid function.
However, these preparations are known for triggering acne. If taken in large quantities, iodine, which also helps to regulate the thyroid function, might as well cause acne breakouts.

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2. Corticosteroids

Corticosteroids represent a class of steroid hormones that are naturally produced in our adrenal cortex; they are involved in a wide range of physiologic systems, such as immune response, stress response, regulation of inflammation and carbohydrate metabolism and protein catabolism and even our behavior, for example.
As we’ve already said before, although they are tiny, apparently [...]

There Is Something You Should Know…

After we’ve provided you with these simple, but important tips and tricks that would help you use only the good parts of what hygiene should mean for a common, normal human being, we will bring you other items of useful information. We will talk this time about medications and not about hygiene and the fact [...]

Tip No. 5: Petting?! Some Other Time!

Maybe this will be more difficult than to stop you from squeezing or picking. At least squeezing and picking is painful and one doesn’t enjoy it too much, unless he or she is a little bit of a sadomasochist type of being. However, it comes to petting… things are different. Petting is different! Because we [...]

Hormones, Age Periods and Acne

Now you will be able to briefly read a little bit about how hormones get imbalanced at the specific periods of time.
• Puberty
Although the children seem to be still so young, pure and innocent, their inner adrenal glands begin to secrete dihydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS), which is an androgen. Then testosterone and dehydrotestosterone (DHT) join in [...]