Did you know that water can affect your acne outbreaks? Dead skin cells, as you know, are one of the things that can clog your pores and cause these outbreaks. But if you don’t keep yourself hydrated, you could end up not begin able to flush away those dead cells effectively so they end up being left behind to clog your pores and lead to pimples. That’s a good reason to grab that bottle of water!

Since stress can be a big trigger for outbreaks, you should consider finding some ways to relax. Deep breathing and meditating are great ways to relax. Exercising is also good because it releases endorphins into your body that give you a feel good rush. These useful techniques can help you control stress and limit your acne outbreaks.

Did you know stress is supposed to be connected to outbreaks? That makes sense to me since stress can impact your hormones and your hormones can make it more likely for you to develop acne. What a crazy process, huh? And it can go full circle, too! You can be stressed, have a breakout, worry about your breakout, and make it worse! It just doesn’t seem fair.

When I was younger and started having acne problems, I did blame myself a lot. I thought there had to be something wrong with the way I took care of my skin. But now I realize it’s not that unusual for both sexes to get tons of acne breakouts around adolescence.

Before you can really find the right acne solution, you need to understand what causes acne in the first place. As long as people keep assuming it’s caused by greasy food or chocolate, they won’t be able to find a good product or share skin care strategies that are really going to work.

One thing that can lead to acne is stress. Why? Because it makes your hormone levels go haywire and that increases the production of oil which ends up setting in motion everything that leads to, you guessed it: acne. That means you’ve got to try to work on your stress levels while also finding a medication that will help breakouts.

The other day I was browsing in the cosmetic aisle looking for a new lipstick color when I overheard a mom telling her teenage daughter that her pimples were caused by all the junk food she insists on eating. I really can’t believe people still believe this myth. The whole idea is just crazy!

So we now know that hormones are one of the big culprits in acne. What are we going to do about it? Well, we can’t really fight back too much unless you want to mess around with hormone replacement stuff. But you can get some good quality acne medications which will do the fighting for you.

Now here’s something you may not have known: menopause causes an increase in acne, too. Yep! When those hormones go crazy again, they start making the skin produce more oils and the next thing you know you’re covered in zits while you’re president of your teenage daughter’s PTA. Strange how that happens.

A while back I was thinking about why teenagers are the ones who have problems with breakouts most often. I did some research and found out the reason was hormones. They cause more oil to be produced and that’s going to make breakouts more common. It’s not all of that greasy food and chocolate, after all, mom! LOL