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The onset of puberty gives a drastic affect to the children. Just few days back they were sweet and happy; leading a care free life. But now they have turned to irritable, moody and raging teenager.
The blame of this behavioral change goes to the onset of puberty; as it is the time of the production of sex hormones. The production of hormones in some teenagers is accompanied by mood changes as well as acne. Whether a teenager will suffer from acne or not depends on various causes. The thing that has been determined is that it is these sex hormones that are the root cause of acne.
When the researchers come to set apart the sex hormone they discovered that Androgen is the particular hormone responsible for the breakout of acne. The Androgen is the male sex hormone. Then why the teenaged girls have the acne breakout? I know the immediate question in the mind of the reader. If the male hormone is the cause then why the female are also suffering from this ailment? It is a natural phenomenon that females produce both male and female sex hormones. So the teenaged girls also have acne because their bodies have the same male sex hormone. Studies have proved that teenagers who have higher levels of this male sex hormone in the bloodstream suffer more from acne breakout compared to the ones that have the lower levels of Androgen.
Now how the Androgen work to cause acne? It looks that body reacts to the production of the male sex hormones. Explaining it slightly more; in most of the teenagers, androgens trigger the sebaceous glands that are found in the follicles of the skin. The glands which are in the pores of the face, and sometimes on back and chest start producing larger quantities of oils as a reaction of the body which is producing excessive male hormones. If the pores are blocked with dirt or dead skin cells; the oil starts to pile up to form a pimple. This is the theory which is responsible for the formation of acne because of Androgen.
The belief that Androgens is the primary cause of acne is further supported with the fact that in many teenaged girls the birth control pills works to reduce the number of acne breakouts. This is even truer for the pills that are making up by combining progesterone (female hormones) and estrogen.
While the Androgens are given the responsibility of the formation of acne, there are some other causes responsible for the acne formation that must be avoided. These include unhealthy eating habits and diet. Scientists are also of the belief there is a genetic connection of acne as well. This means that if a person had acne as a teenager, the chances are that his children in their teenage will also suffer from the acne breakout.
But the good news for the teenagers and their parents is that acne fades away with the regulation of hormones when the teenagers steps into his adulthood. By that time the best is to wash the face at least twice a day and have patience!
