Jodi Ganz, an Atlanta dermatologist, estimates half her patients are adults with mild to severe acne breakouts. For women, flare-ups usually occur the week before their periods; that’s what we call hormonally linked acne. A University of Alabama-Birmingham School of Medicine study by the American Academy of Dermatology shows women older than 50 are twice as likely as men to suffer from some form of acne. She cites a 2002 study by the Department of Health and Exercise Science at Colorado State University of people ages 15-25 in Papua New Guinea and Paraguay that found extremely few cases of acne. A stroll down most malls finds a kiosk marketing Proactiv, the skin regimen touted by celebrities such as Jessica Simpson, Vanessa Williams and Sean Combs as an acne cure-all. For women not trying to get pregnant, low-dose birth control pills can be helpful in controlling hormones, which aggravate acne. read more
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