Fifteen years of treating acne with almost every available topical and oral solutions,different treatments,without success, enforced me to search for a direct cause of acne.
My facts and conclusions:
1.Hormones are chemical substances ,which regulate ALL functions in human body (they tell organs and cells what to do)
2.In human body exist various hormones,but for acne,we are interested in testosterone (androgen)
3. The most active androgens are testosterone, precisely 5-testosterone (DHT) and they control SEBUM production. Too much of Sebum leads to acne formation. Why we have no acne before puberty? Simply because testosterone formation begins in puberty.
4.Other hormones can also aggravate acne, but they are not direct cause.Example:Stress situations,when our body produce hormone called glucocorticosteroids.
5.DIRECT cause of Acne is not: food,stress, poor hygiene,vitamins and bacteries on our skin. Bacteries are just last player in our story.Even hormones are not direct cause.
Direct cause of Acne is HORMONAL IMBALANCE on the first place, and toxins in our body on the second place.
This is my list of main acne...