Statistics show that about a quarter of adult males and half of adult females are affected by adult acne sometime or other in their lives. About 30% of adults who get acne on the face also get acne on the body. Although acne incidence is more commonly associated with adolescents, people have been know to be afflicted by acne in their 30′s, 40′s and even later. Dermatologists report that they have been treating more and more patients with acne and that the disease in adolescents seems to last longer requiring medication even as the teens grow into adulthood. Nearly 30% of women and about 20% of men between the ages of 20 and 60 experience acne breakouts. So acne is becoming a great age leveler, causing anxiety and depression across a wider age range.
The causes of adult acne are not really different from the causes of acne in adolescents and young people. Excess production of androgens resulting in excess sebum leads to clogging of the pores, which then get infected, inflamed and burst out. The main difference lies in the condition of the body of an adult compared with that of an adolescent.
