Puberty and acne

Puberty and acne are very much related because most of people have experienced acne in their puberty. Basically acne develops in puberty due to many reasons. In most of the cases, acne occurs when hair follicles or pores are blocked with sebum. Puberty acne is also related with some factors such as hereditary factors, hormones, lifestyle and diet. Even stress plays a key role in triggering acne in puberty. Other denominating triggers of puberty acne include factors like climate changes, body health during the outbreak of acne, and effect of your hormones on your own skin's oil secretion in women.

The sebum oil with normal dead skin cells runs out of the skin's surface and block the skin pores. This material becomes sticky. When the bacteria invade your affected skin, it leads to secretion of white blood cells to fight against the bacteria. This battle will continue for 14 to 20 days in which the growths take place and are called as microcomedones. These microcomedones soon develop into comedones which are commonly known as acne or pimples. This process mostly takes place during puberty. There are four types of acne which occur during puberty, they are blackheads, pimples or zits, whiteheads, and nodules in severe form.