by Natasha Gilani

Created on: July 22, 2009   Last Updated: July 23, 2009

Pimples are easy to treat if you understand the cause and how it works. It can take a bit of time for acne to clear up but you can treat it. You just have to know the cause of the breakouts. Basically when your pores get clogged, the sebum creates a good environment for bacteria and/or virus to grow. The Bacteria and/or virus then spreads by damaging the neighboring skin cells.

The presence of the growth of these foreign bodies will trigger the body to try removing it and healing the damaged cells at the same time. White blood cells will release toxic substances to the blood. There will be an increase of blood flow in the area in order to have enough toxic substances to kill the bacteria and/or virus. This increased blood flow will cause redness and swelling and a rise in temperature in that particular area. At the same time the body will try to repair the cells that were damaged.

There is a common belief that making sure your pores are not clogged will eliminate the breakouts. Actually, a good solution to eliminate the breakouts is a serum. It is a lotion with snail secretion inspired by nature. The secretion helps in healing the skin cells that were damaged. It can prevent pimples in a natural way and can also cure other problems in your skin.

One group that is affected by acne well beyond adolescence is adult women. An estimated 5 percent of adult women have persistent acne that does not subside after puberty. An even larger number develop acne when they reach their twenties or thirties. Many of these women did not have acne as teenagers, while others had acne during their teen years that disappeared when puberty ended. Then, when these women reach their twenties or thirties, acne symptoms reappear as a result of fluctuating hormone levels caused by pregnancy, their monthly menstrual cycle, or hormonal imbalances. In fact, experts estimate that as many as 50 percent of all adult women suffer from acne.
Some women experience only occasional acne flare-ups. Since the female menstrual cycle causes hormone levels to rise and fall, many experts believe these flare-ups occur when lower than normal levels of the female sex hormone, estrogen, are being produced. Estrogen is known to counterbalance the production of androgen.

Therefore, without sufficient estrogen, androgen production increases unchecked, leading to acne flare-ups. At other times, when estrogen levels are high and androgen levels are low, these women's skin remains clear. Experts are unsure why this problem does not affect all women, but they theorize it is more likely to occur in women who, for unknown reasons, have the greatest fluctuation in their hormone levels.

Similarly, acne often flares up at different times during pregnancy as a pregnant woman's hormone levels change in order to accommodate her body's changing needs. Comparable hormonal changes often occur in some women after they give birth. As a result, some adult women develop acne shortly after their babies are born.

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