Everything You Need to Know About How to Get Rid of Adult Acne

 

Acne is, unfortunately, not a skin problem experienced only by teenagers. Increasingly women in their 30’s and 40’s are developing adult acne, often out of the blue, having not experienced it in their teens. Our blog explores the causes and how to get rid of adult acne for good.

 

What causes adult acne?

 

Dermatologists suggest that the increasing amounts of chemicals and cosmetics we put on our skin on a daily basis. As well as changing hormonal patterns caused by the pill (often coming off it after a protracted period can lead to adult acne), HRT and later pregnancies could be to blame.

Stress is also cited as a possible reason for the increase in adult acne as modern women have to juggle demanding careers with childcare.

The jury is out on whether diet plays any part in the onset of adult acne, although the frequent radical diet changes from low carb to low fat endeavours of modern women (the average woman goes on 15 diets in a lifetime) to lose weight may also be having a negative effect on skin as radical changes in diet can cause shifts in hormonal balances.

But there is no ‘spot on’ answer as to why adult women are becoming spottier, only theories.

However, although getting spots in your 30’s seems unfair, unexpected and inexplicable, the good news is there are solutions on how to get rid of adult acne  with modern skincare treatment. 

 

How to Get Rid of Adult Acne With These Acne Treatments

 

Here are four modern technologies which have been developed for daily maintenance skincare products, as opposed to aggressive temporary antibacterial treatments, for the long term management of adult acne without destroying or drying out skin.

 

1. Smart Antimicrobials

 

Smart antimicrobials are ingredients that do not kill good skin flora and only target bad skin flora. The skin, like the stomach, contains both good and bad bacteria. The good bacteria is necessary for strong healthy skin and to prevent dryness and premature ageing. 

Smart antimicrobials are able to distinguish between the two bacteria, leaving good skin bacteria to flourish and multiply, while killing off the bad bacteria.

Anti-microbial silver is one of these smart-antimicrobials and is now being used in modern anti-acne products for adult acne as a means of controlling inflammation. Used daily as part of a skincare routine smart antimicrobial treatments can help prevent or lessen acne outbreaks and make outbreaks less severe.  Skin Shop's Silver Serum is a new smart-microbial anti-acne treatment containing pure anti-microbial silver.

 

2. Bacterial Shields

 

These are new ingredients that literally produce an organic ‘shield', over the skin’s surface to prevent bad bacteria from entering.

These bacterial shields help create a surface that bacteria find hard to grip on to and so help prevent bacteria growing in the spot or the weakened skin barrier areas.

Bacterial shields are made by a special bacterial fermentation process and are known as polysaccharides. One of these bacterial shields that has been developed for use in adult  anti-acne skin care products is called Teflose. Derived from the word ‘teflon’ as it forms a Teflon-like anti-bacterial shield over vulnerable areas of acne-prone skin to stop bad bacteria latching on, while not damaging or inhibiting the healthy balance of skin under the shield.

Telflose has also been shown to help prevent the formation of biofilms, which dermatologists are now researching as a possible cause of persistent and treatment-resistant acne.

 

3. Skin Prebiotics

 

Skin prebiotics are literally ‘food’ for good skin bacteria. A skin prebiotic works much the same as a food supplement prebiotic for the gut, except it’s for the skin.

Good skin bacteria feeds on the prebiotic and so grows faster making skin stronger and less prone to infection or weakened skin barrier, while bad skin bacteria are reduced as they don’t ‘palate’ the skin prebiotic as well as the good skin bacteria.

Skin prebiotics maintain a healthy balance of good and bad skin bacteria which helps skin fight off environmental damage which can lead to weak spots and allow bad bacteria to rush in a multiple leading to spots and inflammation. One of the most recent skin prebiotics is an ingredient called Biolin, which contains five different types of prebiotic that are perfect foods for feeding good skin bacteria.

 

4. Sebum Preservers

 

Sebum is a protective substance that sits in the pores of the skin to protect it. We produce more sebum due to a number of factors including hormonal fluctuations, stress and to a degree diet.

Besides various fatty substances and water, sebum also contains salts, amino acids and urea. Like any other natural substance, sebum rots when exposed to warmth, which is what often makes spots swell up, become painful and go yellow, green or black (blackheads).

Sebum is a very attractive breeding ground for bacteria as it has a highly nutritious content for bacteria to feed off so it starts to rot quite quickly. Fresh sebum is almost clear or white. It goes yellow and sometimes green or black when it rots.

A new breed of anti-acne products contain special ingredients that act as ‘sebum preservers, so they effectively stop the sebum rotting so quickly and so prevent the formation of swelling.



Final Thoughts from Us…

 

We hope this blog has been useful in providing you tips and advice on how to get rid of adult acne. For more information and skincare advice, check out our blogs.