You know, I rarely had pimples as a teenager. Can't remember ever having huge pimples or acne. I had a clear complexion while my friends fought the huge pimples and acne that scarred their faces. I was so lucky!
Now I'm in my 30s and my friends are fine, and I have acne all over. Acne! In my thirties! What the heck?
I've got pimples on my nose, forehead, neck, back, legs and acne on my chin. It's unreal. It's really a nightmare. I have no idea of how to treat it either. I mean I never went through this before. I'm learning how to fight acne right alongside my daughter.
I had to go to the bookstore and get in the teenage section to find out how to fight acne. No adult book covered it. Sure there's the beauty treatments for wrinkles, but not acne! It's embarrassing.
Apparently adult onset acne isn't really that rare. And there's actually quite a few causes. One of the more common ones for women is PCOS or poly cystic ovarian syndrome. Getting acne all over is one symptom of this hormone imbalance. If you've got a large gut, acne, excessive facial hair are infertile or have many cysts on your ovaries, oh yeah and going bald or losing hair, then get to your ob/gyn or endocrinologist pronto. You've probably got PCOS.
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