Acne Can Cause Severity of Diseases

Widespread, acne can cause unsightly character some anxiety. But unlike what are the consequences of our ideas on black skin? U.S. scientists now believe that stress increases the severity of the disease.

“Evil in its skin, nerves on the surface” … expressions mixing skin and psyche are legion. A bit like if linguists had already highlighted the links strange that scientists discover little by little.
Stress flush skin

Problem of very common skin, acne affects about 85% of the population in life. Occurring primarily during adolescence, the disease affects the hair follicle. Located at the base of the hair, sebaceous glands are responsible for the production of sebum. In normal times, this fat prevents drying of the skin. But during puberty, the natural mechanism of hydration has some failures. The oil is produced in large quantities, the skin becomes oily, the pore is blocked and a bacterial growth occurs in the follicle. This is the acne pimple.

Because of its unsightly, acne can have significant psychological impact. Speaking at the age of the construction of adult identity, it can lead to stress among adolescents. But on the other hand, stress is able to influence the severity of this skin disease? Some observations suggest the clinics, but few studies had previously been able to prove.
The examinations will they have because of your skin?

The studies on the harmful effects of stress are increasing: on the system immunitaire1, the sensation of douleur2, the cicatrisation3, the time of convalescence after a opération4 and even the accumulation of graisse5 or back pain. Concerning the problems of skin, the main concern dermatitis studies atopique6 or psoriasis7.

Yet doctors and patients agree links between the psyche and acne. Among 215 medical students, 67% believed that stress plays a role in exacerbating the acné8. And nearly three-quarters of patients and their relatives (74%) also feel anxiety as an aggravating factor in their maladie9. To have the heart net, U.S. researchers have studied students with the firm intention to dismantle what they thought only a mythe10.

Twenty-two students have been recruited and 19 completed the study (7 men and 12 women). The researchers measured stress and severity of acne is not in and during examinations. To be blameless, the trio of scientists used two scales for assessing the severity of stress and acne fully validated. By adjusting their results based on other parameters (duration and quality of sleep, number and quality of meals.), A perceived link between stress and severity of acne has been identified. The students were also more stressed those with more marked worsening of their disease. A relationship with the declining quality of food (often used in times of revision) was also noted.
Better deal with the approach of a stress

The study did not relate the behavior of students on their facial hygiene, the influence of menstrual cycles or the scratching their buttons. However, no student has reported a worsening of its appearance based on this rate.

In addition, investigators were able, according to the authors to differentiate the worsening of the severity of acne simple tampering. But acne is it the consequence or the cause of stress? For authors, the answer is no doubt that students are unconcerned about their appearance during examinations, so this is the stress that causes acne and not the reverse.

Such results can have a practical interest in the treatment of this disease? Again, the authors answer in the affirmative saying that “behavioral approaches might be viable options for patients, as therapeutic approaches could be adjusted to the predictable approach of periods of stress.”