Acne is very, very tricky, from what triggers breakouts to removing scars, and healing the discoloration. Everyone is different, and acne is provoked by many different things, you have to pay attention and listen to your body, to know what causes your breakouts to happen. (Most times its the things we love the most, it’s very ironic). As complex as acne is, treating it is a very slow process, and it can’t be healed it will only be managed, a life long process. With Acne there is not a one fit all approach, different kinds of acne, levels of severity, the amount of breakouts, how often you breakout,etc. there are many components that are taken into consideration to heal and keep your acne away. Here are the 3 main triggers that could inflame your pores.
Hormones
Yes, everyone already knows that hormones cause acne. Espically in the teenage years, (For women it can get as bad in their 20s and 30s), around your cycle of the month, and any hormone imbalance. This is the most complex type of acne trigger, and a lot of times it is hard to manage, but not impossible.
Diet
Your diet is what leads to a lot of preventable breakouts, and it can be easy to know what you ate that caused your skin to act. Diets can be tricky as well, a pimple or an inflamed pore can actually take anywhere from a day, weeks, to months for it to form and for you to see it on the surface of your skin. With food, it is usually from a day to 14 days, so your breakout right now could have been triggered 14 days ago. (If you breakout a lot from your diet, I always suggest to keep a food journal, and document every bite that you eat) These diet triggers are different for everyone. No, chocolate, caffeine, sugar, dairy does not cause pimples in everyone that eats them, you are very unique. But here are a few triggers you might not have considered like table salt, fish, aloe vera (an allergy) and nuts.
Inflammation
Here is a bonus very common trigger for a lot of acne prone skin. Having inflammation in your body and on your skin increases your chance of getting breakouts. It could be the cause of the red, inflamed and painful breakouts, treating the inflammation from the inside, is best to avoid these inflamed breakouts that could lead to deep and pus filled acne.
SkinCare Products
Well, this is the easiest one to pin point, and prevent. What you put on your skin is extremely important (if you want to see change and results of course) When you use the wrong products for your skin, lack of – sunscreen, cleansing, exfoliation, and cleaning then you clog your pores. (clogged pores lead to breakouts) Or, if you use the wrong products that are too – rich, potent, strong, active, oily, acidic, too abrasive etc, you could damage your skin barrier and lead your skin to breaking out. Using too much product that your skin does not need, or too little of what your skin needs effects the overall results of what you are trying to achieve.
Yeah, I know, you were propably hoping for a concrete cause of acne, so that you can just avoid that and indulge in anything you want. But honestly that is just not the case, it is very hard to say and claim that one thing will cause breakouts in everyone. Your skin reacts differently compared to everyone else in the world, you are very unique in that sense. And its not to say that if chocolate breaks you out, to never have it again, no of course not. Eat and do anything that might trigger your acne, but be prepared that a pimple might happen, and do everything in moderation.
