Stress Acne Is Real! Here’s Everything You Need To Know About It

Having stress in life is part of becoming an adult. Starting from your work to family and finances, everything needs attention and that too at the right time. Between all this, we also need to take care of ourselves and deal with certain issues like nutrition deficiency, hair fall, blemishes, dandruff, or acne. While we all want flawless skin, having marks and scars do bother a person in one way or the other. As an adult, breakouts can’t be frequent, not just because of clogged pores, instead, they may indicate a bigger issue. If you’re suffering from repeated breakouts, stress and hormones may be the explanation for why. 

Cause Of Stress Acne 

Experiencing a breakout before a date or performance review at the office can be due to hormones present in your body that are just trying to protect you. While stress does not directly leads to acne, but this inflammatory disease can be exacerbated by hormones released while you’re tensed. During stress, hormones like cortisol and adrenal androgens happen to trigger the oil gland that keeps you from having flawless skin. 

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How To Identify Stress Acne 

You must be thinking the reason for having pimples and acne on your skin are the same. While they may look similar, there is a slight difference from which you can identify the difference between a normal breakout, and the ones that you’re experiencing due to strain. Unlike the normal scar, stress acne will be accompanied by itchiness, redness, along with certain stubborn black and whiteheads. 

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What To Do When You Get Stress Acne

Be it a stress breakout or the one that has been caused by pollution and dirt, the good news is the treatment for both is similar. Investing in products that can treat spots and acne is great, but while you do so don’t forget to consult your dermatologist. Sometimes, a wrong ingredient on the skin can exacerbate the existing pimples and acne. However, you can also opt for simple home remedies depending on your skin types as these have very little chances of side effects, given the fact that most of them are made from natural items. 

Simple Home Remedies For Breakouts 

Dry Skin

A good skin care regimen is important, but in such situations, you will need to choose your products more carefully. If you have dry skin, ingredients that hold the capacity to retain moisture will help you the most. For example, aloe vera, a plant found in most of the households has great anti-inflammatory and antimicrobial properties to heal acne marks. 

Steps 

• Cut open an aloe vera leaf. Using a spoon extract aloe vera gel. 
• Mix the gel, add a few drops of rose water and apply it to the affected skin.
• Leave it on for 30 minutes. Rinse it off with water. 

Oily Skin

People with oily skin tend to have the most grease and wax on their skin. The element that makes your skin oily is called sebum. It blogs the pores, leading to certain skin problems, especially acne. Turmeric contains curcumin, which is great if you want to get rid of acne and pimples. 

Steps 

• In a bowl, make a thick paste with 1 tablespoon of rose water and a tablespoon of turmeric powder. 
• Using a makeup brush, apply this paste on the pimple and rinse it off once it dries. Try this remedy twice a day. 

Combination Skin

This skin type is a bit tricky and features two or more different skin types on the face. Generally, the combination skin type has dry, flaking skin on the forehead, cheeks, whereas excessive oil and grease appearing on the nose, and chin. Green tea, an ingredient rich in polyphenols helps to regulate oil on the skin. 

Steps 

• Take one or two tea bags, take out the green tea leaves from them. 
• Soak leaves in warm water and mix with some aloe vera gel. 
• Use the mixture as a mask and leave it on for 10 minutes. 
• Rinse off with water. Try this remedy twice a week.

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