Pimple in adult women is a different type of pimple than adolescents suffer. It usually involves papules and pustules on the chin, nose, mouth and jaw areas. There are no blackheads. There is a theory that because this is more prevalent in women than men, it is caused by external things such as makeup, prescription drugs, and chemicals. There is also the theory that it is hormone related and the hormones increase the sebaceous secretion and more sebum is produced. This is the oily secretion that is supposed to keep your skin lubricated.
If there is too much oily secretion, it can clog your pores, and since your body likes to keep everything in balance, it will send cells to fight back the increase in the sebum. The next thing you know, the sebum producing glands are fighting back and the result is pimple. Some experts suggest that doctors check for hormonal changes such as polycystic ovary syndrome as this can create an imbalance that agitates the sebum secretion glands.
In other words, pimple is not always the same. Adolescent pimple and adult pimple may have different causes and therefore may not need the same treatment. If what worked for you as a teenager no longer works, it is likely because your pimple has a different cause now.
Pimple is usually treated by two types of doctors, dermatologists and pediatricians. Both types of doctors deal with teenagers but only dermatologists treat adults. In a study of pimple patients between 1996 to 2005, there were about 28 million visits by patients between 10 and 18 years of age. A little over 18 million of these visits were to dermatologists and 4.6 million went to pediatricians and 5.3 million visits were to other types of doctors.
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