Question by Peter M: Could my anxiety disorder be causing acne?
Is it true that stress causes acne, because generalized anxiety disorder definitely causes stress (and a lot of it). But I was wondering: how much of my acne does that account for?

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Article by Michael Gutierrez

While prescriptions and over the counter medications can be a good choice for treating back acne, a homemade back acne treatment can be a desirable option for people who like to keep it natural and reduce their exposure to harmful chemicals and drugs.

Keep in mind that using a homemade back acne treatment can be effective, but it can also take a lot longer for you to notice an improvement. If you can control the reasons why you suffer from back acne breakouts, you may also be able to improve and lessen the intensity and frequency of breakouts. Bacne can often be caused by irritation of your skin, or basically something rubbing on the skin that helps to trap dirt in the pores and then may lead to infection or bacne.

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It’s no coincidence that one of the late Michael Jackson’s close friends was his long-time dermatologist, Dr. Arnold Klein. “Boy, I used to suffer,” Jackson once confessed to an interviewer, talking about his acne. “It got bad. It got real bad.” Jackson remembered regularly hiding in his bedroom to cry after being teased by a cousin about his “pimples”. Despite his success, Jackson found it difficult to face the public much of his life, often wearing hats and keeping his head down. “You can clear up physically,” he explained, but still mentally you’re scarred.” After Jackson’s death, Dr. Klein told interviewer Larry King that he had been helping the star “rebuild his face” to hide the severe acne scarring and plastic surgery scars in preparation for his upcoming This Is It tour. 

Most of us suffer the occasional break out or blemish, even as adults.  The average acne can be treated with over-the-counter medications, but acne like Jackson’s calls for prescription acne medication.  The best acne medication on the market today for moderate to severe acne that has not responded to other treatment is Accutane. 

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My aunt keeps saying if I keep using proactiv my children will come out armless and legless. Is there any evidence for this? And it’s not like I’m currently pregnant or anything.

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So I am 17 years old and right now I have a irregular period. I have not had one since June. I was looking up causes for irregularity and I ran across something called PCOS. I really think I have it. It said some of the causes are insulin, and something about androgen which causes hair growth and some other stuff. Well I have to take insulin because I am a type 2 diabetic. And I think I have a high level of androgen becaue like I have facial hair, like you can actually see the hair on my face. Also I have a lot of the symptoms. Obesity, high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, anxiety and depression,sleep apnea,acne, increased facial hair growth.I am sort of happy now that I know what might be wrong because at first I didn’t know but I am still going to go to the ob/gyn. But what I wanted to ask is can pcos affect someone my age? I am 17 years old.

My 23 year old daughter is the youngest of three children. She is a lovely girl who graduated from a fine University one year ago. She took a job right after graduation with a large retail company and was hired into a management training program. Within a few months she started to suffer from anxiety attacks and her health started to fail. She developed all kinds of somatic complaints including some physical problems like severe acne which she had never had before. All physical exams and blood work came up negative. She would not take antidepressants but tried exercise and yoga. She quit the job and things improved but now I notice she is starting to suffer from anxiety and hypochondria again. She calls me on the phone every few days telling me she is sure she has skin cancer or lymphoma. Because I am a nurse I know her symptoms are not related. In the past we determined that 24 hours after any alcohol she would go through these fragile times. Any ideas or similar experiences?

Im fourteen years old and i wanna change things for myself.
Im sick of feeling mediocre at everything,
im not ugly but im not beautiful,
im not stupid but im not a genious,
i feel like im always in the middle.

I have decided that by March 1st I’m going to be a different person. here are some things im working towards:
-making my room cooler looking and more fun to be in
-looking better
-loosing some weight
-getting some boys to like me or at least be attracted to me
-be steadier and better at school
-AND ANYTHING ELSE YOU WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST

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I am married and we are not necessarily trying to have children, but we’re not trying NOT to either. Anyway, I realized after the fact that we were unprotected on a day I was fertile, so there is a chance I could be pregnant, though it is too early to do a test. What do I do about my acne medications? I take Retin A and Benzacyclin – both a creams that I use at the momen for prevention. I haven’t had a break-out in several months, but my dermatologist wants me to keep taking them for a few more months for prevention. I saw that Retin A MIGHT be risky, but it isn’t for sure. However, I haven’t really found anything on Benzacyclin either way, and I don’t have the piece of paper that tells you its warnings anymore.

What should I do? I mean, I know women try to have a baby for months before getting pregnant, so are the chances even that high that I am prego? Should I just lay off the meds for a few weeks until I can do the test and hope that my skin doesn’t break out? I’m also interviewing for jobs, so I want my skin to look as good as possible.

I have many acne scars and previous scars from an alergy reaction to medications. These scars are darkish brown and require me to put so much make up to cover them. They are not a pretty site when I don’t have make up covering them up.I am wondering if a sunburn and peeling would help improve them to lighten up along with special creams to lighten them up to clearing them up completely.These are only surface scars that are discolorations to the skin. I need help to find out the best thing to do to rid them once and for all.

Is it true that stress causes acne, because generalized anxiety disorder definitely causes stress (and a lot of it). But I was wondering: how much of my acne does that account for?