Many women with acne problems sometimes can not clear the skin good enough with over-the-counter cleansers or other standard treatments. For really tough cases of acne your doctor may need to use equally tougher treatments. Treating acne as if they are caused by hormones may be the answer.

Not all doctors treat acne from a hormone stand point and you may need to ask around for one that does. An endocrinologist or a gynecologist may be who you need to talk to. What the doctor may do is measure hormones and treat you accordingly.

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We all know how drastically the onset of puberty can change your child. One day, they are a sweet, happy go lucky youngster without a care in the world, the next they turn into a moody, irritable, raging, teenager.

We all blame this transformation on the onset of puberty and the body’s sudden production of sex hormones. Along with mood changes, these hormones can also bring on acne in some teenagers. Whether or not any one teen suffers from acne can depend on a variety of factors, but researchers have found the root cause of acne is these sex hormones.

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Acne has long been considered to be a disease among teenagers. Statistics shows that 80% of teenagers are affected by this problem. Among these affected teenagers, some are lucky to have self-limiting acne while others are ill-fated to suffer more serious acne problems. And with the remaining 20% unaffected, don’t be too lenient as you age. Recent studies show that 50% of women aged 20-29 are also likely to be affected by acne. And there is still a 25% of possibility with women aged 40-49 years old to be affected by this skin disorder. Another fact to keep in mind is that, after 20 years old, women are prone to have acne than men.

During the American Academy of Dermatology’s summer meeting, a new development in acne treatment was presented. The recent findings are specially attributed to treat acne in women aged 20 and older. According to Bethanee J. Schlosser, MD, PhD, FAAD, an assistant professor of dermatology and the director of the Women’s Skin Health Program at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, hormonal therapies can help women treat acne during the adulthood years. In the speech, Schlosser explained how this new treatment will work and who are the best candidates for this specific treatment option.

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