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Clogged pores attract bacteria - most commonly Cutibacterium acnes that initiates inflammation which mobilizes our body to respond to this stimulus and causes the formation of papules, pustules, nodules, and cysts.
Many factors are involved in triggering the acne cascade including body changes such hormonal changes during puberty, pregnancy or menopause, and lifestyle–like diet. For example, including too much sugar in your diet may trigger acne as sugar is one of our skin's most powerful enemies since it not only facilitates acne by amplifying inflammation but also causes “caramelization of skin” which accelerates skin aging. Chronic acne (lasting over 2 years) or acute acne (short term burst of acne condition) may be also caused by certain disease like inflammatory bowel disease, internal inflammation and stress, even some medications.
Our own body's most powerful acne-stimulating factors are hormones, especially androgens. They are behind teen acne (puberty), and adult acne caused by the overproduction of testosterone caused between others by Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) or Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (CAH) , or decreased production of estrogens (menopause) . This hormonal imbalance or hormonal fluctuation may result in chronic or acute imbalance of a hormonal system. And this internal imbalance may only be properly addressed by systemic (internal) solution. AcnEase 2.0 represents such an internal, systemic solution and works with your body focused on 4 goals:
Acne vulgaris, the most common type of acne affects over 245 million people of both sexes, all ethnic backgrounds, economic strata and geographical locations. As acne is traditionally associated with the adolescent occurring between 15 and 19 years of age there is another fast-growing group of acne sufferers that are 26 years and older. During the past decade – the average age of acne sufferer increased to 25 years old from what was previous 19 years old.
In such a huge and diverse group there are certainly those that may not want to tray the systemic acne treatment no matter how effective or innovative or safe it is. For those we offer a viable alternative. This is a most standard topical therapy but also with some different and unique features. This treatment focuses on external factors exasperating acne but also bring two innovative features not available by any other topical products.
We included different topical anti-bacterial and anti-inflammatory agents focused solely on breaking the cycle of already existing inflammation and drying and healing the existing acne breakouts. Unique sensitive Retinoidswe are using are added to mitigate a number of skin dead cells and therefore decrease clogging of the pores. Retinol also helps repairing the skin by stimulating collagen and skin turnover. In short- topical therapies will be helpful to reduce the number of existing zits you have if you do not want or cannot take AcnEase 2.0