how or why stress causes acne?

Answer 1

Researchers at Stanford University undertook to debunk this common myth, but wound up showing that it is true: stress worsens acne. College students were followed closely, and when exam time rolled around, acne worsened. The more stress reported by the students, the worse the acne.
The authors suggest, with good reason, that changing hormones and neuroactive substances during stress may be the main culprit. If this is so, relaxation and stress reduction techniques that reduce stress chemicals (such as biofeedback) could prove to be powerful ways to treat acne, even if only practiced for a few minutes a day.

Answer 2

NATURAL ACNE PROTOCOL
1/ Never, ever touch your face.
2/ Use 3 facecloths to wash your face, one to soap on, one to soap off with very hot water, one to rinse off with ice cold water, in that order, once a day.
3/ If you are under 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A once a day with a full meal
4/ If you are over 18 take 5,000 IU of vitamin A twice a day with a full meal.
Do not get pregnant while taking vitamin A. Do not take any more, like Accutane, it will stop you growing.
5/ Never, ever. pick, squeeze or pop your spot. Read number 1 again.
6/ Do this for 90 days.
7/ Invest in a brand new pillow and 2 new or more pillow cases to �double bag' your pillow. HOT wash every couple of days.
Source:
A bit of advice given to me as a teenager, a bit of science as I am studying allergic reactions and vitamin A is a part of that. A bit of research: I sat in a lecture at the back and watched the acne prone pick at their faces, those with the worse acne touched their faces 32 times in an hour, the clearest complexions didn't touch their faces even once. I have circumstantial evidence that acne is the result of dermatophyte transfer from hands to face...where it does not get washed off and is well fed by hormones, sweat a
nd oil...just a hypothesis... But it would explain why vitamin A is so effective as vitamin causes skin to remove dermatophytes.

The secret is never to touch the spots

Tips on how to treat acne and achieve perfect clear skin in as little as 7 days?

Answer 3

Maybe because stress decreases the ability of your immune system to ward off the bacteria that cause acne. I don't have any sources for this, but based on what I know about stress and the immune system, it makes sense.

Answer 4

Hi,

I think you have answered your own question.

Stress is a very underestimated illness and can cause many psychological and physical effects in a person.

The affects of stress and depression tend to sneak up on a person, very slowly.

Subtle changes that combine to form the illness

Acne is one of those subtle changes.

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Answer 5

Stress causes some hormones to go into overdrive...and hormones cause your body to do all sorts of things, including causing your glands to overproduce oil.