Many trials have
been conducted to find out about the effect of smoking on acne formation
and acne treatment. Till now no specific results have been found
out. It is a known fact that smoking reduces the healing rate. So
you can be sure that if you have acne that is ulcerating or is infected,
it may take longer in getting healed.
Smoking also makes skin age faster. Smoking may not cause acne,
but to treat acne faster, it is better to drop smoking. Smoking
affects all the vital organs of the body and it is better avoided.
How about sunlight?
Acne and Sunlight
Many teenagers believe that sunlight reduces the acne. It may be
possible that the rays of the sun may be reducing the population
of the bacteria P.acnes. But this has not been established scientifically
as yet.
Sunrays can prove to be dangerous to the skin. Sunrays age the skin
very fast. Wrinkles, blotches, sunspots, etc all form because of
sunrays.
The sunrays also cause skin cancer.
Most of the acne medications make the skin sensitive to sun. If
you are using some of these medications such as retinoids, your
probability of getting sunburn increases. It is better to protect
yourself from the sun.
What about supplements?
Acne and supplements
Can supplements cause acne? People take variety of supplements to
gain weight, muscles and for other purposes. Most of them are protein
powders. Supplements are enriched foods. No relation has been established
between supplements and acne.
Unless you are taking hormones your chances of
getting acne are very poor. However if you feel that a particular
supplement is causing acne, please stop taking that. |
