Did you know that one in five women between the ages of 25 and 40 suffer from adult onset acne? You’re not alone.

Have you recently noticed the signs of acne you had when you were in your teens return in your mid 30s? You are not alone; the studies reveal that one in five women between the ages of 25 and 40 suffer from adult onset acne. Before we delve deep into this subject, you should know a few facts about blackheads and adult acne. Blackheads are the first stage of acne. A blackhead also known as open comedo is an opening on the skin with blackened mass of skin debris (oil (sebum), and bacteria) covering the opening. Like blackheads there are also whiteheads known as closed comedomes (plural of ‘comedo’ is ‘comedomes’). Blackheads and acnes usually develop during the onset of puberty, when the levels of hormone surge and trigger the stimulation of the sebaceous glands to produce sebum or oily substances. The sebum gets accumulated in the skin pores and the occluded oil turns black due to oxidation. That’s how the name blackhead came into being. Inflamed blackheads become pimples. There is a possibility of the pimples spreading on your face if they become infected. If you break them it will lead to scars. If the pimples are left untreated it will slowly lead to Acne