Myth: Women outgrow acne; you’re not supposed to break out in your 20s and beyond!
青春痘会随着年龄增长而消失,女性20岁以后就不会长痘?

Fact: If only that were true, my skin care struggles in life would have been very different. In fact women in their 20s, 30s, 40s, and even 50s can have acne just like teenagers, and the treatment principles remain the same. Not everyone who has acne as a teenager will grow out of it, and even if you had clear skin as a teenager, that’s no guarantee that you won’t get acne later in life, perhaps during menopause.

You can blame this often-maddening inconsistency on hormones! What is true is that men can outgrow acne because after puberty men’s hormones level out while women’s fluctuate throughout their lifetime which is why many women experience breakouts around their menstrual cycle. There are actually lots of myths about acne, but to clear up two more, the notion that acne is caused by not cleaning your skin well enough, is absolutely false and the myth that acne is caused by diet never seems to go away even though it is patently untrue. Aside from some individual allergic reactions food plays no role in causing blemishes.