If you or someone you love is still smoking, here’s another good reason to quit this New Year: smoking increases the risk of developing adult acne!
A study was performed at the Istituti Fisioterapici Ospitalieri in Rome by Dr. Bruno Capitanio and his colleagues. It focused on 226 adult women with adult acne. The study’s goal was to learn whether there was a connection between smoking and the development of adult acne.
There is.
Two types of acne are most common in adults. The first one, called CPAA, is short for comedonal postadolescent acne that is much like regular teenage acne. A few breakouts here and there. The other acne more common in adults is the pustular kind, called papulopustular postadolescent acne.
The researchers were surprised to find that the most common acne in adult smokers was CPAA, not pustular acne. In fact, 66.3% of the 266 women in the study were smokers. Of those 159 smokers, less than 30% of them had papulopustular postadolescent acne. However, of the smokers, almost 73% had CPAA. Results of the study were published in the November issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology.
For those of you still smoking, this should give you another reason to quit! If you cannot quit, or if you have acne in the absence of smoking, we have a multitude of treatments available for you, such as the Portrait Skin Regeneration treatment for acne scarring. We also have prescription medications for acne here in our Delaware cosmetic surgery office.
There’s no reason to suffer with adult acne, as it can be treated. Call today and come in for a skin evaluation.
To your health & beauty,
Dr. Joe Danyo
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