The relationship between acne and stress has been a topic that has been debated for many years. In recent years there have been several studies that show stress can actually aggravate acne causing an increase in breakouts.

Studies that were conducted by some of the most prestige universities show that stress does aggravate acne. During the time around exams, students suffering from acne showed a significant increase in breakouts. The mixture of the stress and poor diet are a toxic mixture for acne.

There are two ways stress worsen acne:

• By reducing the body’s ability to heal, on average reducing our abilities to heal wounds by 40%
• By stimulating the adrenal glands (located above the kidneys), and releasing male hormones that in turn, stimulate the sebaceous gland (found in the skin). The sebaceous gland releases sebum (oil) and as and end result aggravates acne and causes breakouts.

These scientific facts alone are enough to prove stress is a major player in acne breakout and adding in the poor diets of people under stress; it is safe to say that stress and acne go hand in hand. These new developments are very important in understanding acne and its causes bringing us closer to finding better treatments.

Recently the FDA approved a new technological breakthrough in treating Sever acne. It’s called the PPX Pore Cleansing Acne Treatment. This treatment gently vacuums the skin while a broadband light zaps away impurities basicly using suction to empty the oil gland of its oil.

The treatment has shown to have long-lasting improvement, and it works in almost 70 percent of the population that don’t respond to conventional therapies. This is great news for these sever acne sufferers that have tried everything and have given up all hope of ever regaining there former facial image. Most patients start to see results immediately and with each session the improvements become more and more visible, scars are even reduced in appearance and some even disappear all together Most patients need five treatments every two weeks, then one maintenance visit approximately three months later. It’s a pain-free procedure, and each session takes about 30 minutes, and amazingly the results last a year or more. Of course beauty comes with a price so be prepared to pay up to about 300$ per treatment.