As an Online Esthetician working exclusively with Adult Acne for people 30+ for the last decade or so, many clients come to me after being disappointed by doctors. From differing hormone levels to greater dead skin cell buildup as we get older to a plethora of anti-aging products, there are so many new issues that arise over the decades, it baffles me how often people seem to get treated medically the same, irrespective of age!
In general, I feel that throughout much of the medical profession, adult acne is not really well understood for one very simple reason - pore clogging and irritating ingredients in most skincare are not paid much attention to, and there is very little recognition of the differences between adult acne and teen acne. It's no accident that so much of the time a client will start out telling me that she had very little acne in high school, if any at all - a definite indication her acne problem is not genetic! What this means is that bacteria, genetic overproduction of oil, or abnormally fast cell turnover may not be the key problems in most cases of adult acne, as it is in every case of teen acne.
So why prescribe medications to an adult ?
