Most of the time it is tougher and more frustrating to deal with acne when it attacks your back.
Body acne is an alternative name for back acne. It is likely to form on the back, upper arms and the buttocks and can take several
forms: pimples, blackheads, pustules and cysts, which often are aching and form deep under the skin's surface.
The back has tough skin with a large amount of glands inside. This glands produce a human oil that is regarded as being to be one of the key acne causes.
What is body acne?
Signs and symptoms of acne developed either on the back, or on the face are practically the same, hence this 2 slighly different disorders are most of the time considered as one.
Because of this, the skin on the human back is much more prone to be
attacked by this disease.
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The only distinction is the bigness and high intensity of the oil glands and the back has them much bigger.With more of this oil of course usually means more acne developing on the skin. Also cysts are developed more frequentlyAnother factor is the thickness of the skin that is much more thicker on the back than on the face.
Some Stats
- About 2/3 of people with facial acne have some amount of back acne.
- Back acne seems to be more prevalent in men, but is verified in both sexes.
- Other areas of the human body, such as the chest, shoulders, arms, buttocks and legs also experience acne, but the back is more common than the other extremities.
What is the cause of back acne?
The exact cause of acne was not yet found.We do know that maturation of the oil glands is necessary. This is why we see back acne only after puberty starts.Beyond this, what causes back acne is similar to what causes facial acne.When speaking about back acne in particular, there is a particular form of acne named "acne mechanica" - a nice name for acne which is caused by irritation of the skin.Things like tight clothes, bags or even rough massages mostly intensify the overall back acne condition as they irritate and rub the skin.Acne mechanica tends to be aggravated by moisture, so if you're sweaty and combine that with the repeated rubbing that comes with your book bag, clothing, etc., that could make the problem even worse.You can never totally avoid chairs or clothes irritating and rubbing your back.
But you can always follow few steps to make it better.
- Try putting on breathable cotton clothing more often.
- Try carrying while treating your back acne.
- Shower again. If you stay clear, great. If not, perhaps a backpack isn't the best option for you.
- Generally try to be aware of anything that irritates the skin of your back and make accomodations if you can.
- Try to time your daily treatment (as referenced directly below) so that you can shower and treat your skin after a sweaty workout.
As far as whether stress is to fault for your back acne, or hormones, or genetics - no one knows for sure and none of this factors were ever approved.
