A common myth about acne is that it only troubles teens and adolescents. However, the reality is that a battalion of adults do suffer from it as well, leading to physical, psychological and social effects on persons suffering from acne.
These effects might be permanent and cause real problems. Especially as with adults, acne leaves lasting [...]
Social Impact
A lot of of people who suffer from acne tend to keep apart from company and intentionally choose not to socialise with their friends. This is because they are overrun with feelings of depression, embarrassment and have a miserable body image. This might lead to frustration, anger and serious depression. Those negative psychological burdens [...]
More or less eighty percent of all teenagers and adolescents in the age between fourteen and twenty are suffering from acne. And as most of them are just annoyed by acne during this special period in their life, there are some other people, that are still suffering from acne long after the pimples are gone. [...]