These pus filled pimples can cause disfiguring cysts, deep pitting and scarring. Prescription drugs and sometimes surgery may be needed to treat severe inflammatory acne if all other treatments have failed. More adults today find themselves dealing with acne, something they thought they had long outgrown. According to information from New England Journal of Medicine's publication Health News, one in five adults between the ages of 25 and 44 experiences acne. It's estimated that nearly half of all adult women experience mild to moderate acne.
Adult acne can often be more persistent than teenage acne.
It can be especially depressing for those who were not effected as adolescents. But, what ever your age, acne doesn't have to control you. You can control it with the right treatment and a little persistence. No one knows for sure, exactly what causes acne. We do know heredity plays an important roll.