It's not much relief knowing that teens all over the world are waking up to the same sight. Maybe you will feel better if you understand the causes of your unwanted visitors. Acne is a general term for pimples and deeper pustules that are clogged pores. If severe enough acne can leave permanent scars. Scarring is what you want to avoid.
Pimples pop up for a lot of reasons.
Unfortunately, there are a lot of myths about what these reasons are. Despite what your friends and mom might say, chocolate and French fries aren't among the causes of pimples. Acne is an inflammatory skin disorder of the skin's sebaceous glands and hair follicles. During puberty high levels of hormones are produced in both girls and boys. This leads to the production of large quantities of sebum.