Teens get acne because of the hormonal changes that come with puberty.

Acne is a very common disease, and first appears as clogged pores (comedones). Recent research shows acne can leave both physical and emotional scars for teens, especially when it is not treated early and aggressively.

One thing that makes acne treatment difficult is that there is no "one medicine fits all" approach.

Different people respond differently to various kinds of acne medications, so most often acne sufferers have to go through trial and error to find the treatments or regimens that work best for them.

Acne is the most common disease worldwide, and the one most often treated by dermatologists.

The good news is that treatment for acne has come a long way in the past twenty years, so more options exist now then before.

One do it yourself treatment option is Zeno Acne Clearing Device

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There is a common perception that teens get acne because they don't wash their faces enough. Lack of face washing has been implicated as one of the causes of worsening acne. But is this really true?

Researchers decided to find out, studying a group of young men with mild to moderate acne.

These young men were asked to wash their faces twice a day for two weeks with a mild cleanser. After this two week period, they were assigned to one of three groups. Group 1 were to wash their faces just once per day. Group 2 were to wash their faces twice per day, and Group 3 were to wash their faces four times a day. All groups were to maintain their cleaning regimen for six weeks.

The results were surprising.

At the end of the six week period, no significant differences were found between the groups. However, there were decreases in the number and type of acne lesions for those in Group 2, who washed twice a day. Those in Group 1 (who washed only once per day) saw their acne getting worse.

Group 3 (who washed four times a day) did not have any significant improvement over Group 2.

So even though the results were not statistically significant, it does seem that there is some truth to the belief that washing your face twice a day will help manage your acne symptoms.

Washing your face more than twice a day doesn't provide noticeable benefits for management of acne.

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