MYTH 14 - ACNE IS A DISEASE OF TEENAGERS

Acne certainly affects teenagers, but it affects other age groups as well.  Some people develop acne for the first time in their 20s or 30s, and they are often shocked because another myth of acne is that it is a disease that disappears before college.  In the business districts of Manhattan, most patients treated for acne vulgaris are women between the ages of 20 and 45.  Young white collar professionals are often distraught about still getting acne and feel they are not taken seriously at work when they are breaking out.  They should be reassured that acne can be a disease of those aged 20 to 45 and that effective acne treatments do exist.

*I can certainly attest to this!  In my teenage years I didn't have much of a problem in high school, but, in my mid-20s I started to get acne that was not controlled with over the counter products.