I am 23! Why am I starting to get acne?

Question

I am 23 year old woman. I have always had flawless skin. Even during puberty. I usually get about 2 pimples a year. All of a sudden for the last 8 months I have been breaking out. It started with a bump every couple of days or so. Now I have small bumps all over my 4head and larger bumps coming and goin everywhere else. They r not n any specific area. 4head, cheek bone, chin, nose, temple, jaw....pretty much wherever. Someone please tell me what it can b. I clean my cell phone once a week with alchohol. I dont wear make up. I'm not doin anything new. I've tried proactive and it burned my skin. I dont even have sensitive skin. I now use beauty control face clensing system.

FYI: noone n my family has acne.

I have average to oily skin.

I have not changed eating habits

I drink no carbonated drinks

dont wear make up

I even went 2 the gynocologist 2 c if It is an STD....no

some please tell me what the **** is going on with my face ;-(

Answer 1

Stress and the hormonal dump that comes with either acute or chronic stress can bring on acne.

My adult acne turned out to be rosecea.  Beside excellent, but gentle, hygiene and stress reduction I have found that fish oil supplement work to control my rosecea.

Answer 2

my natural fluid is known to clear faces, it also makes one prettier after the 3rd encounter.

Answer 3

could be stress or just simple hormones.  if it doesnt clear up soon, id say see a doc

Answer 4

It sounds like stress!

So drink a lot of water, keep your skin clean, go to the pharmacy and seek a good product for oily skin.

Wash your face with tepid water everyday, exfoliate it once or twice a week, apply some gentle lotion and hydrate it.

Relax a bit and eat well.

Probably, It will soon disappear.

If it don't, go to a dermatologist.

Answer 5

You can have an acne even at the age of 16 years old.

Answer 6

stress most likely but people get acne there whole life and this may be the time when urs comes sorry to say. even though u dont have sensitive skin try something for sensitive skin

Answer 7

Your body is changing, shouldn't last for too long

hormones  

Answer 8

Things that cause acne

Do you work in a setting where there is grease?

Are you doing any hard drugs?

Are you washing your hair often (oils from unwashed hair can cause acne)

Are you stressed out??

Are you pregnant?

Answer 9

Stress.

Answer 10

crystal meth gives you acne

Answer 11

OMG exact same thing with me.. Doctor put me on birth control pills and said it should clear it up..and so far so good!!

I know how u feel, try that if not already

goodluck

Answer 12

sometimes acne is stress related. if pregnancy isnt a possibility its most likely stress or from the sun. i also never had acne and sometimes sun exposure causes them. try a spf daily moisturizer, wash ur face on a regular basis, and just be careful around sun exposure and even sweat from ur head can cause an irritation from falling onto ur face.

Answer 13

its not unheard of to suddenly break out as an adult. Its a change in hormones possibly..I mean my cousin had flawless skin also and when she turned 24 she had blown out full acne...so it's just one of those things that some people get it in their teen yrs some get it later in life. try murad they say BP can help with that too

Answer 14

itll go away