Acne affects about 85 percent of the population of America at some time in their life - including some adults -- it is one of the most common skin disease addressed by dermatologists. Almost all teens get the type of acne called acne vulgaris, which can appear on your face, neck back, and shoulders.

The challenge is how to treat acne effectively without the need for drugs. The favoured strategy used by most dermatologists is to prescribe an antibiotic - typically tetracycline-type derivative...
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What causes acne?

When puberty begins, young people begin to experience a wide variety of developmental physical, physiological and emotional changes. The obvious physical changes include beard and muscle development in young males, and young females, with the onset of menses, also start to develop breasts and wider hips. In addition, the normal progressions toward adulthood produce rapid hormone changes frequently causing mood swings and the often embarrassing side effect of Acne Vulgaris.
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