Female acne, see gynecological endocrine

Expert analysis: Acne is not only skin of the “patent”, and some patients, especially women, in the menstrual cycle before and after the exacerbation, it should be to endocrine or gynecological endocrine clinic.

Acne occurs mainly related to excessive secretion of sebum, follicle sebaceous duct obstruction, bacterial infections and inflammatory responses are closely related to other factors. Pathophysiological cause of acne is based on the rapid development of sebaceous glands and excessive secretion of sebum, and sebaceous gland is directly affected by the development of androgen-dominated. After puberty, androgen, especially the rapid increase in the level of testosterone, testosterone in the skin by 5-α reductase role into dihydrotestosterone, the latter with the sebaceous gland cells and androgen receptor-binding role to play. Elevated androgen levels can promote development of sebaceous glands, and a large amount of sebum. Progesterone and adrenal cortex in Dehydroepiandrosterone also have a certain role in promoting secretion of sebum. Can be seen, endocrine implications for the occurrence of acne, development, and played a decisive role.

For the women who after the adolescent is still grow acne, the most common causes of the following three aspects: First, as a result of the body have been false, nervous - a result of the imbalance between the endocrine system endocrine disorders, such disorders is often manifested in the androgen not increased in absolute terms, but compared to other sex hormone levels in vivo, it is relatively higher; the second is due to the absolute value of the body of androgen high, such women are often accompanied by emotional easily excited, coarse black hair, bushy hairs, Khan coarse pores and so on. Third, as a result of women’s ovaries or uterus appeared cyst, hyperplasia, cancer and other pathological changes, resulting in the uterus, ovary excessive secretion of hormones of endocrine disorders.

In addition, abnormal hair follicle sebaceous ducts diagonalization, and a large amount of sebum secretion and discharge obstacles easy to secondary bacterial infections, is also induced causes acne. In addition to the above factors, some of the occurrence of acne with immune function decline.