5. Sex or Masturbation
MYTH: Masturbation or sex are the main causes of acne.
FACT: This obsolete notion holds no importance to a 21st century much civilized man who knows that these kind of notions were used earlier just to refrain young people from getting involved in premarital sex. So my friend, never believe such things.
6. stress
MYTH: Stress and acne.
FACT: NO! The stress that the teens feel in their daily life is too mild to cause acne. In fact, the medications they go for to treat their depression are the main cause of acne on their young skin (side-effects of anti-depressants).
Yes, stress does affect your hormones that encourage the growth of acne, sometimes. Instead of being guilty over your stress, you should go for an effective treatment that can cure you in a better way.
7. incurable
MYTH: Let your acne run its own course, it cannot be cured.
8. poor diet
MYTH: Poor diet causes acne.
FACT: This myth about acne is the most common. But the fact is that no strong evidence has ever been able to prove even a single existing connection between diet and acne.
Some are of the belief that chocolate, pizza, french fries, burger and several other fast foods cause acne. This is true in the case limiting fatty foods to get rid of obesity and cardiovascular diseases. The logic behind all this is that these fatty foods are rich in iodine (like in shellfish) and this aggravates the already existing acne, they do not cause acne.
9. Contagious disease
MYTH: Acne is highly infectious.
FACT: Just chill man! Nothing is going to come out of these trivial things! Acne is no ways infectious! Neither you can get acne by kissing your acne suffering boyfriend, nor will he catch it from you if you are the sufferer.
10. Your make-up
MYTH: Make-up is an absolute no-no for the acne sufferers.
FACT: It is the belief among most of the dermatologists that no cosmetics, not even the oil- based ones, can cause you acne. The only harm they can cause is to those already suffering from acne, these cosmetics can worsen or aggravate your existing acne.
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