Stress Causes Acne?

Study may prove the two are linked. Just about any busy woman could tell you that stress makes her skin breakout, but the science has always been sketchy.
Now a team of German researchers may have the first evidence that stress and acne are linked, CNN reports.

"At the beginning we thought this was a crazy hypothesis, that something connected to the central nervous system could have anything to do with the skin," said Christos Zouboulis, a professor at the Free University in Berlin.

Acne forms when oily secretions from the sebaceous glands beneath the skin plug up the pores. But what causes the oil to form in the first place? A stress hormone called corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) is released in the sebaceous gland -- producing oily skin, which sets the stage for acne.

Researchers say it's too early to say for sure if stress actually causes the acne or just exacerbates the condition. More studies are planned. --Martha Miller

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