A survey conducted in Norway revealed that young girl adolescents who are obese or significantly overweight are prone to acne compared to those who have normal weight. The researchers looked at weight, more specifically, body mass index (body mass index, ratio of weight to height) that inhibits the initial conditions in general adolescent skin.
Girl adolescent who are overweight, “may think that acne is worse than the truth. This possibility is more to the matter of confidence, “said Dr. Robert Kirsner, professor and vice chair of the Department of Dermatology and Dermatologic Surgery at the Miller School of Medicine at the University of Miami. (more…)