Causes of pimples: drugs and acne and popping pimples

Speaking about smoking and pimples, we can say that causes of pimples can be different. Let’s count: severe depressions called by continuous smoking, “bad” hormonal changes that affect skin, non-inflammation processes that result in “smoker’s acne” and popping pimples. Today let’s speak about drugs and acne – this tie-up has hormonal changes as its basis.

Personally I know few people that got acne and popping pimples after they had begun smoking weed. But many experiments have shown no straight evidence of smoking weed to be one of the causes of pimples. Thus researchers say that pot affects hormonal balance. For example, Journal of Clinical Pharmacology had an article on this subject. Its author stated that smoking men have lesser sperm count which is called by hormonal disorder. Let’s say – if their reproductive health is damaged, chances of skin disorders are really big.

Cocaine use also can be one of the causes of pimples. Relations of this kind of drugs and acne lay in increased levels of testosterone of those who use cocaine. Too much testosterone is bound to lead to early baldness and bad skin condition. You can observe this effect even without cocaine use – just visit gym for a few weeks, and you’ll get some popping pimples. It’s because of high testosterone levels of those who do exercises and… use cocaine. The same effect has “ecstasy” (MDMA) usage. Levels of testosterone are 75% higher – with such bad hormonal balance acne is one of the smallest problems for addicts.

Drugs and acne have few non-straight relations. Usage of narcotic substances has a great stress effect on the organism. It’s a well-known fact that stress is one of the main purposes of pimples to pop up. So be careful and don’t exchange your health for “nothing”. Read full Causes of pimples: drugs and acne and popping pimples

About marijuana and acne problems

My friend knows how to get rid of smokers acne. I mean not tobacco but pot pimples. It’s simple – you must be caught when doing some messy thing and put to a jail! This is a real life story about a boy of “pot and acne” kind, about marijuana and acne, about smoking and pimples connection.

Around a year ago my friend John was socializing with his friends at the backyard of a school. It was almost night and weekend, so they thought no one will see them. And then – BAH! As it appeared to be later, John was smoking weed. His “friends” told it was his weed. John was 22 – his friends were around 16-17. So Judge Tennyson sentenced him for three years in prison – only him.

Let me tell you the pre-story. John had severe acne problems. His face was like that of Stephen King’s character from “Christine”. Like a pizza – all covered with acne. John faced this problem when he was 18. Before then his face was almost all right, like everybody’s. At the age of 18 John began smoking weed (pimples – almost none). And after few months all those acne problems started. We haven’t thought that marijuana and acne are connected! But in his case it appeared to be so. Much later.

John tried everything. He washed his face with Clearasil two times a day, then three time, four, five – no effect. John’s mother (she also didn’t know he smoked marijuana and acne problems were because of it) tried to treat her son’s acne with different home measures – some extractions and so on. No effect. He even visited dermatologist and cosmetologist. The only thing John didn’t do – he never spoke about smoking pot and acne possible connection.

Few days ago I was waiting for John with his mother near the prison checkpoint (she asked me to come with her). He behaved very well and court approved a decision to let John leave the prison. You probably won’t believe me, but when I saw John – I didn’t believe my own eyes. His face was perfectly clear. During this last year he was not smoking and pimples had left him for good.

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