November/December 2003
HEALTH BYTES

Stress makes breakouts worse

       Those with acne have long suspected that stress makes their breakouts worse, and a new clinical trial shows that “myth” is true. In the study, researchers examined the severity of acne in 22 college students, as well as their levels of stress. They found that both acne breakouts and stress levels increased during examination periods, and the more stress levels increased, the worse acne became.

Archives of Dermatology, 2003