The stress teenagers experience - Noteworthy - can be trigger for acne breakouts - Brief Article

USA Today (Society for the Advancement of Education), August, 2003

> The stress teenagers experience as they head back to school can sometimes leave its mark on their faces. "Stress can be a catalyst for acne breakouts because it makes the body produce greater quantities of androgen hormone, which in turn causes some skin glands to pump out more oil," explains Mary Christian, assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas.

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