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I’m a Grown-Up. Why Am I Still Getting Acne?
我都长大了，为什么还有青春痘
There’s a reason acne is synonymous with awkward teenage years.
Roughly 95 percent of pubescent teens and tweens deal with breakouts,
according to a 2018 studyin the Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology.
here’s a reason acne is synonymous with awkward teenage years.
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Roughly 95 percent of pubescent teens and tweens deal with breakouts,
according to a 2018 studyin the *Journal of Clinical and Aesthetic Dermatology*.
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But the idea that pimples vanish after puberty is a myth. “It’s amazing to me that patients still come in and tell me they’re surprised to hear that acne persists into adulthood,” says Adam Friedman, MD, professor and interim chair of dermatology at the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. “For a lot of people, especially women, acne is a chronic disease.”
But the idea that pimples vanish after puberty is a myth.
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vanish :
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“It’s amazing to me that patients still come in
and tell me they’re surprised to hear that acne persists into adulthood,”
对我来说，这是很惊讶的，这样的痛苦在我成年之后，还时不时的到来。
For a lot of people, especially women, acne is a chronic disease.”
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While it’s true that acne is less common among adults than it is among teens, more than half of twentysomething women (and 42 percent of men) suffer from acne, according to a study from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Even well into their forties, roughly one in four women and one in 10 men deal with acne pimples, that study found.
While it’s true that acne is less common among adults than it is among teens,
理论上
“Acne is an inflammatory disease in which the immune system gets turned on inappropriately.”
青春痘是一个长期的疾病，当你的免疫系统抵抗力下降就有可能复发
“Young men tend to get [acne] more severely than young women, because they’re more oily and producing more testosterone,” says Diane Berson, MD, an associate clinical professor of dermatology at Weill Cornell Medical College. “But once men are clear, they tend to stay clear.” Women, on the other hand, can experience flare-ups throughout adulthood, she says. Why? “Any kind of hormonal change or fluctuation can trigger a breakout in someone who is predisposed to the condition,” Berson says. And that’s a lot of people.
“Young men tend to get [acne] more severely than young women, because they’re more oily and producing more testosterone,”
年轻的时候，男孩子比女孩子更容易得青春痘
Women, on the other hand, can experience flare-ups throughout adulthood,
flare-ups
Any kind of hormonal change or fluctuation can trigger a breakout
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fluctuation
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Forget the stuff you learned as a kid about “dirt” clogging pores and causing pimples. While that can happen, Friedman says persistent acne has little to do with filthy skin. “First and foremost, acne is an inflammatory disease in which the immune system gets turned on inappropriately,” he says.
clogging pores and causing pimples
clogging
First and foremost 首先；首要的是
inflammatory
clogging
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The oil-producing glands in your skin — the sebaceous glands — are “immune organs,” meaning they can regulate inflammation, Friedman says.
An acne patient’s immune system seems to misidentify some types of harmless skin bacteria as threats. And this misidentification causes the sebaceous glands to overproduce both oil and inflammation-stoking signals, which contributes to the formation of swollen, puss-filled pimples, he explains. Hormone fluctuations seem to make these sebaceous glands even more sensitive — and therefore more prone to inflammation and subsequent breakouts, Friedman says.
The oil-producing glands in your skin — the sebaceous glands — are “immune organs,” meaning they can regulate inflammation,
我们的皮肤是一个免疫器官，也就意味着容易有发炎
oil-producing glands
“immune organs,”
producing adj. 生产的
glands
immune
organs
inflammation
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An acne patient’s immune system seems to misidentify some types of harmless skin bacteria as threats.
我们的皮肤组织把我们皮肤上无害的细菌当作威胁
misidentify
bacteria
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And this misidentification causes the sebaceous glands to overproduce both oil and inflammation-stoking signals, which contributes to the formation of swollen, puss-filled pimples,
这样的误导信号让我们的glands过度生产oil，导致了swollen puss-filled的青春痘
sebaceous adj. 分泌脂质的；脂肪的，脂肪质的；似油脂或皮脂的
glands
overproduce vi. 过度生产
inflammation-stoking n. [病理] 炎症；[医] 发炎；燃烧；发火
signals n. 信号；动机（signal的名词复数）；标志
swollen adj. 肿胀的，浮肿的；浮夸的；激动兴奋的
puss-filled
All this helps explain why additional cleansing or moisturizing may not clear your complexion. “Overwashing and facials can irritate the skin, which makes the inflammation worse,” Friedman says.
Overwashing and facials can irritate the skin, which makes the inflammation worse
冲刷和按摩 can 刺激 skin,makes 炎症 worse
Overwashing n. 冲刷；[海洋] 越提冲岸浪；洪积土壤
facials 按摩
irritate vt. 刺激，使兴奋；激怒
inflammation n. [病理] 炎症；[医] 发炎；燃烧；发火
While endocrine disorders (or steroid use) can cause hormonal shifts and acne breakouts in men, a woman’s menstrual cycle can trigger recurring acne up to and through menopause, Berson says. Pregnancy, going off birth control, and any other change or condition that affects a person’s hormones can also instigate a breakout, she says. Friedman says those taking testosterone treatments during gender reassignment therapy are also at risk for “really horrific” breakouts.
While endocrine disorders (or steroid use) can cause hormonal shifts and acne breakouts in men,
当 内分泌失调 can cause acne
endocrine n. 内分泌；激素；内分泌物
disorders vt. 使失调；扰乱
a woman’s menstrual cycle can trigger recurring acne up to and through menopause,
menstrual adj. 月经的；每月的；一月一次的
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