To prevent acne vulgaris (acne), attention must be paid to reducing individual risk factors.
Behavioral risk factors
- Diet
- High intake of mono- and disaccharides (monosaccharides and disaccharides), e.g., white flour products, high-sugar beverages; milk and dairy products; saturated fatty acids (contained in animal products); trans fatty acids (e.g., in fast food products, baked goods, chips, snacks, cookies, fried foods)
- Consumption of a lot of chocolate (OR: 1.276) compared with the lowest quartile of chocolate consumption
- Milk consumption
- High milk consumption; skim milk promotes acne more than whole milk
- Skim milk consumption (milk with 1% and 0% fat content)/teens.
- Too little fish consumption (omega-3 fatty acids).
- Low vegetable consumption (phytochemicals, especially polyphenols, which inhibit mTORC1 (see under “Causes”)).
- Drug use
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- Methylenedioxyamphetamine (ecstasy)
- Incorrect skin care
- Manipulation of papules, pustules
- Wearing headbands or chin straps
Environmental pollution – intoxications (poisoning).
- Quinine – an alkaloid extracted from cinchona bark.
- Halogens – these are fluorine, chlorine, bromine and iodine, as well as the element astatine, which is extremely rare and largely unexplored due to its radioactivity.
- Contact with substances such as oil, pitch or dioxinNote: Dioxin belongs to the endocrine disruptors (synonym: xenohormones), which even in smallest quantities can damage health by altering the hormonal system.
