why do we get spots on our face?

[4getmenot]

Why do they appear most on the one focal point? Why cant I have them on my thighs that never see the light of day?

[Hopkirk]

Sod's Law, annex iii.

[boxtops]

different skin, 4get.

[NoMercy]

Google "Androgens".

[Canary42]

It's the light of day which causes 'em.

[dothawkes31]

never had a spot in my life (except when I had measles or chicken pox) my older sister had terrible spots when she was 14/15 but myself and my younger sister never had a one! I have quite a few freckles mind.

[imhotep]

Sorry to rub it in , but I'm happy with the skin on my face.
Blemish and spot free.....just how I like it.
The only thing that I have to every single day is to shave my stubble!! :(

[LoftyLottie]

I am getting more now than I have ever had. Seem to be allergic to everything these days and the sunshine is now making me spotty!! Never had them in my teens when everybody else did.

[4getmenot]

I didnt get them in teens, had impetigo for a while not good, but now I'm getting spotty.

[Hopkirk]

Has anything changed in your diet 4get?

I know they say the old line about too much chocolate is not true, but you can't help wondering.

With me a facial spot or a mouth ulcer is a sign that I have not been taking enough care of myself and am a little run down.

[4getmenot]

only changed in a good way. I have never been a chocolate person anyway, And lately been on lots of salads, water etc, I have found the older I've got that my skin is irritated by the slightest thing. They arent bad spots and I dont wear make-up couldnt care less about covering them up or not, far worse off people in the world than me. I just wondered why they always go on your face.

[jno]

I get them on my legs (AND my face), especially where fabric chafes the skin a bit (no idea if that's what causes them). And I suspect they're related to the gum infections I get too. Just be thankful they're all in the one spot.

[LoftyLottie]

jno, I get spots around my mouth and chin quite a lot in recent years I have an overbite and my bottom teeth dig into my gum underneath my top teeth, (if you see what I mean). This means constant infections which I have to keep in control. I did ask my dentist if this is what was causing the spots and he said 'no', but quite honestly I think you might be right.

(nothing can be done for my overbite except for breaking my jaw and resetting or wearing a hannibal lector type contraption, both of which I have declined!!)

[jno]

there's a slot for you in The Simpsons then, Lottie!

[LoftyLottie]

Yep, I could easily be Marge's stand in. Striking resemblence!!

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