Acne: No Longer Just a Market for Teenagers. Adult women, even those who describe themselves as having had perfect skin in their adolescence, are increasingly seeking cosmetic and medical treatments for acne. Some dermatological experts say adult acne truly is on the rise in women, and point to the hormonal consequences of increased stress in modern life. Critics think it is simply a matter of women being more worried about blemishes than they used to be, a fact exploited — or perhaps created — by pharmaceutical and cosmetics companies aggressively attempting to expand their marketing territory. New York Times