Welcome to the second edition of Chocolate Month! Okay so, a lot of people, mainly teens, claim that eating chocolate causes breakouts in facial acne. Since the 1960s, scientists have tried time and time again to prove whether or not there is actually a correlation between chocolate and acne. They have had no success. Until now. Sadly, a French study found that some of their subjects did get acne, however, they didn't take precautions to prevent other factors from messing with their results. So, maybe, this study can be discredited. Even so, according to Rachel Nazarian, a dermatologist from the Schweiger Dermatology Group, sugars and certain fats have shown to "cause the sebum in ...pores to become thicker and less fluid, so instead of moving dead skin cells lining ...pores to the surface, it forms a plug that clogs the pore, and eventually causes a blemish". So, if the chocolate in question is high in these, which, surprisingly, isn't very common, it might cause some acne. Even so, it is unlikely unless you have sensitive skin.
Verdict: maybe
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