While women know it is common to have acne outbreaks during pregnancy or right before their periods, it is not common knowledge that acne after menopause can also occur. Hormone changes are to blame.

Androgens, a group of male hormones which include testosterone, are the primary culprits. In response to hormonal signals from androgens, your skill produces oil. Too much androgen will create excess oil and pimples will develop. In menopause, the levels of the female hormones estrogen and progesterone will drop. That drop will increase the effect of androgens on your body and lead to oilier skin