6. Acne
What PCOS does to the body is mostly about hormonal changes – when someone suffers from PCOS, the body is producing too many male hormones and too few female ones. (There are other conditions this can cause, don’t think that PCOS is the only one by far – hormonal imbalances can also come with other conditions such as endometriosis or a diet imbalance.)
When you think hormonal imbalances, many people imagine teenagers – and you’d be right in thinking that many problems you experience related to hormonal balance will resemble being a teenager again. One of these symptoms is suddenly developing oily skin (especially where you aren’t used to this as a baseline or haven’t experienced this since you were in your teens) – and a side-effect of this is developing pimples on the skin or acne. This can occur anywhere on the body, including the neck, lower back and buttocks – not just on your face.