Acne - Things that help

General Tips

• Don't pop your pimples. 
• Try not to touch your face. 
• Drink enough water.
• Cut sweet, sugary drinks.
• Eat a balanced diet.
• Get enough sleep
• Exercise.

Other than that, you may also ;

Try some benzoyl peroxide.

•  Benzoyl peroxide is used to kill the bacteria that contribute to acne.
•  Benzoyl peroxide comes in different concentrations, but benzoyl peroxide with a 2.5% concentration is just as effective as 5-10% solutions, and it's less irritating to the skin to boot. 
• Benzoyl peroxide also helps peel away layers of dead skin, leaving brighter, more rejuvenated skin in its place.

Use salicylic acid.

•  Like benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid kills bacteria responsible for pimple growth. 
• It also causes skin cells to shed more rapidly, promoting the growth of new skin. 
• Put small amounts of salicylic acid onto affected areas before you go asleep, after you have washed your face

Use toothpaste. 

• Toothpaste contains silica, which is the drying agent you find in bags of beef jerky, among other things. Basically, toothpaste will dry out your pimple overnight, reducing it in size
• Make sure to use natural toothpaste when you dab it onto your skin. Some toothpastes containing sodium lauryl sulfate can irritate the skin. Watch out for it before applying.

Invest in some good quality , natural cleanser , toners and other skin products.

I personally recommend some of the products from Univera, a biotech company from Korea. They pride in their scientific capabilities , boasting $100 million invested in research , 177+ patents and patents pending , and full scare proton NMR capabilities , along with their practice of using natural ingredients . 

Another product that my family has been using , and going crazy about is NuCERITY`s Skincerity 

With Skincerity, you don’t have change your regimen or replace your favorites. Just roll on Skincerity last and the barrier technology will help your favorite products perform better, faster, more effective. 

The idea is that Skincerity`s patented Breathable Barrier technology seals in your own natural moisture to deeply hydrate your skin. While the Breathable Barrier holds in moisture, it both infuses antioxidants and allows oxygen molecules to penetrate the barrier to help restore and rejuvenate your skin. 

Here are some people who have had some success with skincerity

You can find benzoyl peroxide and salicylic acid at any drug store. You can get univera products here and NuCERITY`s Skincerity over here

The items I have listed are just things that help . In the end, I believe it all comes down to the basics , hygiene , diet , rest and exercise . I hope this post helps.

Good day

Acne - Father of skin related self esteem issues

Are Pimples Acne?

"My son doesn't have acne!  He just has those regular teenage pimples, you know, that all kids get."

"I don't have acne.  I just have these hormonal breakouts that happen at that time of the month."

"I don't know why my daughters have those awful acne pimples.  I never had acne.  Plenty of blackheads and those bumps under the skin, but no acne, thank heavens!"

"I have never had acne.  I get congested pores, but who doesn't?"

When you call yourself "The Acne Treatment Center" you hear it all.  To many, "acne" really is the worst four letter word.  Better to say "pimples" because it sounds so innocent.  Occasional breakouts, complexion problems, blackheads, congested pores, whiteheads, bumps, pimples.  Hate to be the one to tell you, but they are all acne.  Unless they are something worse, but that's another article.

Acne is a hereditary condition in which the sebaceous follicles (that's "pores" for the rest of us) shed too many dead skin cells at a time.  The body can't keep up.  These dead skin cells mix with the oil, or sebum if you are keeping score, produced in our pores and make tiny little plugs that gradually – and I do mean gradually, it can take 90 days!—work their way to the surface.

Acne is of two types, inflamed and non-inflamed.  If you have the inflamed type, these plugs will cause your pores to form pimples and sometimes cysts.  If you have the non-inflamed type, they will form blackheads, whiteheads (don't confuse them with pustules or classic pimples) and bumps.  This type is less noticeable, but the skin feels bumpy and doesn't look healthy.

Without those extra dead skin cells, you won't get pimples, you won't get blackheads, you won't have complexion problems, or congested pores, or occasional bumps, or hormonal breakouts.  You can have really oily skin and you will be perfectly smooth if you don't have the extra dead skin cells.

A lot of people think acne is caused by bacteria.  Everyone's skin harbors a bacteria that is important to the well-being of our skin.  It eats dead skin cells and sebum.  It has the unfortunate name of propionibacterium acne, or p.acnes for short.  It was given the "acne" portion of its name by a scientist in the 1890s who first found it in the pus from a pimple and concluded it caused acne.

You can use all the methods of pimple treatments out there for killing that bacteria, but unless you get rid of the extra skin cells, you're still going to have acne.  It will generally be the non-inflamed kind, so the pimples will be mostly gone, until you stop taking the antibiotic to get rid of pimples and then the inflammation will come back and so will the pimples.

Kat Leverette, founder of Oakland's Urban Skin Solutions and one of the top Acne Specialists in the world, likes to say, "If Tetracycline can cure venereal disease in ten days, why , after taking it for three years, do you still have acne?"

And this doesn't even begin to address all the problems you are creating for your body and the world by being on antibiotics for that long.
So how do you get rid of the extra skin cells?

Exfoliation.

Wait!  Before you grab your wash cloth or your apricot kernels and start scrubbing, you need to know it is exfoliation inside the pores! Your washcloth can't reach there.  All the scrubbing in the world isn't going to help.  In fact, it is going to make it worse because irritating your skin prevents it from healing.

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