How to stop Acne once and for all?
After four months of intensifying battles with my Acne, I've finally rid of the majority.Few are on my face and it bugs me because if I get rid of them, a few days later, they just spawn again and annoy me.They also appear in the most bizarre places of my face, on the rim of my nose, the border between my eyebrow and eye, under my ear, and a bunch of other gruesome places.It bugs me I can't rid of them, any advice?
Answer by Answers
Its prob your diet, start eating more natural and healthier things with less oil.And work out every day try to do some cardio excersises
Answer by Truth Angel
This is the routine my dermatologist recommended and it worked great. It totally changed my acne problem. For good skin try these two products which are not expensive.
-Cetaphil cleanser for normal to oily skin.
-benzoyl peroxide 10% cream.
Here is the rationale behind them: Oil and bacteria are the main causes of acne.Hormones play a lesser role.You can do something about the oil and bacteria with treatments.Try to not get stressed out because that can cause hormonal fluctuations.
1.Cetaphil cleanser doesn't over-dry your skin like a lot of acne soaps do.Over-drying makes the skin produce MORE oil, so acne gets worse in the long run.Cetaphil cleanser sets skin at the right PH
2.A benzoyl peroxide cream is available over the counter in a prescription strength nowadays.A few companies make it.Apply a thin amount to breakouts with a q-tip.This keeps bacteria lower in both the tube and on the pimple.
It's an old wive's tale that what you eat causes acne, unless you get some of grease on your face. More likely is that people tend to eat carbohydrates when they are stressed AND people get acne when they are stressed. One doesn't cause the other, the two just happen to occur at the same time.
Answer by Anasin Black
First, look at your face and identify the type of acne you have.Red and inflamed, or non-inflammatory acne?There can be many causes for both.Red, inflamed acne is caused by bacteria (inflammation is your bodily response) or irritation.Non-inflammatory acne is caused by cosmetics or just clogged pores.For inflammatory acne, use a good quality Benzoyl Peroxide 2.5% gel, which you can get from the drugstore, or you can get better quality cheaper benzoyl peroxide 2.5% from acne.org, if you're willing to order on line.BP kills off P.Acnes, the bacteria that causes inflammatory acne.For inflammatory acne caused by irritation, you need to cut down on irritation.For non-inflammatory acne, I suggest you use 2% salicylic acid; the catch is this--you need something with no alcohol and is pH controlled.The only thing I've found that fits is Paula's Choice.
Salicylic acid basically breaks down oily, sticky gunk in the pores and helps shed dead skin (exfoliation).It will also help to increase absorption of benzoyl peroxide.
I would suggest you switch over to a more gentle face wash (CeraVe foaming facial cleanser) and maybe CeraVe moisturizing lotion (you don't need the face kind.It's just more expensive.this is non-comedogenic).
I also suggest you add antioxidants to your skincare regimen and an AHA treatment.
Be careful about only introducing one treatment at a time.Start off with the thing you need most.Use for 2 or 3 months, get used to it and then add in the next product.(Antioxidants don't count as treatment).
If you have inflammatory acne: start with BP, then add in AHA, and then finally BHA (salicylic acid).
For non-inflammatory acne: start with BHA (salicylic acid) and add in AHA, to prevent wrinkles.
Use jojoba oil or jojoba & Castor oil for make-up removal.You can get jojoba at wh*le foods.
This is what your regimen should look like:
Morning:
1.Wash face, gently with room temperature water (not hot, not warm, not cool, not cold) Don't rub.Foam the cleanser in your hands and gently glide over your face.Then rinse.
2.pat dry
3.apply salicylic acid
4.wait 15 or 20 minutes and apply moisturizer/ antioxidants.
5.Apply sunscreen
Night:
1.apply a mix of a little bit of jojoba oil with some castor oil mixed in.gently, use a washcloth to wipe off.Reapply to get off any additional makeup.This pretty much removes all traces of makeup from your skin.
2.Wash face.See morning routine for directions.
3.pat dry
4.apply benzoyl peroxide if you have red pimples.Make sure you apply a lot in those areas, but very gently, allowing your fingers to glide over skin and allowing the bp to absorb completely.
5.987 Moisturize.
If you're oily, wash gently and frequently throughout the day, being sure to moisturize each time.Oil DOES cause acne, and if you're not using an irritating cleanser, or rubbing your skin, it should benefit you.You might have to take travel bottles of cleanser and moisturizer with you to work or university.Only use salicylic acid in the morning and/or at night, however.
Finally, I suggest that you learn about the skin, its structure, and the treatments used to treat acne.Also learn about the ingredients in cosmetics.Go to cosmeticcop.com to look up ingredients that are good and bad for you.If you understand these things, you'll know how to adjust your regimen to different circumstances, and you'll be less likely to make mistakes!
The keys are to minimize irritation, oil, and acne-causing bacteria!Always keep this in mind.
Good Luck!!!
Answer by tanya b
I got introduced to L'BRI Pure n' Natural and it has been the most amazing skin care I could have ever imagined for!The difference with L'BRI is it's Aloe Vera based instead of water!Go check your current skin care, I bet the first ingredient on the bottle is water!Our skin isn't meant to absorb water, otherwise imagine what we'd look like when we took a shower!lol : ) So you're just caking a layer of gunk on your skin and your skin can't breath and just gets clogged (then comes acne).Aloe has been a healing plant used for thousands of years for cuts, scraps and burns.Imagine what it does for your skin!Heals everything!
Make sure you're staying away from anything that has ingredients like: mineral oil, all waxes such as paraffin, beeswax, candelilla wax, carnauba wax, lanolin, petrolatum, acetone, borax, alcohols such as isopropyl alcohol, sd alcohol 40, ethyl alcohol, FD&C.
Anyways, I could go on and on.The company offers free 7-day starter kits (you do have to pay $ 6.95 for shipping but it's worth it)!Check it out, and I will bet anything, your skin looks amazing within a month!
www.cleanskin.lbri.com is where i buy my products.
*I also use the body wash on my kiddos because some baby washes contain a numbing agent that numbs their eyes and that's why they don't cry when it gets in their eyes!:( and the Aloe Jelly on my daughter when she gets diaper rash.I use it for sunburns too.
Good Luck!
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