Good acne tips must take into consideration the stage of your acne. Having a few and small patches of blackheads and whiteheads around the forehead, nose, and cheeks is considered having mild acne. Acne stops being mild when blackheads and whiteheads appear on neck, chest, back, or shoulders and also when there is an increase in their size or numbers, which is considered moderate acne.
If you begin to experience red, painful bumps besides the usual black and whiteheads, it denotes an infection, and you are no longer dealing with moderate acne, but rather with severe acne. The deeper the infection occurs, the more severe your acne is.
OK. Here they come... awesome acne tips. There are 3 basic recommendations you need to follow each day in order to get rid of your hated pimples, and more importantly, to prevent them from returning again. No acne treatment can be effective without the following: immaculate hygiene, proper topical medications, and a good diet.
Acne tips: hygiene regimen: You need to deal with 3 areas separately: hair, face, and body. The same goes for your kind of skin, which could be dry, oily, or sensitive. Anyone with oily skin needs to wash hair and body once a day without fail with acne shampoo and soap. Shower daily or after heavy exercise to maintain the body clean from oil and sweat, and use a separate towel to dry up. Never use the same towel for hair, face, body, or hands, because acne causing bacteria propagate easily through wet towels. Wash your face with a regular acne cleanser two or three times daily and an acne scrub once a week if your type of skin is oily, otherwise oil builds-up, hardens, and tends to clog up pores. There's no need to wash more than 3 times daily to prevent overdrying of face. Dry and sensitive skin types call for the use of a mild cleanser twice per day. Always remember to apply moisturizer immediately after each cleaning to keep moisture in.
Acne tips: OTC remedies. Today's OTC (over-the-counter) acne medications are simply awesome, containing various active ingredients (natural or chemical) and in different concentrations and bases. The market offers all kinds of powerful cleansers, toners, scrubs, astringents, pore strips, peel-off masks, pads, and the new blue light units. There are lotions, gels, foams, ointments, and creams.{There is not an “one-size-fits-all” acne treatment. An acne product that works perfectly for your best friend, may not give you similar results. Try different remedies one at the time for 3 weeks max. It shouldn't take longer than that for you to notice positive results on your skin. Allergy test every new remedy by applying it to a small area of the skin and waiting for any reaction during the day. Ready all labels and follow all instructions.|Not all acne treatments work the same way on everyone. Your skin reacts uniquely to active ingredients, so it's a matter of trail and error before finding the right medication for your type of skin. It shouldn't take longer than three weeks of applying acne medications for you to see a noticeable improvement in the condition. When trying a new product, always allergy test it first, read all the labels, and follow the instructions.| There is no such thing as an “one-fits-all” acne medication. It always takes a bit of trial an error to find out what works best on you. Wait no more than 3 weeks to see results, otherwise change products or increase the strength of the active ingredient. Allergy test any new medication by applying to a small part of the skin and watch for any reaction during the day. Be sure to read and follow the instructions on the labels. | There's no way for you to know what acne products work best on your skin unless you go through a period of trial and error. Some ingredients
are more effective and/or less drying when applied on your particular type of skin than on somebody else's. Give it no more than 3 weeks to see the healing effects of the medication, if not, then switch ingredient or increase concentration. Make sure to allergy test any new acne product you try and always follow the instructions on the label.}
Acne tips: Diet. For many years it was thought that the food you eat had no effect on acne. Wrong! The latest studies on the subject demonstrate that changes in the levels of glucose and insulin due to diet result in changes on the skin. Read about this connection in an article titled, “Acne and Diet” published in the July 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology (JAAD) by acne experts Alan Shalita, M.D., Whitney Bowe, M.D., and Smita Joshi, M.D. Keep it simple. Drastically reduce or avoid saturated fats, which come from animals products, like meat, fish (except salmon and sardines), eggs, whole milk, and cheese, or from plants like coconut oil, palm oil, palm kernel oil, and vegetable shortening. Reduce the use of sugar, salt, and spices, and consume less white bread and white rice. Avoid ice cream, chocolates, and coffee. Consume more fruits, vegetables (except potatoes), nuts, essential fatty acids (from salmon, sardines, flaxseed, or hempseed oil), and whole grains. You don't have to watch your diet this way forever, but at least until acne goes away.
Stop hating your acne and have you acne hate you instead by following a good hygiene routine, eating healthy foods, and applying topical acne medications on a regular basis.
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