| We've all heard this free advice from someone in | | | | sooth your skin. If you have oily skin, using an |
| our families when it comes to acne prone skin | | | | astringent might just cause your skin to produce |
| care: "Wash your face more!" As if. Washing your | | | | more oil, so when you are done washing your |
| face more is one of the worst things you can do | | | | face, you really are done. |
| as part of your acne plan. What about all of those | | | | Now shouldn't all those acne skin care products be |
| acne skin care products you see at the drug | | | | part of your acne plan? Don't waste your money. |
| store? Don't you need to buy those skin products | | | | The problem with most of these products is that |
| if you hope to control your acne? No. Not at all. In | | | | they contain ingredients that irritate your skin and |
| fact, caring for your skin properly is less | | | | actually make things worse. Avoid any type of |
| complicated than you might think. | | | | exfoliant, especially the dreaded loofah. Avoid |
| First, let's talk about how to wash your face | | | | acne masks. They irritate your skin just fine, but |
| properly. If you have acne, your face is likely | | | | help your pimples? No way. What about those |
| inflamed. It has to heal. Rubbing, picking and | | | | pore cleansing strips? It sure feels great to see |
| scratching are obvious ways to keep it from | | | | the black guck on them when you rip apart your |
| healing. But a less obvious way is to wash your | | | | blackheads, but, unfortunately, you might inflame |
| face too much. Soap dries out your skin and | | | | them, promote infection and turn those |
| irritates acne. Wash cloths and old towels | | | | blackheads into pimples. What about acne washes |
| compound the damage. | | | | that contain benzoyl peroxide, salicylic acid, sulfer |
| Here's what you do... get rid of your normal harsh | | | | or other stuff? Forget about them. First, sulfer |
| soaps and alcohol cleansers, and instead use a | | | | doesn't work and never has. Why those products |
| very mild soap, like Dove, or, better still, a mild | | | | are still out there is a real mystery. When it |
| non-soap cleanser like Cetaphil. Gently wash your | | | | comes to washes in general, they don't stay in |
| face with your finger tips in a circular motion, | | | | contact with your skin long enough to do any |
| using lukewarm water. Rinse well. Pat it dry with a | | | | good. You rinse them right off. So they are |
| clean soft cotton towel. That's it. Twice per day. | | | | simply not worth the trouble. |
| No more. This will minimize your acne because | | | | Save your money and make mild soap, lukewarm |
| you won't be irritating and inflaming the skin. | | | | water and a nice clean soft cotton towel part of |
| If you have dry skin, put on a thin layer of | | | | your acne plan. When it comes to acne prone skin |
| non-comedogenic moisturizer (read the label!) to | | | | care, simple truly is better. |