| There are literally thousands of acne skin | | | | |
| care products on the market today. These | | | | Don't depend on acne skin care products alone |
| include medications for acne treatment, | | | | to treat or prevent your acne. You also need |
| products for acne prevention, makeup for acne | | | | to wash your face at least twice each day, |
| prone people, facial cleansers, and many | | | | keep your hair off your face, avoid using |
| other products. Finding the products that | | | | makeup, keep your hands off your face, and |
| work best for you takes work - and money. | | | | avoid squeezing or popping the acne pimples. |
| | | | If you have food allergies, you will also |
| Most acne skin care products contain benzoyl | | | | need to avoid those foods, as food allergies |
| peroxide. Benzoyl peroxide is on the FDA's | | | | are a major cause of acne breakouts. Develop |
| (Food and Drug Administration) 'unsure' list. | | | | healthy eating habits, drink plenty of water, |
| This means that the FDA has approved benzoyl | | | | and exercise regularly. This will go along |
| peroxide for human use, but they aren't | | | | way towards treating and preventing acne |
| completely sure that the product is safe. | | | | breakouts. |
| They won't know the answer to that until | | | | |
| further testing has been done - which | | | | Again, there are thousands of acne skin care |
| requires years. | | | | products on the market. Unfortunately, they |
| | | | don't all work. Be very selective when |
| For this reason, if you are simply trying to | | | | choosing acne skin care products, and get in |
| prevent acne, you should use acne skin care | | | | the habit of reading labels so you know |
| products that do not contain benzoyl | | | | exactly what you are applying to your skin! |
| peroxide. Instead, look for products that | | | | The advertisements will all sound very |
| contain natural, herbal ingredients, as | | | | promising, and you will be tempted to try |
| opposed to products that are full of | | | | those products. That is what advertisements |
| chemicals. You should note that you don't | | | | are designed to do. Don't fall for it. |
| have to use products that are specifically | | | | Instead, read the product information |
| for the treatment of acne either. You can | | | | carefully, paying more attention to the |
| purchase essential oils, such as Evening | | | | scientific information, and less attention to |
| Primrose oil, to treat and prevent acne as | | | | the hyped up sales pitch that marketing |
| well. Products such as this can easily be | | | | people thought up. |
| purchased from your local health food store. | | | | |
| | | | Give the products time to work, and keep |
| If you are trying to cure acne, as opposed to | | | | records. Write down what product you are |
| preventing acne, you will probably have to | | | | trying, what the ingredients of the product |
| use an acne skin care product that does | | | | are, how you are using the product, when you |
| contain benzoyl peroxide. However, if this is | | | | started using the product, and what results |
| the case, try to avoid exposure to the sun | | | | you have achieved. Few people actually keep |
| while using the product. Benzoyl peroxide can | | | | up with this information, but over a period |
| make you overly sensitive to the sun, and can | | | | of time, information such as this will be |
| also increase your chances of developing skin | | | | very helpful to both you and your |
| cancer. | | | | dermatologist when it comes to curing or |
| | | | preventing acne. Keep in mind that it can |
| Acne skin care products can be very | | | | take a product up to three months to actually |
| inexpensive, or very expensive, depending on | | | | work, and occasionally, your acne breakout |
| what you are buying. Just because a product | | | | may appear to be getting worse before it gets |
| is expensive does not mean that it will work. | | | | better. |
| However, the products that do work usually | | | | |
| are expensive. Do your research, and purchase | | | | Have a plan, and choose your acne skin care |
| products that have a proven track record. | | | | products carefully. Keep records, and use the |
| This doesn't mean that the product will | | | | products as directed. While your acne cannot |
| necessarily work for you, but the chances of | | | | be cured overnight, it can be cured over |
| it working are improved, because it has been | | | | time. Before long, you will know which acne |
| scientifically proven to be effective for the | | | | skin care products work best for you, and |
| majority of the people who use it. | | | | which ones to avoid altogether. |