Acne & Skincar
Skin Care Principles Acne
- Acne,Skin Care
When it comes to your skin care products it pays to spend some time experimenting to find out what best suits your individual skin. Once you’ve found products that are really good quality and work really well with you, it can really improve your acne situation. Remember, although topical acne treatment products will not cure your acne for good (you need to sort out your acne internally), good skin care products will help to get rid of bacteria on the face that contribute to acne and they will help to get rid of any dead skin cells that might clog your pores. Good quality skin care products will also help to keep your skin hydrated and supple and can provide it with nutrients.
8 Main Skin Care Principles for Acne:
Don’t Squeeze or Pick Your Face. This will only spread bacteria, delay your skin from healing and eventually make your acne worse and lead to scarring. Keep your hands away from your face.
Use Natural Products and Stop Using Products That Contain Harsh Chemicals.
Get rid of any products that:
- contain harsh chemicals that dry out your skin and leave it red, peeling, or irritated
- strip the protective acid mantle layer off your face (most chemical/commercial products do this)
- leave your skin feeling tight
- contain chemicals and cancer causing parabens
- aren’t pH balanced for your skin
3 Good Reasons Why You Should Stop Using Chemical Products and Switch to Natural:
a) Remember using chemical products that dry your skin out and give your face a really tight clean feeling is actually doing you more harm than good because it will cause your skin to produce more oil to replace the protective acid mantle on the skin’s surface that was stripped away by chemical products.
Your skin naturally produces oil to protect your skin and keep it supple and naturally moisturized. When you use harsh chemical washes and scrubs to remove this oil, your skin will actually try to compensate for this by producing even more oil because it now feels dried out. This is not a good idea for acne sufferers because they already produce excess oil so provoking your skin to produce even more by drying it out will make things worse. Acne sufferers already have overactive skin, so you don’t want to make it even more overactive. This will lead to even more breakouts.
b) It also leaves your skin vulnerable to bacteria (which play a big part in forming pimples) because there’s no acid mantle to protect your skin from the bacteria (the acid pH of the skin’s sebum (oil) prevents bacteria from thriving).
c) There’s also the fact that a lot of skin care products contain a lot of chemicals. These chemicals are unnatural and foreign, and they are toxic to the body. When you put anything on your skin; cleanser, toner, moisturiser, fake tan, face mask, makeup… these products will seep through the pores on your skin into your bloodstream. Even if you wash the product off (e.g. a cleanser) the chemicals are so small they’ll just soak right into your pores fast.So whatever you put on your skin will end up in your bloodstream, and if you’re putting products that contain synthetic chemicals (toxins) on your skin, you body will have to deal with these toxins and somehow process them and eliminate them. And the more toxins your body has, the more overloaded it can get and the more likely toxins will have to be eliminated through the skin resulting in more acne!
So in the end putting chemicals on your skin really doesn’t help your situation. Although these products can sometimes appear to temporarily help with your skin on the surface, in the long run they may just be hurting you. So why not try to find products that use natural ingredients that don’t strip your skin or make it red and dry, don’t give your body more toxins, yet still give you really good results? Try looking for brands that are natural and organic.
The best thing to do is to switch to products that do not completely strip off this natural oil, but does get rid of any excess acne-causing oil and dead skin cells. If your skin products make your face feel tight and dry, I suggest you stop using them.
I think the only chemical product I would cautiously recommend for severe acne is using Benzoyl Peroxide just as a spot treatment on really bad pimples. Try to use it extremely sparingly as it will dry out your skin. However a really good alternative is medicinal honey as a spot treatment, so try to use this as much as you can instead, and only use BP on really bad spots and eventually wean yourself off it completely.
Use Simple, Natural, Organic Skincare Products. Try to use simple products, plants, and foods from nature to heal your acne and skin. I can honestly say that after trying dozens of popular commercial products, it’s actually simple, natural things like honey and aloe vera that have worked so much better on my severe acne. Don’t underestimate the power of nature; you’ll be surprised by the results. Not to mention it’s much cheaper!
Look for natural, organic acne products from stores and make sure that when you look at the ingredients on the back, that you are able to recognize all of the ingredients and that there are no crazy synthetic chemicals that you don’t understand. Also, there are a lot of plants and items that are very healing for acne that you can often find out in your garden or in your kitchen. I’ll be covering more on those and how to create and apply your own home remedies using natural ingredients.
Avoid Moisturizing at Night. Give your skin a chance to rest, breathe, and regulate its own oil production without interference from heavy night creams. Give your skin a chance to balance its own self out.
Use Oil On Your Skin. This may seem counter intuitive but it really does help. Acne sufferers have overactive skin and produce too much oil (sebum). The theory goes that by putting plant oils such as Jojoba oil on your face during the day, your skin will feel moisturized and sense that it doesn’t need to produce as much oil because your skin’s already got enough. It can also also help to dissolve blocked pores because ‘like dissolves like’ and the oil can dissolve the clogged oil in your pores. A great example of this is the ‘Oil Cleanse Method’ which I’ll cover in a another post. I can honestly say that this has helped a lot for me.
Don’t Change Your Skincare Routine Too Often and Keep It Simple. If you change your routine too much and use too many different products on your face, your skin will start to freak out. Remember your skin is an organ and it has to adjust to these new products and ingredients. It could freak out so much that it could even lead to a break out. So keep it simple and stick to just a handful of very high quality natural products. Just a good quality cleanser, toner, moisturizer, and spot treatment. Then occasionally use masks, exfoliants, and special treatments.
Don’t Overwash Your Face. Overwashing will cause the acid mantle on your skin to disintegrate and can lead to more breakouts and red, dry skin. Cleanse and tone twice a day and moisturize once in the morning for throughout the day. Exfoliate once a week, twice at the most. Even though you may feel like really, really washing your face more than that, it will actually make it worse so please try not to.
Be Gentle To Your Skin and Give It Love. This may sound a bit funny but it really does pay to be gentle with your skincare routine. Your skin does know what its doing and you’ve got acne because your skin is doing a good job and ridding your body of toxins. While you work on healing your acne from the inside out and fixing up your internal problems and imbalances that are causing your acne, treat your skin on the outside with care and give it time to heal itself naturally. Don’t scrutinize yourself in the mirror and beat yourself up about every little spot, this will only make you feel worse. Be good to your skin and know that you’re going to clear it soon, but in the meantime be patient and loving to your skin, it’s just crying out for help.
Skin Care Principles Acne
- Acne,Skin Care
When it comes to your skin care products it pays to spend some time experimenting to find out what best suits your individual skin. Once you’ve found products that are really good quality and work really well with you, it can really improve your acne situation. Remember, although topical acne treatment products will not cure your acne for good (you need to sort out your acne internally), good skin care products will help to get rid of bacteria on the face that contribute to acne and they will help to get rid of any dead skin cells that might clog your pores. Good quality skin care products will also help to keep your skin hydrated and supple and can provide it with nutrients.
8 Main Skin Care Principles for Acne:
Don’t Squeeze or Pick Your Face. This will only spread bacteria, delay your skin from healing and eventually make your acne worse and lead to scarring. Keep your hands away from your face.
Use Natural Products and Stop Using Products That Contain Harsh Chemicals.
Get rid of any products that:
- contain harsh chemicals that dry out your skin and leave it red, peeling, or irritated
- strip the protective acid mantle layer off your face (most chemical/commercial products do this)
- leave your skin feeling tight
- contain chemicals and cancer causing parabens
- aren’t pH balanced for your skin
3 Good Reasons Why You Should Stop Using Chemical Products and Switch to Natural:
a) Remember using chemical products that dry your skin out and give your face a really tight clean feeling is actually doing you more harm than good because it will cause your skin to produce more oil to replace the protective acid mantle on the skin’s surface that was stripped away by chemical products.
Your skin naturally produces oil to protect your skin and keep it supple and naturally moisturized. When you use harsh chemical washes and scrubs to remove this oil, your skin will actually try to compensate for this by producing even more oil because it now feels dried out. This is not a good idea for acne sufferers because they already produce excess oil so provoking your skin to produce even more by drying it out will make things worse. Acne sufferers already have overactive skin, so you don’t want to make it even more overactive. This will lead to even more breakouts.
b) It also leaves your skin vulnerable to bacteria (which play a big part in forming pimples) because there’s no acid mantle to protect your skin from the bacteria (the acid pH of the skin’s sebum (oil) prevents bacteria from thriving).
c) There’s also the fact that a lot of skin care products contain a lot of chemicals. These chemicals are unnatural and foreign, and they are toxic to the body. When you put anything on your skin; cleanser, toner, moisturiser, fake tan, face mask, makeup… these products will seep through the pores on your skin into your bloodstream. Even if you wash the product off (e.g. a cleanser) the chemicals are so small they’ll just soak right into your pores fast.So whatever you put on your skin will end up in your bloodstream, and if you’re putting products that contain synthetic chemicals (toxins) on your skin, you body will have to deal with these toxins and somehow process them and eliminate them. And the more toxins your body has, the more overloaded it can get and the more likely toxins will have to be eliminated through the skin resulting in more acne!
So in the end putting chemicals on your skin really doesn’t help your situation. Although these products can sometimes appear to temporarily help with your skin on the surface, in the long run they may just be hurting you. So why not try to find products that use natural ingredients that don’t strip your skin or make it red and dry, don’t give your body more toxins, yet still give you really good results? Try looking for brands that are natural and organic.
The best thing to do is to switch to products that do not completely strip off this natural oil, but does get rid of any excess acne-causing oil and dead skin cells. If your skin products make your face feel tight and dry, I suggest you stop using them.
I think the only chemical product I would cautiously recommend for severe acne is using Benzoyl Peroxide just as a spot treatment on really bad pimples. Try to use it extremely sparingly as it will dry out your skin. However a really good alternative is medicinal honey as a spot treatment, so try to use this as much as you can instead, and only use BP on really bad spots and eventually wean yourself off it completely.
Use Simple, Natural, Organic Skincare Products. Try to use simple products, plants, and foods from nature to heal your acne and skin. I can honestly say that after trying dozens of popular commercial products, it’s actually simple, natural things like honey and aloe vera that have worked so much better on my severe acne. Don’t underestimate the power of nature; you’ll be surprised by the results. Not to mention it’s much cheaper!
Look for natural, organic acne products from stores and make sure that when you look at the ingredients on the back, that you are able to recognize all of the ingredients and that there are no crazy synthetic chemicals that you don’t understand. Also, there are a lot of plants and items that are very healing for acne that you can often find out in your garden or in your kitchen. I’ll be covering more on those and how to create and apply your own home remedies using natural ingredients.
Avoid Moisturizing at Night. Give your skin a chance to rest, breathe, and regulate its own oil production without interference from heavy night creams. Give your skin a chance to balance its own self out.
Use Oil On Your Skin. This may seem counter intuitive but it really does help. Acne sufferers have overactive skin and produce too much oil (sebum). The theory goes that by putting plant oils such as Jojoba oil on your face during the day, your skin will feel moisturized and sense that it doesn’t need to produce as much oil because your skin’s already got enough. It can also also help to dissolve blocked pores because ‘like dissolves like’ and the oil can dissolve the clogged oil in your pores. A great example of this is the ‘Oil Cleanse Method’ which I’ll cover in a another post. I can honestly say that this has helped a lot for me.
Don’t Change Your Skincare Routine Too Often and Keep It Simple. If you change your routine too much and use too many different products on your face, your skin will start to freak out. Remember your skin is an organ and it has to adjust to these new products and ingredients. It could freak out so much that it could even lead to a break out. So keep it simple and stick to just a handful of very high quality natural products. Just a good quality cleanser, toner, moisturizer, and spot treatment. Then occasionally use masks, exfoliants, and special treatments.
Don’t Overwash Your Face. Overwashing will cause the acid mantle on your skin to disintegrate and can lead to more breakouts and red, dry skin. Cleanse and tone twice a day and moisturize once in the morning for throughout the day. Exfoliate once a week, twice at the most. Even though you may feel like really, really washing your face more than that, it will actually make it worse so please try not to.
Be Gentle To Your Skin and Give It Love. This may sound a bit funny but it really does pay to be gentle with your skincare routine. Your skin does know what its doing and you’ve got acne because your skin is doing a good job and ridding your body of toxins. While you work on healing your acne from the inside out and fixing up your internal problems and imbalances that are causing your acne, treat your skin on the outside with care and give it time to heal itself naturally. Don’t scrutinize yourself in the mirror and beat yourself up about every little spot, this will only make you feel worse. Be good to your skin and know that you’re going to clear it soon, but in the meantime be patient and loving to your skin, it’s just crying out for help.
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