01 July 2009

Essential Anti Acne Skincare Remedies And Looking After Tips

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By Lucy Pastor

Pretty much all of us have had to deal with acne at some point or other. A lot of people find that their acne continues to come back again and again and it can seem like there is no hope when one attempt after another fails to rid yourself of the problem.

The use of just a few tips to improve your acne skin care routine can make all the difference. Very often you only have to make a few adjustments here and there to the way you care for your skin in order to get results you desire.

One very important thing to note is that you must be gentle with your skin, it is all too common for people when they have acne to start scrubbing their face and generally being hard on their skin.

The truth is if you treat your skin roughly, your body will attempt to defend itself by creating even more oil which will only make things worse as acne is actually caused when oil, bacteria and dirt find themselves caught in pores or hair follicles and then get covered over.

However as we all know there are many people that have very oily skin but don't end up getting acne. The reason for this is that if the skin does not cover up your oily pores pimples cannot form, this is why cleaning up the oil and dirt on your face alone is simply not enough.

The next very important thing one must do in order to prevent pimples from forming is to exfoliate on a twice weekly schedule (for best results every couple of days) so that skin that would have covered up your oily pores is removed allowing the oil etc to waste away naturally.

Like everything when you overdo things there can be consequences and with exfoliating it's no different, if overdone you could find yourself with drier skin and or skin that is more exposed to the elements. This is why you must be careful, all the same it is an important step in preventing acne.

When you need to treat a breakout of acne, acne skin care products can do a good job as the majority of them will clean up your skin removing the dirt and bacteria and also dry up a lot of the oil on your face.

You must remember however that anti-acne skin care products normally are not for prevention and instead only work when treating the pimples already on your face. Also you should avoid using these products on areas of your face that are not covered in pimples as these products tend to be very strong.

You certainly do not want to end up with dry and irritated skin, but that's what you could end up with if you were to use these products on say your neck or cheeks when they do not have pimples on them.

You should be able to enjoy healthier skin by applying what you have learnt in this article as long as you do it on a continuous basis. Just remember that anti-acne skin care is only for treating acne and should not be used on other acne free areas of your skin.

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