The ABC of Acne skin care

Caring for Acne infected skin on close examination is actually balancing your ability to
1, Keep the skin clean
2, Avoid further irritation.
In our bid to keep the skin clean, we can ignorantly cause irritation which can worsen the situation. Our cleansing process should therefore be very mild and gentle.

Irritation has various effects on Acne condition. It could cause scarring problem, it could cause more Acne to crop up and certainly it slows the healing process making nonsense
of all your effort at clearing Acne.

It is interesting to know that lots of people avoid oily skin taking it to be the greatest culprit as far as Acne is concerned. You would be right depending on your understanding of certain points. The points
being the the causative factors of oily skin. The truth is that dryness of the skin is just as bad as oily skin and the reason is not far fetched. The skin glands respond to dryness of the skin and produces more oil to counter this. The resultant oil produced eventually constitutes the excess that clogs the skin thereby resulting in Acne.
It is very important to prevent dry skin if you want to keep your acne under control. The common misconception of moisturizing being harmful to skin is proven wrong, as you
can see so make sure not to skip this step in your skin care routine. This will help you avoid irritated skin. Therefore as much as the skin shouldn't be oily, it also shouldn't
be dry. This brings us right back to keeping a balance in our routine.

A simple Acne care routine would generally start with washing the skin. At this point, it is necessary to point out that it is very important to know your skin type.
Your choice of what to use for washing your skin would be influenced by your skin type as you would need something that would be mild on your skin type and would not irritate
your skin. In washing your face, use lukewarm water and wash the whole face not excluding the jaw line and hair line. At most, wash twice a day ( morning and evening).

The next stage in the routine would be exfoliating. A scrub or facial mask is ideal but please, let the product do its work. Don't try to help the product as some people
tend to in their zeal cause irritation during this process because they are rough while exfoliating. Just let the product do what it should do. Patience is the key.
After exfoliating, you might use a toner to remove residual dead skin or and or excess cleanser. Always remember to use product made specifically for your skin type.

The last would be moisturizing. This is very necessary as we do not want the skin to dry out. But as was pointed out earlier, you don't want to clog the skin with excess oil
so you would need to use a light moisturizer that is made for the face as this would not cause clogging of the skin.
Staying away from moisturizing would not help you.Moisturizing is very important regardless of your skin type. All you need is to be more careful with its application.

In closing, we would need to remind ourselves of important things to note in our skin care routine. These are:

-Touch your skin less. If you must touch your skin when it is necessary, make sure your hands are clean. This is necessary because
careless touching of the face can transfer dirt and oil to the face which could result in clogging of the skin. Let's take it for granted that we all now know the consequences of this.
-Pick products you use be them makeup kits or other products very carefully. Read the labels and only get products for Acne prone skin and avoid products that have oil as
its main ingredient.
-Try not to abuse over the counter Acne medication. If you choose to treat your skin with OTC Acne medication, make sure you follow all the directions
religiously so as to get the desired result and not the opposite.

Patience is a key factor in our skin care routine as haste has caused a lot of people take harmful actions. After formulating a routine, stick to it. Even if your are not able to totally eradicate Acne immediately, you should
see a nice and encouraging result after consistent and I must add well informed Acne skin care routine. Be informed. Know what is true and what is simply myth or misconception.
Have an Acne free life.

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