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What To Look For In Acne Creams

Admin — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 20:56:11 +0000

Acne creams are a popular and effective way to treat your acne. They come in many shapes, sizes, and prices ranges so doing a bit of homework before shopping can make a big difference in how much bang for your buck you can get with your acne cream. In this post I want to show you what it is in these creams that make them work so you know how to choose one that will work best for you.

Knowing the active ingredients in acne creams can help you get the most effective treatment by leaning on what’s already worked for you in the past. For example, if your face wash that gets decent results uses salicylic acid as its active ingredient, you’ll probably get good results from an acne cream that uses it. Or, if your face wash doesn’t help at all, you may want to look into a cream that has benzoyl peroxide as its main ingredient.

Salicylic acid is the most common active ingredient in face washes and skin creams. It works by penetrating your pores and clearing out the junk that resides inside. The biggest side effect of this is that it dries your skin out, and when it’s too concentrated for your skin type the dryness can lead to more acne. If you get good results with this (read the label of your current acne treatment) you’ll probably get good results from it as an acne cream.

Benzoyl peroxide works by oxygenating the skin and creating an environment that acne cannot grow. The good thing about benzoyl peroxide is that you can use a lot of it without worrying about your skin drying out, however it does tend to make skin a bit more sensitive and likely to sunburn. Tea tree oil is a common ingredient that is paired with this peroxide, this will help deal with your skin being more sensitive. Most acne creams will have 2.5% benzoyl peroxide, which is mellow enough for you to put a lot on your face. The key is to keep repeating the process, and your acne should fade.

Acne creams will usually rely on one of these ingredients and not the other. If you get good results with one stick with it. If not switch to the other and watch your acne fade away.

Choosing A Face Wash

Admin — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:27:04 +0000

With so many different face wash options on the market it can be really difficult to find the one that is going to keep your skin free from acne, while staying moisturized. Having (finally) gotten rid of my acne, I have learned a lot about many of the different acne face washes out there, and how to choose the one that is best for you and your face. It’s impossible for me to make a recommendation on which one is going to work for you (more on this later) but I will show you how to choose the right one.

Everyone has different skin, and because of this there is not a single face wash that will help everyone. This is a part of the reason that there are so many available. If you want to get the acne face wash that is best for you, you have to first determine what your skin type is. Most people will fall into one of three categories; oily, balanced, or dry. There are face washes that are designed to compliment each of those skin types, and will be a good place for you to start when determining what one is going to be the best for you.

In order to get the best face wash for your skin, you’re going to have to try out a few until you get the right one. How will you know it’s the right one? It will clear up your acne, while leaving your skin moisturized. Many people think that the more potent the active ingredients, the faster it will get rid of the acne. This is unfortunately not true, if the active ingredients in face wash are too concentrated it will only leave your face dry and could make your acne worse. Start with a face wash that is designed for your skin type and use it for a few weeks to see how it works. It’s very important that you give each face wash enough time to work so that you can really see what the ingredients are going to do to your skin. If you don’t give it enough time, you may be missing out on something that would have worked great!

Choosing an acne face wash is really a matter of trial and error, but when you start in the right place (knowing your skin type) the entire process will go much faster and you will see results sooner. Go head to your local drug store and start reading through labels until you find the one that you think matches your skin the best and get washing!

What Are The Major Causes Of Acne?

Roshan — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:40:20 +0000

Acne is a skin infection, which occurs due to interaction of excess oil with skin bacteria and dead cells, which blocks pores of the skin. Mainly in teenagers the causes of acne are the hormonal changes in there body.

At this stage of life androgen hormones increases in there body and small bumps occurs on there face and other parts of the body. These small white and black bumps are visible to the naked eyes, which becomes the cause of worry.

In teenagers main causes of acne are high stress of their studies, peer pressure, anxiety for their body changes and other things, which causes depression in their mind and plays an important role in contributing to acne problems. Their body hormones are more active in depressing state of mind and react with their skin in excess form of oil.

Not only teenagers but people from 30’s and 40’s also suffer with acne problem due to their imbalanced lifestyle. Listed below are few major causes of acne in your body;

Hormonal Changes:

At the teenage stage few changes takes place in your body, which activate your body hormones. Production of sex hormones in your body takes place, which gives common problem of acne among teenage group. Androgen hormones of your body produce extra amount of sebum and it react with bacteria and dead cells of your skin. It also block the skin pores and less amount of oxygen reach to your skin cells.

Heavy Oily Make Up:

Oily make up leads to acne problems as they support the oil already present on your skin and even produce more on your skin surface. It creates acne problem and worsen acne situations of your skin. Oily make up products are main causes of acne and to avoid them you must choose oil free make up products. Heavy make up also create the same situations for your skin.

Your Imbalance Diet:

Diet plays a chief role in your health improvement and improper diet and insufficient nutrition can create various problems to your body and skin. Your diet must include essential vitamins and protein to prevent the occurrence of acne in your skin. Diets are considered as the major causes of acne and rich and healthy diet is the solution for the same.

Cleanliness Problems:

Touching your face after every while, transfer the germs and bacteria to your skin, which are main causes of acne infection. These bacteria react with your skin and leave thousands of unseen bacteria to your overall skin. Exposure in polluted environment also award different germs to your skin and is considered as one of the causes of acne.

Many causes of acne are their which trouble ninety percent of people throughout the world. Your ignorance in your daily life is the major cause of acne and you can prevent them easily.