I've always used a facial wash, facial clenser, and a moisturizer. Never had problems with acne or pimples.
personal hygiene ftw - although I realize some people don't choose to have bad acne, good hygiene pratice would rid most teenagers of a lot of problems.
Popping them is probably the WORST thing you can do unless they're massive, and i mean HUGE. Wash your face, and if you dont have any acne medicine, like clearasil, use a small dab of toothpaste and sleep with it on.. it'll dry it out and it'll go away a lot faster.
Picking, scratching, popping = horrible for skin. Dont do it.
dom wrote:I've always used a facial wash, facial clenser, and a moisturizer. Never had problems with acne or pimples.
personal hygiene ftw - although I realize some people don't choose to have bad acne, good hygiene pratice would rid most teenagers of a lot of problems.
Sorta overkill, but I guess better safe than sorry.
2 simple showers a day will keep them away. Unless your are prone to ACNE, which in that case goodluck.
when i do get the odd pimple, i use a bit of clearacil cream after washing my face. i will only pop them if they are big, otherwise i put the cream on and let it on for a few hours.
I have pretty clear skin ( though the last few weeks have been getting a little bad ), but as soon as i eat fatty food or drink alcohol i can break out. So for me i have to sacrifice a bit to gain that little bit of confidence, i guess its worth it. health > desire
Put toothpaste (the one with whitening) on every day before you go to sleep, keep it on for like, 6mins and wash it off with a wet cloth. Enjoy the sting.
Draquish wrote:Put toothpaste (the one with whitening) on every day before you go to sleep, keep it on for like, 6mins and wash it off with a wet cloth. Enjoy the sting.
This is just the peroxide acne treatment...might as well just stick to the mainstream products...
Keep your face clean at all times and you might not get it at all, just like me. My sister never had acne either, I however had some on my forearm but everyone does and it went away after a few months, I'm talking about 4 years ago btw
No no no, don't pop them. That is ultimately the worst thing you can do. There are different treatments for different skin types, oily skin, not very oily, darker/lighter skin. All depends. I've struggled with acne in the past due to great genetics (thank you father) but I've maintained them and have minor break outs every once in a while. You need to use a cleanser. Go out and get, Biore (accent over the e) Blemish Fighting Ice Cleanser. You should be able to find it at your local walmart, walgreens etc. It must have a Salicylic acid of 2.0%. Which is where the ever so popular pro active fails. 1% doesn't do anything, and anything over 2% is too much. Got to run to my psychology lecture, I'll post more when I get back on what you can do to help your problem.
XemnasXD wrote:i don't have acne...never have never will
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I have very minimal acne, dont try to like rip them off, just pop them (sqweeze them until the white wormy shit comes sqwiggling out) then just leave it, it'll go away, and if it doesnt just keep doing it
XemnasXD wrote:i don't have acne...never have never will
What a great contribution to the thread. I'd give you a damned medal if I could.
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*sigh* Do not pop them whatever you do. It will make it worse in the long run and leads to scarring.
As for the soap comment, wrong. Regular soap is less than ideal as a skin-cleansing agent because it is by nature somewhat alkaline and therefore tends to neutralize sebum's acidic- and hence antibacterial properties. I recommend the salicylic acid I named before, or use Neutral-pH cleansing creams or a non-soap "beauty bar." They are far better choice then your everyday bathroom soap. Generally though, as xemnas pointed out, just water and a cloth should really do the trick.
As for the food comment, again wrong, although to a certain extent. Butter, oil, peanut butter, chocolate, french fries, hamburgers and many other greasy foods have all been blamed for causing acne. If they are part of a generally unhealthy diet, they are bad for you and your skin. If they are counteracted with good exercise and a healthy diet, they will not cause or worsen acne. Makes sense to me.
As for taking care of your acne. Moisturize daily, with a decent SPF, cleanse mildly with what I already suggested, use antioxidants at bed time. Use a cream that contains the antioxidants vitamin C ester, tocotrienol and alpha lipoic acid. Try to find a product with all 3, it's ideal, if not then get them separately. Oh and make sure they are all NON oil based. If it's pretty sever, you can go to your doctor and have them prescribe you Retin-A.
