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Teenage Acne - keeping pimples at bay
How do you deal with acne? How can you keep the pimples at
bay? How do you stop new pimples from appearing?
It all starts with a clogged pore. When a pore in your skin
gets clogged up with oil, dirt and skin debris. Bacteria happily
breeds in that concoction, infecting that pore, leading to
acne.
To treat acne, attack the root of problem. The bacteria and
the clogged pores.
That brings us to these 8 tips.
1. Do NOT touch your face with your hands
Throughout the day, your hands come in contact with the world
around you. Your hands touch surfaces like the phone, the
computer keyboards, your bag, the table and basically everything
around you. Picking up germs as you go along. Touching your
face with your hands before washing them is a big No No. The
last thing you want is to introduce more bacteria to your
skin, leading to more pimples.
2. Keep your hair off your face.
Oily skin usually means oily hair. You have enough natural
oil on your face. You do not need to add more oil and hair
care products to your skin, which is what happens when your
hair covers any part of your face. If you notice more pimples
on your forehead, beneath your fringe, or along the sides
of your face where your hair might brush against, your hair
could be the culprit. You could keep your hair off your face
by wearing it in a pony tail, or using hair clips to hold
it off your face. You can get these from http://www.everythingbeauty.info/hair-clip.php
3. Wash your face 3 times everyday with a cleanser that is
meant for skin with acne.
That's what a doctor told me. Another doctor told me that
the problem with many people that have pimples is that they
use cleansers that are too rich for the face. That doctor
recommended a soap and water regime. Another recommended an
http://www.everythingbeauty.info/anti-bacterial.php
cleanser that was meant for acne.
4. Stick to skin care that works for your skin
What works on your best friend may not necessarily work on
you. Especially if her skin is dry and your is oily. The latest
richest skincare products might make her look radiant but
they could trigger a nasty acne outbreak in your skin. If
you have a problem with acne, stick to skin care for http://www.everythingbeauty.info/acne.php
5. Take a break.
Stress tends to trigger acne outbreaks. Does your skin act
up more before an exam or a stressful event? Learn to relax.
Take a long bath with a few drops of http://www.everythingbeauty.info/aroma%20vera%20lavender.php
in the bath water. Watch a funny movie. Read a favourite magazine.
Talk it out with a best pal. Do whatever works for you to
ease the stress.
6. Get a good night's sleep every night.
Your body needs sleep. Without enough sleep, even your skin
acts up. Try to stop all work a few hours before bed time.
When I had insomnia, I resorted to http://www.everythingbeauty.info/sleep.php
to help me sleep. That is actually the last resort. Better
ways would be to exercise in the day so you can sleep better
at night.
7. Avoid using pressed powder to cut down the sheen
My friend's friend used a pressed powder compact to hide
her acne. Instead, the more she used it the worse it got.
Just think. By mid day, your skin gets oily. You take out
the powder compact, and use that powder puff to apply pressed
powder on your face. Now, your face would already have dirt,
bacteria and oil on it. Pat your face with that powder puff
and now that puff picks up the dirt, bacteria and oil. You
put it back into the compact. The bacteria happily breeds
in there. Then you take out the compact again and pat more
powder, mixed with oil, dirt and bacteria onto your face,
picking up more gunk, putting in more gunk into your compact.
The cycle goes on. A better bet would be to use http://www.everythingbeauty.info/blotting%20paper.php
to blot off the excess oil instead. Then you can throw the
paper away after use.
8. Do not let bacteria breed happily in your make up tools.
Wash all your make up brushes regularly, with soap and water.
Then dry them completely before you keep them.
Here are more beauty tips at http://www.sisadvice.com/teenskinwoes..php
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Janice Wee is the webmaster of www.sisadvice.com
which brings you advice on clothes, study tips, skin care
and other concerns of teenagers.
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