Acne is a very common skin condition. It is common for acne sufferers to scrub their skin and use harsh products, but doing so often makes acne worse. Fortunately, acne can often be reduced with simple changes to a person's skin care routine. To improve acne, people with acne should be careful when they touch their skin and use mild products, such as alcohol-free products. Below some tips.
1. Wash your face twice a day and after sweating. Perspiration, especially when wearing a hat or helmet, can make acne worse, so wash your skin as soon as possible after sweating.
2. Use your fingertips to apply a gentle, non-abrasive cleanser. Using a washcloth, sponge, or anything else can irritate the skin. Do not use skin care products that irritate the skin, such as toners and scrubs. Dry, red skin makes acne look worse.
3. Rinse with lukewarm water.
4. Wash your hair regularly. If you have oily hair on a daily basis, wash it with shampoo.
5. Let your skin heal naturally. Picking or squeezing your acne will take longer to go away and increase your risk of acne scarring.
6. Keep your hands away from your face. Touching your skin all day can cause eruptions.
7. Stay away from sun and tanning beds. Tanning damages your skin. In addition, some acne medications make the skin very sensitive to ultraviolet (UV) light, which you get from both the sun and a tanning bed. • Using tanning beds increases your risk of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, by 75 percent, and the risk increases with each use.
