Introduction
So you want to stop your acne dead in its tracks? Well there are several ways you can prevent acne. First let us understand how it starts and then you can understand how to stop it.
The Cause Of Acne
The cause of acne is not fully understood, but what your body needs to create an acne breakout is known. What is known is that acne breakouts occur because of a hormone imbalance in your body. This is evident because most of the 50 million cases of acne occur with teenagers going through puberty when their hormones are out of whack.
When this happens, the skin starts to secrete large amounts of body sebum (oil). The sebum then clumps together the body's dead skin that clogs the pores, trapping bacteria in the pores. The bacterium then begins to grow and the body's immune system responds by attacking the growing bacteria.
Stopping Acne In Its Tracks
As you can see, the root cause of acne breakout can be pointed to an imbalance of hormones producing excess amounts of sebum. There are several ways you can control the amount of sebum your body produces to prevent clogging of your pores:
Cleanse the affected parts of the face twice a day. Cleansing more than twice a day is discouraged because it can trigger the body to create more sebum defeating your original intent on reducing the amount of sebum. The area to focus on to reduce the amount of sebum is the "T" zone, which are the forehead, nose and chin. This area produces more oil than the rest of your face.Periodically throughout the day rub your face with oil-controlling cleansing pads. This will help to remove the excess amount of oil on your face.
Avoid touching your face with your hands. Touching your face will transfer oil from your hands to your face allowing for more oil to build- up.
You should also keep your hair cut short to prevent the oil in your hair from getting on your face.
Besides keeping your oil off your face, you can also stop acme by removing the dead skin and bacteria from your face. Cleansing helps in removing dead skin and bacteria from your face, but to further improve your removal of these two items is to exfoliate your face once or twice a week.
Not only will exfoliating remove the bacteria and dead skin, but also it will expose fresh skin making your face look fresher and younger.
Conclusion
To stop acne dead in its tracks you need to control the excess sebum your face is excreting. The best ways is to cleanse your skin twice a day, use oil-cleansing pads, keep your hands away from your face and keep your hair cut short. Also exfoliate your face to remove dead skin and bacteria once or twice a week.
By performing the above actions, you can stop pimples before they get the best of you.
Jimmy C has been studying skin care for many years because of his skin problems in his youth and he is the Editor in Chief of a number of skin care web sites. Being a victim of acne in his younger days, he has researched this subject to help people prevent and stop acne. He has also studied many aspects of caring for the bodies skin and keeping it youthful and free of irritants.
For more information on caring for acne or other facial blemishes and keeping your youthful appearance go to his web sites at http://www.skinguidelines.com/p/causes-and-cures-for-acne.html or http://www.squidoo.com/cause-and-cures-of-acne.
