Anti-acne skin care requires consistent effort on your part to apply a specific skin care acne regimen on a daily basis. These anti acne skincare tips will help to prevent and fight acne. First, answering a few simple questions about your skin will help you choose the best products for you.
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Identify your skin type – Is your skin predominantly oily, dry, normal, sensitive, or some combination of these? Are you light skinned with blue eyes or dark skinned with dark eyes? Skin that is dry will need products designed to retain moisture, while skin that is oily requires products that are drying.
This seemingly obvious statement of fact is frequently overlooked by consumers and salespeople selling skincare products. Once you have begun to understand your skin type, begin to define your goals.
- Identify your skincare goals — Do you need a wellness program that will forestall aging, or do you need a treatment program for a specific problem such as acne, rosacea, or hyper-pigmentation? Defining the issues that are important to you is half of the struggle for perfect skin.
- Assess your lifestyle — If you smoke, have a poor diet, and spend a lot of time in the sun and you are not willing to change these behaviors, it will be difficult to have optimal skin (or any other part of your body for that matter). If you are too busy to apply moisturizer once a day, it is going to be difficult to transition to a program that utilizes five or six steps.
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Adopt a regimen approach — When trying skin products, remember that you should use a one month trial period to allow for fluctuations due to hormones (menstrual cycle for women) and varying environmental conditions. Begin with a combination of three or four products (cleanser, toner, moisturizer, exfoliator, and/or eye cream).
Add one new product at a time to determine how it interacts with your skin. This enables you to isolate a problem product if your skin reacts poorly.
Another reason to try products for a full month is that the skin cycle takes about 28 days to get cells from the bottom of the epidermal layer to the top of the epidermal layer. Thus, a full cycle is needed in order to give a new regimen a reasonable chance.
Perhaps beginning with one or two products would be a more realistic starting point. A sensible perspective on the quest for perfect skin is as important as the products and dermatologist you select. The best products will not do any good if they sit on a shelf.
Six Daily Steps in Your Anti Acne Skin Care Regime
1) Exfoliate — Exfoliation is the perfect way to remove debris from the skin. You can control the extent of exfoliation by using this system more or less frequently. As with any part of a good skincare regimen, the key here is moderation—do not scrub so hard that your skin is raw.
Other types of exfoliation include chemical peels and microdermabrasion. Products containing salicylic acid also exfoliate to some degree, and these may be helpful for skin that is oily or prone to acne.
2) Cleanse/Tone — In addition to the peel pads other products are helpful for removing debris from the skin. The green tea cleanser is one such product. Salicylic acid washes may be helpful for oily or acne prone skin.
The right cleanser or toner is the one that works for you. There is no perfect product that works for all skin types and all environments. Ask your dermatologist for suggestions based on his or her experience.
3) Apply Medications — Skin conditions that require prescription strength medications require additional care. If your dermatologist is using topical medications to treat acne, eczema, dark spots, precancerous growths, skin cancers, or other skin conditions, you will need to apply this medication before application of other topical products and after the skin has been cleansed. In the event of irritation or other skin reaction, you should discontinue use of all products and check with your doctor.
4) Apply Antioxidants — At the present time, green tea is the richest source of antioxidants and should be used on a regular basis. Other antioxidants such as vitamin C are also important, and you may want to use them as well. As new ingredients are developed, they will be incorporated into my skincare products.
5) Moisturize — The amount of moisture required by the skin depends on the amount of oil it produces and how dry the surrounding environment is. Having enough moisture in the skin is vital to maintain an effective barrier and to ensure the integrity of the skin.
Some diseases impair the barrier function and these impose increased moisturizing requirements. When considering moisturizers for the body, there are many fine products available. These include Theraplex, Eucerin, Cetaphil, and several others that can replace moisture without causing skin irritation.
Different seasons and locations require different products so do not be surprised if you need separate products for the summer and the winter. Women may find that they need different moisturizers at different points in their hormonal cycle.
Further complicating skincare is the fact that different parts of the face require different degrees of moisture because they have different densities of oil glands. The “T-zone” frequently requires drying agents, while the eyelid area an inch away needs extra moisture.
My suggestion is to try a few products and then discuss your response to each with your dermatologist during an appointment set up for a cosmetic consultation.
6) Protect — All types of skin require protection but the amount of protection depends on genetics as well as internal and external conditions. Protection from the elements ranges from sunscreen and sun block to moisturizers, exfoliating peels, and medications with sun protection in them.
Following these six simple steps will help you establish an anti acne skin care regime that will prevent new acne and cure old ones.
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