Five Ways to Avoid Acne Breakouts
By Jocelyn Saurini
If you have oily or acne prone skin, there's nothing less welcome than an acne breakout. Whether your acne breakouts are the result of changes in your body as you go through your teenage years or whether you're experiencing adult acne breakouts, we all want to be blemish free. But sometimes, no matter what acne treatment products you use, you seem to keep breaking out. In truth, lifestyle changes count as much for stopping breakouts as treatment products do. Here are five things that you can do today to stop acne breakouts cold.
Drink Water. Drink Lots of Water
Acne breakouts happen when skin isn't healthy, and at base healthy skin is hydrated skin. If you're not drinking eight to ten glasses of water per day, then you're not drinking enough water to keep your skin healthy and you'll continue to break out. No, drinking sugary sports drinks or soda pop does not count! Drink water. Drink lots of it. It's not just good for your skin, it's good for you.
Acne breakouts happen when skin isn't healthy, and at base healthy skin is hydrated skin. If you're not drinking eight to ten glasses of water per day, then you're not drinking enough water to keep your skin healthy and you'll continue to break out. No, drinking sugary sports drinks or soda pop does not count! Drink water. Drink lots of it. It's not just good for your skin, it's good for you.
Eat Antioxidants
Antioxidants are chemical compounds found naturally in most fruits and dark green vegetables that combat the "free radicals" that make skin unhealthy. In truth, diet plays a huge role in acne breakouts. Stay away from the processed food, junk food and fast food. Instead, eat fresh fruits and vegetables and you'll see an improvement in your skin's health (you'll also probably feel better!).
Antioxidants are chemical compounds found naturally in most fruits and dark green vegetables that combat the "free radicals" that make skin unhealthy. In truth, diet plays a huge role in acne breakouts. Stay away from the processed food, junk food and fast food. Instead, eat fresh fruits and vegetables and you'll see an improvement in your skin's health (you'll also probably feel better!).
Don't Constantly Touch Your Face
Your hands carry oil and dirt that is transferred to your face every time that you touch it. If you have a nervous habit of touching your face, or if you like to sit (bored) with your face in your hands, it's time to break the habit! Don't unnecessarily transfer dirt and oil that may cause breakouts to your skin by touching it!
Your hands carry oil and dirt that is transferred to your face every time that you touch it. If you have a nervous habit of touching your face, or if you like to sit (bored) with your face in your hands, it's time to break the habit! Don't unnecessarily transfer dirt and oil that may cause breakouts to your skin by touching it!
Get Enough Sleep
When you don't get enough sleep, your entire body pays the price. That includes your skin which can react by breaking out. Sleep deprivation is one of the biggest medical issues or our time, but there are plenty of solutions. Cure your insomnia, don't stay out partying too late or up working or studying too late and honor your body's need for sleep.
When you don't get enough sleep, your entire body pays the price. That includes your skin which can react by breaking out. Sleep deprivation is one of the biggest medical issues or our time, but there are plenty of solutions. Cure your insomnia, don't stay out partying too late or up working or studying too late and honor your body's need for sleep.
Reduce Your Stress Level
It is not a myth that stress causes acne breakouts. We live in a stressful world, but you can always take a minute out to be mindful and enjoy some relaxation and "you time." In fact, it's important to your health and to your skin's health and appearance that you do. Find time do de-stress for you and your skin!
It is not a myth that stress causes acne breakouts. We live in a stressful world, but you can always take a minute out to be mindful and enjoy some relaxation and "you time." In fact, it's important to your health and to your skin's health and appearance that you do. Find time do de-stress for you and your skin!
You can apply all of the acne treatment products that you want, but if you don't also make healthy lifestyle changes, you'll continue to breakout. So get healthy and start making changes today!
Jocelyn Saurini is a freelance writer who is always on the lookout for the best skin care products in Canada and, in particular, the most effective acne treatment products. She's read thousands of skin care product reviews and thinks that she has a handle on what works and what doesn't to keep her skin clear.
