Acne can affect people at any age. Acne can appear on the skin as white heads, blackheads, pimples, pustules, cysts, or boils. In blemishes such as pustules and cysts the pus is actually sterile they occur where there are many oil glands, mostly on the face, chest and back. Sebum oil is a natural oil that lubricates and protects the skin. Sometimes cells to close to the surface can block the openings of these glands and cause a build up of oil underneath. This causes a bacterium that lives on everyone's skin to multiply and the tissues to swell.



There is not way to stop your glands from producing oil. There are treatments that can slow down the oil glands for a while but it only slows them for a while. What you can do is get rid of the oil that is on the surface of the skin. Using a gentle astringent or toner can wipe away oil. There are also masques that can be applied once a week that draws out oils. Antibacterial products can be useful to preventing acne as well.

There are lots of myths that are said to cause acne. Some people believe that acne is hereditary but really everyone gets acne at some point in there lives. Many people also believe that eating foods like pizza, chocolate, greasy, fried, and junk foods all cause acne. They are not good for your overall health but they are far from causing acne. Other people think that sweat can create acne as well. It will not but over washing the face will irritate and dry skin out.

Covering acne is ok as long as long as the concealer and make up is water based. Getting a facial is useful because it can deep clean pores and having pores unclogged by a professional is more reassuring. Since facials can be costly there are products at the drug store that can do just the same thing. Pore strips can be used to pull the oil out of pores. Women who take oral contraceptives can also reduce the amount of acne that they get.

A good daily skin care routine can also help reduce can prevent acne. Cleansing the skin morning and night with a mild cleanser will keep surface dirt from clogging pores. Using a toner can remove oil build ups. Using a moisturizer morning and night can prevent skin from becoming dry and producing more oil to relief skin or irritating skin causing a break out. Make sure any make up used on skin is oil free so not to clog pores.

Also frequently washing pillow cases or blankets that touch skin can prevent a break out as well. This helps because blankets and pillow cases can get skin oils, dirt, dust, pet dander, or other things that irritate skin on them and clog pores. Try not to touch your face as much as possible. The oils and bacteria on your hands can cause break outs as well. If you have to touch your face make sure you wash your hands before and after.

Alternative Health Supplements offers a product that can help spot treat acne. Complexion control by L'Avenier is a spot treatment that is applied to the pimple before the pimples get ugly. It is to be used every 4 hours on the blemish until it is gone. It has water, glycerin, willow bark extract, hydrolyzed whole egg, and benzoic acid to help prevent and treat blemishes.