11 Tips on Controling Acne Breakouts

Here are some easy things you can start doing today to help you heal your acne. You should notice a difference in about 4 weeks.

Did You Know? Water can reduce and actually cure acne breakouts?

1. Honey Mask twice a week - Honey has antibacterial properties. Good for disinfecting and healing minor blemishes and is gentle on sensitive skin.
2. Wash twice a day with acne soap - Wash your face twice a day with a sulfur based soap designed for acne.
   
   Once when you first wake up in the morning and then, right before you go to bed at night. Be extremely gentle to your skin when washing - do not scrub or use any sort of rough cloth. Overwashing your skin will actually stimulate your sebaceous glands to produce more sebum, thus increasing your acne.
3. Keep your hair off your face - Keep long hair or bangs off your face. Hair contains oils and will contribute to breakouts. Wash your hair everyday and after workouts
4. Take multi-vitamins - Acne can be a sign of nutritional imbalance. Your skin is a vital organ that is usually neglected. If your body does not receive the right nutrition, it fights back. One common way is that it produces excessive sebum, clogging pores, and reducing the ability for your skin to heal and fight bacteria.
5. Include chromium in your diet - Chromium, well known for weight loss diets, is excellent for healing infections on the skin. Taking a chromium supplement once a day will help heal pimples quickly and prevent future breakouts.
6. Eat carrots for beta-carotene (Vitamin A) - Vitamin A strengthens the protective tissue of the skin and actually prevents acne by helping to reduce sebum production. Vitamin A is essential for maintenance and repair of the tissue which make up our skin and mucous membranes. Vitamin A is a powerful antioxidant to rid your body of toxins. A deficiency in vitamin A can actually cause acne?
7. Avoid wearing makeup - Makeup products on your skin contributes to clogging pores, causing more pimples and blackheads. If you you must wear makeup, make sure it is water-based.
8. Drink 8 glasses of water - Drinking water is essential for clean skin and your overall health.
9. Do not pick or squeeze your blackheads and pimples - Do not squeeze, scratch, rub or touch your pimples and blackheads as these actions actually increases the sebum production. When you squeeze you are actually rupturing the membranes below your skin, causing infection and sebum to spread which results in more pimples.
10. Wash your pillow case every other day - Your pillow case absorbs the oils from your skin and reapplies the dirt and oil causing breakouts. Keep your sheets and pillow cases clean.
11. Eat foods rich in zinc - Zinc is an antibacterial agent and a necessary element in the oil-producing glands of the skin. A diet low in zinc can actually cause acne breakouts.