by admin on March 3, 2010
A very big secret that I found to be the most successful thing for me in reducing my own acne was so simple it was almost laughable.
I had huge success by scrubbing my face less. When I washed my face I used quite a strong face wash but I didn’t rub my face. I patted it gently.
When I started doing this, I noticed a big difference in my skin after just one week. A couple of weeks later the difference was really clear.
The problem I think, is that the face wash industry is so big and they are constantly trying to sell us the next miracle acne cure that we lose sight of how we should use these products.
We ‘re told that you need to clean deep down into the pores, and so because of that, the majority of people will scrub to get really deep down into the pores.
From my experience I’ve found that this is the absolute worst thing to do because it really aggravates my skin and the spots I already have, making them much worse.
It took me a few years to realise this, but it was the biggest discovery I’ve made.
At one point in my life my face was completely covered with spots. I’m talking about not being able to see skin for the amount of redness. Spots were covering every part of my face.
I’ve been free from that situation for a couple of years now but I still just softly touch my face when I wash it. I never rub it.
It’s really worked for me, it was perhaps the best thing I ever did.
Simple solutions are often the best
You’re probably thinking it seems too good to be true, but until you try something you’ll never know. That’s one of the ways I got rid of my acne, by constantly trying new things until I found something, or a combination of things that worked.
I combined that washing technique with a healthy diet, drinking lots of water and exercise, but personally the first step was to not aggravate my skin my rubbing it whilst washing it.
Don’t touch your face
Something that goes hand in hand with not aggravating your skin is to limit the amount you touch your face.
Touching your face with your hands just takes bacteria from your hands and puts in on your face.
Now that can’t be a good thing as it’ll get into your pores. When I stopped touching my face I also saw an improvement in my skin.
Another benefit of that was that I found I was getting less colds and flu viruses.
That’s because the number one way that these viruses spread is by people putting their hands to their faces where the viruses that might be on their hands can get into their blood stream through their nose and eyes.
Just remember to be careful with your skin. If you really want to get rid of your spots, changing some of your habits can make a big difference.
by admin on March 3, 2010
Spots can be the most frustrating and annoying problem. If you suffer from spots on your face you’re not alone in having enough with it and deciding to do something about it.
One of the problems with suffering from spots is that you think they are so visible.
If spots were on your elbow or somewhere else less visible you wouldn’t be worried at all, but they’re right there on your face and everyone’s looking at them. So you think.
No-ones that bothered about you
The truth is that people aren’t that bothered about you and what you look like. They are more concerned about themselves.
Do you have friends with spots? Or do you see other people with spots? Do you take much notice of them? I bet the only reason you take notice of their spots is because you’re worried about your own spots.
If you weren’t even thinking about spots you would have hardly given it a second thought that they had spots.
Realise that no-one really cares that much about how you look.
People spend most of their time worrying about themselves. You’re doing the same thing now and you’re no different from other people.
You make it worse in your mind
Quite often when you look at a spot on your face, in your mind you will make it look a lot worse than it is.
Other people looking at you probably won’t give it a second thought, the truth is they probably won’t even notice it and if they do notice it they won’t care. Honestly they really won’t care, your spot has no impact on other people’s lives so it’s not important to them.
Anxiety just creates more spots
The more anxious you get about having spots, the more you’ll get spots. It’s a fact that stress causes spots. The more you get stressed about your spots, the more spots you’ll get, it’s a vicious circle.
If you accept your spots and learn to think of them as part of you, something amazing will happen. Your spots will start to go away.
Your probably thinking that this is crazy, spots don’t just go away because of your thinking. But more and more research highlights how the power of your mind has a direct impact on your life and that means things like your spots.
What you resist persists
Just relax and let go of all the tension and anxiety you’re creating around your spots. Love your spots, be creative, you’re desperate to get rid of your spots right so why not try talking to them!
It sounds crazy but some people have had great results doing this. Tell them that you love them, that you know they’ll be gone soon but you also know that they are part of you, and you completely accept and forgive them.
This kind of thinking will probably mean you have to take a big shift in your attitude. Go on just try it and see if you can cure your spots with the power of your mind.
If you don’t believe this could work, look at some spiritual books in the book shop, there are numerous stories of people who have cured themselves of diseases by thinking is a similar way to this.