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.