Exfoliation is an essential step in your skincare routine but over exfoliated skin is not healthy skin. Over exfoliated skin causes acne. If you over-exfoliate your skin you damage your skins natural moisture barrier and allow bacteria and irritants to enter your skin, this causes acne. In addition, over-exfoliation leaves your skin dry. When dry your skin produces sebum in […]

Dealing with acne-prone skin during the winter can be a pain. It can be so serious that you have to change your skincare products and routines to accommodate the colder winter months in an effort to avoid over-drying your face. The colder months will make your skin dryer, unfortunately. Dryer skin can cause an increased level of acne. You can’t […]

If you’re using an acne treatment your acne medication could be drying out your skin. This is how to handle it. Acne medications and treatments such as retinol, benzoyl peroxide, glycolic acid and salicylic acid can all cause dryness, itchiness irritation, flaking and peeling. But you don’t have to suffer from dry skin while using them. You can combat the […]

The last thing you want is a face wash that causes pimples, if your face wash gives you pimples here’s why: Face washes can give you pimples if you use one that hasn’t been designed for your skin. If you have oily skin and use a face wash that contains comedogenic ingredients you can develop pimples. If you use a […]

If you struggle with these types of pimples you know they can be extremely irritating. They are called blind pimples because you cannot see the head of the pimple. The inflammation site of the pimple is deep in the skin. Pimples with no head can be irritating. Sadly you can’t pop them like normal pimples. This is how to shrink […]

A good way to get rid of acne without having to pop the pimple and cause acne scarring is to dry out the pimple. This will save you a lot of mess and pain. Especially if you have oily acne-prone skin that’s always ready to flare up and cause acne. I want you to have clear skin and you can […]

We all know that we shouldn’t pop pimples but we do it anyway, this article looks at what happens after you pop a pimple. After you pop a pimple you’ll be left with a wound on the skin. The pressure that you apply as you pop the pimple tears the blemish open to release the puss inside. Once the puss […]

If you’ve ever popped a pimple you’ve probably had to deal with the hole you get afterwards. This article looks at why this happens and how to deal with it. After you’ve popped a pimple you can develop a hole in your skin. When you pop a pimple you rupture the skin and damage it. The deeper the hole the […]

I’ve been asked the question “can long hair cause acne” a couple of times and I looked it up. Acne is not great and your long hair can have something to do with it. I wrote this article to explain how this can happen, why this happens and what you can do to avoid getting acne with long hair. Can […]

You can wash your face religiously but still get pimples, this article looks at why that happens. If you wash your face and still get pimples then your face wash may contain comedogenic ingredients, comedogenic ingredients cause breakouts. In addition, you may be washing your face too much, this can dry your skin and trigger your skin to produce excess […]