Get back to the basics, three causes of acne, think about then and you would get to know what would be the causes of the acne and what treatments and therapy can match them. Prescribed therapy includes:

• unclogging pores
• killing bacteria
• minimizing oil

But before we move forward we need to discuss:

Lifestyle:

Punctuality and moderation are very good things but not everyone can get on bed right at eight and cannot take meal three times a day while taking eight glasses of water are also not much easy but the thing is acne can be controlled any way in case you have abnormal routine. Now it the time for little change and that is: introducing regular compression, hot compression to pustules and cysts, getting regular facials and most important! Never picking your pimples.

Open your pores:

Cleansing and taking care for your skin:

It doesn’t matter what ever famous magazines are talking about any famous product as the matter of fact is: not every product goes with every person and of course! Situations.

• Mild cleansing: keep cleansing your skin regularly. Wash your face twice a day with a mild cleansing liquid or bar. Even an inexpensive but popular can work for you.
• Exfoliating your skin regularly: we have a number of mild scrubs and masques are available in market. These products are made with fine granules or salicylic acid which makes them very mild peeling agent. These masques and scrubs thus remove the outer dead skin and opens up the pores. Some other products like glycolic and alphahydroxy acids do also come in the range of mild oxidants.
• Retinol: is a derivative of vitamin A and thus promotes skin peeling.

Kill the bacteria:

• Antibacterial Cleanser: you can buy a number of over-the-counter antibacterial cleansers to help you killing bacteria.
• External applications: these products are available in the form of gels, lotions and creams which can be directly applied to the affected area. These products contain benzoyl peroxide as active ingredient. This works by killing surface bacteria.

Caution: benzoyl peroxide may cause red and scaly skin which goes as soon as you stop the product usage.

Oil Reduction:

Your oil glands can easily stop producing oil. Here are few tips to help you reduce oil shine on your skin and can save you from embarrassment.

• Gentle astringent can do well to you by wiping oil off.
• Glycolic acid containing products or some other one containing alpha hydroxyl acids is also helpful in skin cleansing which helps by peeling off upper layer of skin.
• Sulfur containing masques could also help you get rid off oil.
• Market is available with a number of pads containing benzoyl peroxide try them to wipe this oil away.

Next:

• What Can a Doctor do for Acne?
• Acne Treatments
• Acne Medicines