Fight Acne With Ease By Using These Tips

You have, no doubt, heard "go wash your face!" at least once a day for most of your life. If you are like most of your friends, you don't really care about washing your face every day--in fact, doing so feels like a chore! When all you want to do is go to sleep, washing your face is a huge pain in the...you know what--even if you can still remember your puberty years like they just finished happening. Here's the thing: you need to keep your face clean to keep dirt and bacteria from infecting your pores. Do you want to have a breakout as an adult? Here is what you need to do to keep your pores free and clear.

Keep your hair away from your face.

All day long your hair follicles produce oil which makes its way into your hair and then, if you are not careful, onto your face and into your pores. When you have long hair it has a way of falling in your face whether or not you want it to, which is how so many people end up with clogged pores, even as adults! Long hair and bangs are fun for styling and looking good but in order to keep the acne away, you should keep them pulled back and away from your face. This is easiest when you wear a headband or pull your hair into a ponytail or braid. Your face and skin will be so happy!

Your hands should not touch your face if you can help it. Most people don't realize how much time their hands spend on their faces every day. Letting your face rest in your hands is just one way to clog your pores. Give yourself a minute to contemplate this. Each time you touch an object and then touch your face you are placing little pieces of that object into your pores. When rest your face in your hands, the oil from your hands is transferred to your face and clogs the pores. This is why it is so easy to catch the flu from other people because your hands touch objects that people with the flu have touched and then transfer those germs straight to your face when you rest your face on your hands! Keep your hands away from your face!

If you are unable to keep your hands away from your face make sure to wash your hands often! This means that you should wash your hands often.

Natural acne remedies are another option if you suffer from breakouts. Did you know that toothpaste might be able to cure pimples? Put some toothpaste on your zits or pimples after they formed and then leave them alone overnight. When you wake up, you will see that the pimple or zit has gotten a lot smaller (do not try this if you have pets who roam free at night because tasting the toothpaste could make them very sick). You might also try using egg whites in your facial cleanser and as a zit reducer. The best way to treat acne with egg whites is to use a q-tip to dab some of your mixture directly onto your pimples, though you could also use the egg whites to make a mask. The best way to treat an acne breakout is also the most basic way to treat an acne breakout: wash your face and don't pick at your zits. Other breakouts will require you to use something a little bit more powerful than a basic cleanser. You should be happy to know that while acne does not discriminate against age, neither do acne fighting agents-you should be able to find something to cure your breakout no matter what your number is.